

Louis took over behind the bench a little less than a year ago.


The 22-year-old is tied for 11th in the league in goals this season with 26 while TSN noted earlier this week that he’s tied for eighth in the league in goals since Martin St. TVA Sports’ Renaud Lavoie notes ( Twitter link) that the injury isn’t something that just happened but has instead been lingering for the past several weeks. There is no timeline for how long the recovery period will take with an update being expected after the medical procedures are completed.Ĭaufield played in Thursday’s loss to Florida and was a full participant in practice on Friday so the announcement comes as somewhat of a surprise. Jan 21: The Canadiens have struggled offensively this season and scoring goals just got a lot harder as the team announced that winger Cole Caufield suffered a season-ending shoulder injury and will undergo surgery in the near future. Jan 27: Caufield will undergo surgery on February 1 in Colorado, according to Eric Engels of Sportsnet.
