Stanley Cup Champ Alex Pietrangelo Steps Away From Golden Knights For Bilateral Femur Reconstruction

Stanley Cup champion Alex Pietrangelo is apt to beryllium disconnected of nan crystal for nan foreseeable early arsenic he gets group for bilateral femur reconstruction, nan Vegas Golden Knights announced connected Monday.

The squad said location was nary guarantee that nan reconstruction efforts would beryllium a success.

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Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo skates against nan Sharks astatine SAP Center astatine San Jose, California, connected Dec. 27, 2024. (Eakin Howard-Imagn Images)

"Alex has our organization’s afloat support successful prioritizing his semipermanent wellness and value of life," Golden Knights wide head Kelly McCrimmon said successful a statement. "Alex is dealing pinch hips that would require bilateral femur reconstruction, pinch nary guarantee of success. Throughout nan season, nan steps that Alex needed to return to beryllium capable to play and believe began to turn and return a important toll connected his body." 

McCrimmon said nan squad had hoped that curen and remainder during nan 4 Nations Face-Off break would person been capable to get him backmost connected nan ice.

"… But instead, what we recovered were diminished affirmative results and a process that is nary longer sustainable moving forward. Alex has fixed everything to nan crippled and to nan Golden Knights and has played done important challenges successful nan pursuit of trying to triumph different Stanley Cup successful Vegas. 

"He is 1 of nan astir respected players successful nan league, not only for his elite talent but for his character, leadership, competitiveness, and professionalism. Today’s determination is simply a difficult 1 for some Alex and nan Golden Knights, but it is being made for nan correct reasons – truthful that Alex tin beryllium nan family man we each cognize him to be."

Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo, left, celebrates pinch teammates aft scoring a extremity against nan Edmonton Oilers during nan Stanley Cup Playoffs astatine T-Mobile Arena successful Las Vegas, May 8, 2025. (Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images)

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Pietrangelo signed a seven-year statement pinch nan Golden Knights successful October 2020 and helped nan squad to a Stanley Cup title successful 2023 – nan 2nd 1 of his profession arsenic he already held nan Cup pinch nan St. Louis Blues.

However, injuries person taken a toll connected his body.

"The past fewer years person been very challenging connected my beingness well-being, and I americium successful a difficult position pinch my wide playing health," he said. "After exploring options pinch doctors arsenic good arsenic my family, it’s been advised to region nan strength of lucky to spot if my assemblage tin amended truthful that I tin return to a normal value of life. 

"This determination has been difficult to travel to position pinch aft nan past 17 years of title and nan camaraderie pinch my teammates and coaches. The likelihood is debased that my assemblage will retrieve to nan modular required to play, but I cognize this is nan correct determination for maine and my family."

Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo warms up earlier nan playoff crippled against nan Edmonton Oilers successful Las Vegas, May 8, 2025. (Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images)

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Pietrangelo, 35, has recorded 637 points successful 1,087 games successful his 17-year NHL career. He’s scored 148 goals and recorded 489 assists.

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