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Sergei Gonchar	#55 \| Defenseman \| Pittsburgh Penguins

Height: 6-2 Weight: 212 Shoots: L Born: April 13, 1974, Chelyabinsk, USSR

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September 29, 2008
ESPN.comreports that Sergei Gonchar will undergo surgery on his injured shoulder later this week. The Penguins had originally hoped that surgery could have been avoided and that Gonchar would only miss between two and three weeks. He will now miss at least four months and it is entirely possible he could miss the entire season.

September 26, 2008
Sergei Gonchar will miss at least six weeks, and possibly up to six months if he has surgery, due to his injured shoulder, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. "It's either, 'You're doing surgery' or 'You're not doing surgery.'" Gonchar said of his options. "I still have time before we do anything. Either way we're going, I have to make sure my shoulder is strong and all the swelling is going down."

September 24, 2008
The AP reports that defenseman Sergei Gonchar will be shut down indefinitely after suffering a shoulder injury in the team's first preseason game.

September 22, 2008
Sergei Gonchar will undergo an MRI either today or Tuesday after injuring his left shoulder in an exhibition game, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

September 21, 2008
Penguins defenseman Sergei Gonchar had to leave the team's exhibition game against the Rangers on Saturday after being hit by David Koci, according to the AP.

June 4, 2008
Sergei Gonchar is expected to play in Game 6, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Gonchar has been suffering from back spasms, but Coach Michel Therrien is optimistic Gonchar will suit up for action tonight.

June 3, 2008
Sergei Gonchar showed a lot of guts when he came back from back spasms on Monday night. He crashed into the boards during the second period and went to the locker room. "When your back is tied up, you can't breath, you can't move," Gonchar informs the Canadian Press. "At the beginning I thought I broke something. I was nervous about it." He returned briefly in the third period but then had more treatment during the first two overtimes. Gonchar came out in the third overtime and set up the game-winning goal. The Russian hopes to play in Game 6.

June 2, 2008
Sergei Gonchar was taken to the locker room after he fell head-first in the boards during the second period of Game 5 against the Red Wings. The defenseman returned for the third period, the AP reports.

May 12, 2008
Sergei Gonchar generated three assists in Sunday's 4-2 victory over Philadelphia in Game 2. He has four assists over the last two games, as Pittsburgh leads the series 2-0.

April 30, 2008
Sergei Gonchar served a pair of assists in Tuesday's 5-3 win over New York in Game 3. Pittsburgh holds a 3-0 lead in the series, and Gonchar has scored three assists over the last two games.

April 28, 2008
Sergei Gonchar notched an assist in Sunday's 2-0 win over the Rangers in Game 2, and that was his third point of the playoffs.

April 2, 2008
While everyone in Pittsburgh has been talking about Sidney Crosby and Evegni Malkin, Sergei Gonchar has been stupendous and he followed suit on Wednesday night with a goal and two assists. An absolute power-play monster, Gonchar now has 46 points with the man-advantage this season after scoring all three of his points on this night on the power-play.

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