Flyers star Owen Tippett reveals he missed series vs Hurricanes due to internal bleeding

The Philadelphia Flyers were without prima winger Owen Tippett successful the second-round bid nonaccomplishment to the Carolina Hurricanes owed to interior bleeding, the squad announced.

Tippett, 27, played the entirety of the team’s first-round bid triumph implicit the Pittsburgh Penguins, but said helium sustained the interior bleeding contented during that series.

"I was incapable to instrumentality for the 2nd circular bid vs. Carolina owed to an interior bleeding contented that I sustained during the archetypal circular bid vs. Pittsburgh," Tippett said successful a connection from the Flyers.

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Philadelphia Flyers close helping Owen Tippett takes a interruption during a stoppage successful play against the New Jersey Devils astatine Prudential Center successful Newark, New Jersey, connected April 7, 2026. (Luther Schlaifer/Imagn Images)

"Following a bid of aesculapian evaluations, treatments, and rehabilitation nether the attraction of Flyers' aesculapian team, I americium making advancement and feeling amended each day. Despite being cleared to question and skate with the squad astatine definite practices, things did not advancement astatine a gait that I hoped for oregon would let maine to safely proceed playing."

Tippett had a extremity and assistance successful the Flyers’ bid vs. the Penguins. The Ontario autochthonal said however arrogant helium was of their play and expressed his gratitude for the enactment helium has received.

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Pittsburgh Penguins' Erik Karlsson and Philadelphia Flyers' Owen Tippett pursuit the puck during the 2nd play of Game 6 successful the archetypal circular of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, connected April 29, 2026. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)

"I americium beyond arrogant of what our squad has accomplished this play and genuinely moved by the tremendous enactment of the fans," Tippett said.

"I privation to sincerely convey everyone for that enactment — some personally for maine and my family, arsenic good arsenic our full aesculapian and show staff."

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Philadelphia Flyers close helping Owen Tippett skates against Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Ryan Shea successful the 3rd play of Game 6 successful the archetypal circular of the 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs astatine Xfinity Mobile Arena successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, connected April 29, 2026. (Kyle Ross/Imagn Images)

Tippett said that helium is assured successful a afloat betterment and looks guardant to grooming camp. The guardant had 1 of the champion seasons of his career, scoring 28 goals with 23 assists.

He began his vocation with the Florida Panthers earlier being traded to the Flyers successful 2022 arsenic portion of the bundle for Claude Giroux. In 428 games crossed 7 seasons, Tippett has recorded 121 goals and 115 assists, bully for 236 points.

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