(Salt Lake City) The Utah Hockey Club recalled Quebecer Maveric Lamoureux from its American Hockey League farm club on Wednesday after learning that he will be without the services of defensemen Sean Durzi and John Marino in the long term. .
Published at 2:20 p.m.
The team announced that Durzi went under the knife to repair a right shoulder injury suffered last week in Utah HC’s fourth game of the season, and he will be out for four to six month.
For his part, Marino underwent surgery to fix a lower back problem that bothered him throughout training camp, and he is expected to be out for three to four months.
As a result, Utah HC recalled Lamoureux, the team’s 2022 first-round pick. The 20-year-old Laval defenseman has yet to play a career regular season game in the NHL.
Utah HC, once called the Arizona Coyotes before the move to Salt Lake City, hopes to end its drought without a Stanley Cup Playoff appearance – a streak that began in 2012, excluding the 2020 season marked by the coronavirus pandemic.
The NHL considers Utah HC to be a new franchise and the old markings only apply to the Arizona franchise, a condition that was stipulated by the new ownership group.
Utah HC will host the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night at the Delta Center.
