Maple Leafs lose Komisarek for rest of season
Written by on February 3rd, 2010 in Latest News.
Mike Komisarek will schedule season-endng shoulder surgery. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Mike Komisarek’s first season with the Toronto Maple Leafs has finished much earlier than expected.
Komisarek, sidelined since Jan. 2, learned Wednesday that he requires season-ending shoulder surgery.
Although the rugged rearguard resumed skating within a week of suffering the injury, he wasn’t able to receive medical clearance for full-contact drills.
“Our team doctors have recommended this after a determined effort to rehab the injury without surgery,” he said in a statement. “Having this done immediately is the right thing to do for the Leafs.”
Komisarek, 28, also confirmed that he will not play for the United States at the Vancouver Olympics.
“I am truly sorry that I will not be able to represent my country,” he said.
Komisarek managed just four assists and 40 penalty minutes in 34 games with Toronto, which signed him to a five-year, $22.5-million US contract last July 1.
Komisarek has posted 12 goals and 62 points with 536 penalty minutes in 395 NHL games since he was drafted seventh overall by the Montreal Canadiens in 2001.
He plans to meet informally with the media on Thursday morning (11 a.m. ET).
With files from The Canadian Press
