Los Angeles Kings’ goaltender Jonathan Quick undergoes surgery; to recover in 5-6 weeks
Jonathan Quick, goaltender of Los Angeles Kings who won the Stanley Cup last season, has undergone a minor surgery and would take 5 to 6 weeks to recover, reported Kings Insiders.
The team announced this on their website on Thursday that Quick went through this procedure on his back and it was done because a disc fragment and an inflammatory cyst were formed in his back and they were to be repaired. The process of rehabilitation would
begin in a week according to them.
Ron Hextall, the assistant general manager of current Stanley Cup champions told that he Quick was suffering from some pain and it was a precautionary measure to through the surgery which they wanted to do at the right time. It was just a minor surgery so
that it does not take much time, considering the fact that there are only two months left in the start of new season.
Hextall told that their goaltender would be back soon, hopefully before training camp but they have this thing in mind that every player’s recovery time is different as he said,
“Quick should be ready for full activity 'sometime around' the scheduled start of training camp, but noted that every player's recovery time is different.”
Milford, Connecticut born U.S national player who had won silver medal with Team US in 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, had played a great role in Los Angeles Kings winning the Stanley Cup.
Selected 72nd overall in the 2005 NHL draft by Los Angeles, California based side, Quick played his early years in college hockey for University of Massachusetts Amherst, before playing for Reading Royals in East Coast Hockey League (ECHL) and
Manchester Monarchs in American Hockey League (AHL) in 2007-2008 season.
The 6-foot-1, 214 pounder, made his NHL debut in the same season when he was called by Kings to play in the three games of that season and was later sent back to Monarchs in AHL. Mid-way through the 2008-2009 season he was called back again and then stayed
with them forever till now.
He has played for them in 249 games and has won 131 of them, losing in 87. He was also awarded Conn Smythe trophy last season, which is presented to the player who is judged most valuable by its team in playoffs of Stanley Cup.
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