EDMONTON - Edmonton Oilers defenceman Lubomir Visnovsky will undergo shoulder surgery this week and miss the rest of the season.
Doctors will repair the labrum in his right shoulder on Thursday, a team spokesman said Tuesday. Visnovsky suffered the injury in Edmonton's 3-1 home loss to Chicago on Feb. 3 and went on the injured reserve list two days later.
He has eight goals and 23 points in 50 games this season.
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If opponents aren’t attentive, Logan Cooley can become hockey’s answer to the ‘invisible gorilla’ when he’s on the ice. His savvy and 200-foot game have vaulted him to elite-prospect status ahead of the 2022 NHL draft.
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