CdnSailor
11-10-2011, 03:49 PM
By Cleve Dheensaw and Mario Annicchiarico, timescolonist.com
The Victoria Royals are remaining tight-lipped about the injury to standout forward Kevin Sundher.
Sundher was hurt when he was hit into the boards during the first period of Tuesday night’s 8-2 Western Hockey League loss to the Edmonton Oil Kings at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre and did not return for the second or third periods.
“We’re classifying it as an upper body injury and right now we’re unsure how long he’ll be out,” Royals GM and head coach Marc Habscheid said Wednesday.
The Royals return to action this weekend withhome dates against the Red Deer Rebels on Saturday and Sunday.
Heading into Wednesday’s night’s action, Sundher was third in WHL scoring with 13 goals and 23 assists for 36 points, behind Emerson Etem of the Medicine Hat Tigers with 43 points and Mark Stone of the Brandon Wheat Kings with 37 points.
Sundher, a 2010 third-round draft pick of the Buffalo Sabres selected 75th overall, was scheduled to play next Wednesday in Regina for the WHL team in the Subway Super Series game against the Russian Selects junior team. The 19-year-old native of Surrey is among the total of 21 WHL forwards selected for the two-game set against the Russians, which also includes a game next Thursday in Moose Jaw, Sask. Sundher was the lone Royals player tabbed for the Super Series.
There is a great deal riding on the Subway Super Series with performances in the series deemed crucial for finalizing the Canadian roster for the 2012 world junior championship, which begins next month in Edmonton and Calgary with Canada vying for a 14th consecutive medal in the event.
The WHL on Wednesday announced only one change to the league roster for the Subway Super Series with Wheat Kings blue-liner Ryan Pulock to replace Moose Jaw Warriors defenceman Morgan Reilly for the game in Moose Jaw. Reilly, among the youngest of the WHL players picked for the Super Series and not eligible for the NHL draft until 2013, was injured in a game over the weekend.
Read more: http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/Royals+Sundher+injury/5684723/story.html#ixzz1dLFPnNe1
The Victoria Royals are remaining tight-lipped about the injury to standout forward Kevin Sundher.
Sundher was hurt when he was hit into the boards during the first period of Tuesday night’s 8-2 Western Hockey League loss to the Edmonton Oil Kings at Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre and did not return for the second or third periods.
“We’re classifying it as an upper body injury and right now we’re unsure how long he’ll be out,” Royals GM and head coach Marc Habscheid said Wednesday.
The Royals return to action this weekend withhome dates against the Red Deer Rebels on Saturday and Sunday.
Heading into Wednesday’s night’s action, Sundher was third in WHL scoring with 13 goals and 23 assists for 36 points, behind Emerson Etem of the Medicine Hat Tigers with 43 points and Mark Stone of the Brandon Wheat Kings with 37 points.
Sundher, a 2010 third-round draft pick of the Buffalo Sabres selected 75th overall, was scheduled to play next Wednesday in Regina for the WHL team in the Subway Super Series game against the Russian Selects junior team. The 19-year-old native of Surrey is among the total of 21 WHL forwards selected for the two-game set against the Russians, which also includes a game next Thursday in Moose Jaw, Sask. Sundher was the lone Royals player tabbed for the Super Series.
There is a great deal riding on the Subway Super Series with performances in the series deemed crucial for finalizing the Canadian roster for the 2012 world junior championship, which begins next month in Edmonton and Calgary with Canada vying for a 14th consecutive medal in the event.
The WHL on Wednesday announced only one change to the league roster for the Subway Super Series with Wheat Kings blue-liner Ryan Pulock to replace Moose Jaw Warriors defenceman Morgan Reilly for the game in Moose Jaw. Reilly, among the youngest of the WHL players picked for the Super Series and not eligible for the NHL draft until 2013, was injured in a game over the weekend.
Read more: http://www.timescolonist.com/sports/Royals+Sundher+injury/5684723/story.html#ixzz1dLFPnNe1