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Senators’ Cowen needs surgery for potentially season-ending injury

Nov 12, 2012, 8:10 PM EDT

Jared Cowen #2 of the Ottawa Senators at American Airlines Center on December 1, 2011 in Dallas, Texas.
(November 30, 2011 - Source: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images North America) Getty Images

The Senators recently cautioned that they wouldn’t risk rushing Jared Cowen back from the lower-body injury that’s forced him to miss AHL Binghamton’s last eight games. Now it looks like he might not return at all in 2012-13.

Cowen will undergo surgery and TSN’s Bob McKenzie heard that the injury could cost Cowen the season. The only silver lining is that his ACL, which he previously hurt, is not the problem this time around.

Cowen had 17 points and 56 penalty minutes in 82 games with the Ottawa Senators last season as a rookie.

His absence will certainly be a blow to the Ottawa Senators if the 2012-13 campaign is saved, but in the long-run he’s still a potential cornerstone of the franchise.

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