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Ducks’ Andy Sutton to miss 6 to 8 weeks after thumb surgery

By Helene Elliott
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Ducks defenseman Andy Sutton underwent surgery on his fractured right thumb Tuesday and is expected to be out six to eight weeks, the club announced.

Sutton, signed as a free agent over the summer, injured his thumb in a fight against Red Wings defenseman Ruslan Salei in the Ducks’ opener at Detroit last Friday.

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The surgery was performed by Dr. Steve Shin at the Kerlan-Jobe Surgery Center in Los Angeles.

The Ducks, who started the season a dismal 0-3, will play their home opener Wednesday against the Vancouver Canucks.

-- Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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