Columbus Blue Jackets’ Czech player Jakub Voracek suffers an injury while playing in Russia
Czech international ice hockey player, Jakub Voracek, who formerly played for Columbus Blue Jackets and currently plays for Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League (NHL), suffered a knee injury as he was playing overseas.
The 23-year-old player has been playing NHL since last 4 years but he had to move out because of the NHL lockout. He was playing for HC Lev Praha in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)against St. Petersburg when he suffered the injury. CNSPhilly.com has
learned that it was a knee injury.
This was Voracek’s seventh game in the KHL and he has already scored 1 goal and 6 assists so obviously the team he is currently playing for and his parent team Philadelphia Flyers both would be disappointed along with the player himself as he has been ruled
for 3-4 weeks, one month or so. He was one of the seven players that are from Philadelphia and playing in the Europe during the lockout.
Kladno, Czech Republic native started his ice hockey career from his home town as he played in the Czech league. But he could play only one match before he moved to North America. He had a great first season with Halifax Mooseheads in the Quebec Major Junior
Hockey League (QMJHL) at the age of 17, as he scored 23 goals, 63 assists and a total of 86 points in just 59 games.
Second season was even better for the right winger as he played less games and but scored even more points by taking his goal tally to 33, assisting 68 goals and scoring a total of 101 points in just 53 games. In the same season Columbus Blue Jackets drafted
him in the first round of the 2007-2008 NHL Draft. He was selected in the first round at 7th.
Since making his NHL debut in 2008-2009 season, Voracek has been one of the most consistent NHL players and has not suffered an injury in the mean time or missed any games.
His goal/point scoring form has also been there as he has scored around 40 points in all four seasons and in a total of 319 games, he has scored 57 goals, 126 assists for a total of 183 points.
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