By Joe Coopersmith
COLUMBUS, OHIO – Columbus Blue Jackets prospect and Halifax Mooseheads forward Jordan Dumais underwent surgery to repair a lower abdominal injury on Friday, January 19. The surgery was performed by OhioHealth’s Dr. John Leff at Knightsbridge Surgery Center in Columbus. The expected recovery time post-surgery is approximately six weeks.
Dumais, 19, has posted 16 goals and 31 assists for 47 points with six penalty minutes and a +25 plus/minus rating in 21 appearances with the Mooseheads in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League this season. He leads the QMJHL in points-per-game (2.24) and ranks seventh in assists and ninth-T in points. He also represented Canada at the recently completed 2024 IIHF World Junior Championships and collected 1-1-2 in five games.
The L’Ile-Bizard, Quebec native has totaled 119-206-325, 38 penalty minutes and a +78 plus/minus rating in 193 career games with Halifax since making his QMJHL debut in 2020-21 and is the franchise’s all-time leader in goals (tied), assists and points. He captured the QMJHL’s Michel Briere (MVP) and Jean Beliveau trophies and was named to the CHL and QMJHL’s First All-Star Teams in 2022-23 after leading the QMJHL in assists and points with 54-86-140 in 64 outings. The 5-8, 175-pound forward was selected by Columbus in the third round, 96th overall, at the 2022 NHL Draft.
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