Pearce continues to find footing after severe injury

[Laine 1,361]

Season 84 has been anything but normal for Calix Pearce. The 6'6 18-year old for the Cologne Express is slowly finding his footing and looking closer and closer to a VHL jump after an ACL injury threatened his career last offseason.

 

After the S83 playoffs, Pearce came out and said he had played through a full ACL tear, one that after months of attempted recovery ended with surgery just a month before the Express Training Camp. Pearce continues to exercise his knee and was back into a non-contact uniform by the end of training camp, and has found a slow rhythm getting back to his form this season.

 

"It was scary, definitely" Said Pearce, when asked of the injury. "It sucks that it all happened the way that it did, but I'm back on the ice and I'm hopeful I can compete for a spot next season in the big leagues."

 

Pearce has had a less then stellar campaign after netting 14 goals and 51 points last year, only recording 40 points so far this season and an atrocious -23 in his own end.

 

"Things in the defensive zone we're pretty hard at the start, since I couldn't really move well on my knee but wanted to play, so I hovered near the blue lines and the neutral zone and just hoped to get those shot block, but down the stretch I think I feel good about my knee now and I feel a lot better on the defensive side of the puck now."

 

Pearce is hoping to join the Helsinki Titans next season if he can continue to overcome his injury and prove he deserves a spot on a VHL Roster.

Edited July 30, 2022 by Laine

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