Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko is set to undergo hip surgery and will miss the remainder of this season, the team announced Tuesday.
“After consulting with our team doctors and outside specialists, Thatcher Demko will be shut down for the rest of the year,” general manager Patrik Allvin said in a statement. “Thatcher will undergo surgery next week for an injury unrelated to the one that kept him out of action last season.
“Following his rehab, he will be ready for the start of training camp in September.”
Demko, 30, sustained a lower-body injury during the Canucks’ 5-0 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Jan. 10 and was pulled after the first period. He allowed three goals on six shots in the opening frame.
The 6-foot-4 netminder has an 8-10-1 record this season with an .897 save percentage and 2.90 goals-against average.
He previously missed 12 games with a separate injury issue from Nov. 11 to Dec. 11, and has played in just 20 of the team’s 44 games this year. This marks the second consecutive year in which Demko has dealt with recurring injury problems after only appearing 23 games in the 2024-25 campaign.
In his last fully healthy season in 2023-24, Demko was an All-Star and finished second in Vezina Trophy voting after finishing the year with a .918 save percentage and 2.45 GAA in 51 games.
He signed a three-year, $25.5 million extension with the Canucks this summer that will keep him with the team through the 2028-29 season.
