The Penguins confirmed today that defenseman Sergei Gonchar will have arthroscopic surgery on his dislocated left shoulder Thursday and will be out four to six months.
Dr. Mark Rodosky of UPMC will perform the surgery, which will repair cartilage and ligament damage Gonchar suffered in a hit by Tampa Bay winger David Koci during the Penguins' pre-season opener Sept. 20.
"It is always difficult to lose a very talented player and leader for an extended period of time, but we all believe this is the best decision for Sergei," general manager Ray Shero said in a prepared statement. "We are confident that he will come back strong after this surgery. In the meantime, we'll look to our other defensemen to step up in his absence."
The Penguins, who will open the regular season with two games against Ottawa in Stockholm, Sweden, this weekend, also are missing defenseman Ryan Whitney, who is expected to be out until December while recovering from foot surgery.
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That really stinks for the Penguins! Our entire house is so excited that its hockey season again! Nathan has already been out to see Modano and got his autograph at one of the tkt holder events a couple wks ago..I'll have to post the picture. We did do a family night and went to the Stars/Blues preseason game. The Penguins are coming to TX, y'all should come down! We can get some extra tkts. U also need to get hooked up on facebook.com Eric likes it because of all the sports stuff he can do like trivia, sports betting, fantasy teams...if you makeit over there....look us up!
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