Lemieux Faces Surgery, Will Miss Rest of Season

Mario Lemieux will sit out the rest of the season after hip surgery next week, but he doesn’t plan to retire.

The six-time NHL scoring leader and two-time Stanley Cup champion hasn’t played for the Pittsburgh Penguins since injuring his left hip Nov. 1 against Boston.

Lemieux has since tried therapy and rehabilitation, but an MRI test performed Tuesday showed no improvement. Lemieux, who also owns the last-place Penguins, will have arthroscopic surgery Jan. 13.

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Flyer center Jeremy Roenick, struck in the right cheekbone by an errant slap shot during practice, is not expected to miss any games. Roenick collapsed to the ice and lay motionless for several minutes while blood poured from a cut that required an estimated 26 stitches. Eventually he skated off the ice with assistance.... Senator forward Vaclav Varada will have surgery Thursday to repair a knee ligament and will sit out the rest of the season. Varada tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the first period of a game against the Boston Bruins on Dec. 13.