Seattle Kraken goaltender Chris Driedger suffered a lower-body injury while playing for Canada in the gold medal game at the 2022 IIHF World Hockey Championship.
Driedger stretched to try and make a save on Finnish forward Mikael Granlund on the power play in the third period, but had to leave the game with the injury and Matt Tomkins came to replace him.
MIKAEL GRANLUND 💥
Granlund ties the game and it's 1-1. #FINCAN #IIHFWorlds @leijonat @predsnhl pic.twitter.com/YnXFxmy5hJ— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) May 29, 2022
On Tuesday, the Kraken announced that Driedger suffered a torn right ACL on the play and had surgery on Monday. They added that the 28-year-old will be out seven-to-nine months.
"Driedger's effort resulted in a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his right knee. Driedger underwent a successful surgery to repair the torn right ACL Monday. His recovery and rehab program is expected to be seven to nine months." The Kraken's statement said.
In six games at the tournament, Driedger had a 4-0-0-2 record with a 1.76 goals against average and a .915 save percentage.
#SeaKraken goaltender Chris Driedger suffered a torn right ACL during the third period of Team Canada's Gold Medal match vs. Finland at the #IIHFWorlds on May 29.
He had successful knee surgery on June 6 and is expected to have a 7-9 month recovery → https://t.co/krPqrRpsC8 pic.twitter.com/WAwcZfThTO— Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) June 7, 2022
