{"id":6530,"date":"2026-02-14T19:04:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T19:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/6530\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T19:04:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T19:04:14","slug":"switzerlands-kevin-fiala-out-of-olympics-after-leg-injury-suffered-against-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/6530\/","title":{"rendered":"Switzerland\u2019s Kevin Fiala out of Olympics after leg injury suffered against Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kevin Fiala of Switzerland sustained the injury late in his team’s 5-1 loss to Canada before being stretchered off.GEOFF BURKE\/Reuters<\/p>\n

Switzerland forward Kevin Fiala is out for the rest of the Milan Cortina Olympics after undergoing surgery on his injured left leg.<\/p>\n

Fiala was taken off the ice on a stretcher late in Switzerland\u2019s game against Canada on Friday. The Swiss Ice Hockey Federation on Saturday called it a lower leg injury that was ending his time at the Games, and a spokesperson confirmed that Fiala had surgery. <\/p>\n

Neither Switzerland nor the Los Angeles Kings would confirm exactly what the operation was or that it is likely to end his season in the NHL, as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cVery obviously sad, and it sucks for him and for us,\u201d Kings teammate Adrian Kempe said after Sweden\u2019s game against Slovakia. \u201cIt\u2019s really tough for him personally and for us as a team. You know how much he means to our team back home in L.A . It\u2019s just very unfortunate for him that it comes in a tournament like this that we\u2019ve been looking forward to playing in for so long. I feel for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old winger went down when he collided with Tom Wilson with just under three minutes left in Canada\u2019s 5-1 victory.<\/p>\n

Fiala backed into a hit on Wilson near the boards, their legs got tangled up and both players fell to the ice. Fiala couldn\u2019t get up and after a stoppage in play medical personnel attended to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust unlucky,\u201d Wilson said after the game. \u201cHe\u2019s a competitor, obviously. At this point, it\u2019s the Olympic Games, and I feel terrible that he may not be able to keep playing and just sending his family and him my best. You never want to see a guy go down in a tournament like this, especially. It sucks for the country, for their team, and just wishing him a quick recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fiala was placed face down on a stretcher, and his left leg appeared to be in an air cast as he was wheeled out.<\/p>\n

\u201cTough moment for Kevin and the whole team, obviously,\u201d Switzerland coach Patrick Fischer said. <\/p>\n

No penalty was assessed on the play.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an accident,\u201d Fischer said.<\/p>\n

Fiala is in his 12th NHL season and fourth with the Kings. He has 40 points in 56 games this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Kevin Fiala of Switzerland sustained the injury late in his team’s 5-1 loss…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1064,1051,1065,1042,1040,1066,563,1039,1057,1058,1054,1041,1038,39,1062,457,1056,1049,1077,1043,1044,70,1052,1053,899,1067,1047,1072,1073,1075,1070,1074,1068,1071,1045,1060,1061,69,1059,1069,1050,17,789,1063,1055,1048,1046,1076],"class_list":{"0":"post-6530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-switzerland","8":"tag-alberta","9":"tag-arts-news","10":"tag-bc","11":"tag-breaking-news","12":"tag-breaking-news-video","13":"tag-british-columbia","14":"tag-canada","15":"tag-canada-news","16":"tag-canada-sports","17":"tag-canada-sports-news","18":"tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","19":"tag-canadian-breaking-news","20":"tag-canadian-news","21":"tag-economy","22":"tag-education","23":"tag-environment","24":"tag-federal-government","25":"tag-foreign-news","26":"tag-globe-and-mail","27":"tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","28":"tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","29":"tag-government","30":"tag-life-news","31":"tag-lifestyle","32":"tag-local-news","33":"tag-manitoba","34":"tag-national-news","35":"tag-new-brunswick","36":"tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","37":"tag-northwest-territories","38":"tag-nova-scotia","39":"tag-nunavut","40":"tag-ontario","41":"tag-pei","42":"tag-photos","43":"tag-political-news","44":"tag-political-opinion","45":"tag-politics","46":"tag-politics-news","47":"tag-quebec","48":"tag-sports-news","49":"tag-switzerland","50":"tag-technology","51":"tag-travel","52":"tag-trudeau","53":"tag-us-news","54":"tag-world-news","55":"tag-yukon"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}