Rögle will have to manage without Ted Brethen in the near future.
The club announces that the star center is on sick leave and is leaving until further notice.
For us, his health is paramount, and Rogel and our medical staff will provide him with all possible support during this time, says athletic director Chris Abbott.
A return to Rögle did not materialize as either party had envisaged.
Ted Brethen He returned from Berne in the 2020/2021 season with a giant contract that also extended to the next five seasons.
That season, he went through two rounds of COVID-19 and in the SC quarter-final against Oskarshamn last season he suffered a wrist injury.
The team meets on Monday
Rögle says that both parts are also the reason for sick leave.
“He continues to recover from a previously transmitted Covid-19 infection, as well as from a wrist injury he sustained last season,” the club wrote.
Ted Brethen won’t be around when the team starts the season on August 1 and then walks away from the team indefinitely, says Chris Abbott.
Corona virus
The 31-year-old has been open and honest about the issues he’s faced that have caused him not to turn into the hub of the hovering ice helicopter he once was.
– I had shortness of breath and a panic attack that caused the ambulance to arrive, and my whole life passed now and then. The second time I contracted covid-19, it affected me both physically and mentally. I played anxiously throughout qualifying. It hit me so bad that I felt bad every time I was on my own during qualifying. If I’m driving to the ice rink, I get anxious and then fantasize about breathing problems, Ted Brethin told Helsingborgs-Dagblad before last season’s premiere.
Looking for slopes
Rögle became the CHL Champion and won the SHL regular season in the 2021/22 season.
In the SC semi-final there was a loss against future Swedish champion Färjestad with a 4-2 score in the matches.
Head coach Cam Abbott has many midfield options on the team, and twin brother Chris Abbott is primarily pursuing his right-back.
The latest addition to the lineup of right-wing striker Daniel Zar who was released from Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod.