Kiekko-Espoo will have to play the rest of the season without its captain Matti Järvinen. The club announced this on Instagram.

Järvinen’s injury requires surgery, and the 36-year-old veteran will not return to the playing field for the remainder of the season. He played his last match in mid-December against Pelicans.

This season, Järvinen managed to play 22 Liiga games, scoring six goals and providing seven assists.

Kiekko-Espoo is in 10th place in the Liiga standings.

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