The Carolina Hurricanes, who had been juggling three goalies recently, are back to two.
The team announced that goalie Pyotr Kochetkov will have surgery for a lower-body injury and will miss the rest of the season.
‘It’s what he’s been dealing with all year,’ coach Rod Brind’Amour said. ‘He’s decided to have surgery so he’s going be out probably for the year.’
Brind’Amour said Kochetkov had been playing great despite the injury.
‘He’s fighting through it but he doesn’t want to continue that way, so we’ll get it fix and go from there,’ he said.
The Hurricanes will now have a two-goalie tandem of Brandon Bussi and Frederik Andersen. Bussi will start on Monday, Dec. 29 against the New York Rangers.
Pyotr Kochetkov injury update
Kochetkov will have surgery for a lower body injury and miss the rest of the season.
He went 6-2 with a 2.33 goals-against average and .899 save percentage.
Bussi is 12-1-1, 2.10, .912, and Andersen 5-8-2, 3.27, .869.