Thatcher Demko and his medical team have spent the last few months scouring the globe, trying to find other hockey players who’ve dealt with the same muscle injury the Vancouver Canucks goalie is currently working through.
It turns out Demko’s situation is exceptionally unique.
While they found about five soccer players with the same lower-body ailment, they could not find a single other hockey player.
“It’s been wild,” Demko said Thursday. “That’s been part of the frustration, just not having a ton of information and you’re kind of just going in blindfolded. And it can be scary at times.”
The 28-year-old all star was not on the ice with his teammates Thursday as the Canucks started training camp in Penticton, B.C., but he skated on his own before the sessions began.
When, exactly, he’ll be ready to play remains to be seen.
“I would say that we’re on a great trajectory right now,” the netminder said. “I’m the …