Breaking News: Robin Lehner Done for the Year
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FrankieAugust 11, 2022 (4:16 PM)
Vegas Golden Knights goalie Robin Lehner will require hip surgery and is expected to miss the upcoming season, the team said Thursday.
.@GoldenKnights Robin Lehner will require hip surgery and is expected to miss the entire 2022-23 season. pic.twitter.com/h1HTBFmndh� Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) August 11, 2022
The 31-year-old Lehner, who will likely spend the entire 2022-23 season on long-term injured reserve. Lehner has three years remaining on a contract that carries a $5 million ACH. Vegas management has set no timeline for his recovery as of right now. He also underwent shoulder surgery
during the offseason.
during the offseason.
In 44 games started for the Golden Knights last season, he finished 23-17-2 and has a 152�141�49 record and .917 save percentage over his NHL career. He won the William M. Jennings Trophy twice � in 2019 with the New York Islanders and in 2021 with the Golden Knights.
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With backup Laurent Brossoit's status also uncertain after undergoing hip surgery during the offseason, the Golden Knights are left with a potential goalie tandem of Thompson and journeyman Michael Hutchinson to start the season.
Thompson, the AHL Goalie of the Year in 2019, went 10-5-3 with a .914 save percentage in 19 appearances with Vegas last season.
Hutchinson, who has had stops in Winnipeg, Florida, Colorado and Toronto, has career marks of 55-55-15 with a 2.79 GAA and .905 save percentage in 137 appearances.
Lehner made Flyers news last season when he had accused former coach Alain Vignault of distributing highly addictive pills to players.
Robin Lehner put Alain Vigneault and the Flyers on blast with the belief that their players have been receiving highly addictive drugs used to treat anxiety and insomnia.
Today, Vigneault responded: "I have no idea where that comes from." https://t.co/pFP3oavS5f� Broad Street Hockey (@BroadStHockey) October 4, 2021
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