Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Flyers' Briere to undergo exploratory surgery

The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that center Danny Briere will undergo an exploratory surgical procedure on Thursday.

"Due to lingering discomfort in his groin/stomach areas, Danny (Briere) will have an exploratory surgical procedure done tomorrow (Thursday, January 22) by Dr. William Meyers (at Hahnemann University Hospital). Recovery time will be a minimum of two weeks,” GM Paul Holmgren said.

“I am very disappointed,” said Briere. “It’s been frustrating not knowing what is going on, so we have decided to go in and check things out.”

Briere, 31, recorded a goal and four assists for five points and two penalty minutes in three games for the Phantoms after being assigned to the Phantoms for conditioning purposes on January 14. He has registered five goals and four assists for nine points in nine games with the Flyers this season. He has missed the last 21 Flyers games with a groin strain, and 30 of the last 31 overall due to injury.

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