Canucks goalie Demko out ‘a week or two’: coach
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The Canucks have sent all-star goalie Thatcher Demko back to Vancouver so medical staff can evaluate his latest injury.
VANCOUVER – The Canucks have sent all-star goalie Thatcher Demko back to Vancouver so medical staff can evaluate his latest injury.
Head coach Adam Foote says the 30-year-old American netminder will be out “a week or two” after leaving midway through Vancouver’s 5-0 loss to the Maple Leafs in Toronto on Saturday.
He was placed on injured reserve Sunday, and Nikita Tolopilo was called up from the American Hockey League’s Abbotsford Canucks under emergency conditions.
Foote says Tolopilo will start in net Monday when Vancouver faces the Canadiens in Montreal.
Demko missed 12 games in November and December as he recovered from a lower-body injury.
Foote says the goalie has had “a couple of things going on” all season and “it might be possible” the Canucks will need to shut him down for the rest of the campaign, pending what they hear from doctors back in Vancouver.
Demko has an 8-10-1 record with a .897 save percentage, a 2.90 goals-against average and one shutout this season.
Vancouver has struggled with injuries throughout the season.
