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The Coachella Valley Firebirds captain Max McCormick will bear hip surgical procedure and is anticipated to overlook the whole lot of the 2025-26 season.
The 11-year professional was restricted to 19 video games with the Firebirds final season, amassing seven objectives and 6 assists. His final look was Jan. 11 vs. Chicago.
A local of Inexperienced Bay, Wis., McCormick is the Firebirds’ franchise chief in factors (140) and objectives (67), and helped the group to back-to-back Western Convention championships in 2023 and 2024.
In 540 profession AHL video games with Coachella Valley, Charlotte, Chicago, Colorado, Belleville and Binghamton, McCormick has totaled 159 objectives and 178 assists for 337 factors.
