Bavaria: Augsburger Panther for months without injured Puempel

Augsburg (dpa / lby) - The Augsburg Panthers have to do without top scorer Matt Puempel for several months.

Bavaria: Augsburger Panther for months without injured Puempel

Augsburg (dpa / lby) - The Augsburg Panthers have to do without top scorer Matt Puempel for several months. As the club from the German Ice Hockey League announced on Tuesday, the Canadian injured his knee during a check in Saturday's friendly against HK Olimpija Ljubljana (5-2). Puempel (29) will therefore be missing for three to four months.

"Fortunately, the fears of a cruciate ligament injury have not been confirmed, but the diagnosis with a severe meniscus injury is not much more positive. We will now treat Matt Puempel's knee surgically and then hand him over to our physiotherapists for post-operative treatment and rehabilitation as soon as possible," explained Knee specialist Jens-Ulrich Otto.

Experience has shown that after the operation, if the healing process is optimal, a period of absence of at least twelve weeks can be expected.