The Carolina Hurricanes announced on Monday that forward Stelio Mattheos will be out indefinitely, and will miss the team’s upcoming training camp, after being diagnosed with testicular cancer following the Charlotte Checkers’ 2019 Calder Cup championship.
Mattheos, who made his professional debut on an amateur tryout deal with the Checkers in the spring, was in line to take part in Hurricanes camp this fall as part of his first full professional season. Instead, according to a statement released by the team today, two days following the Checkers’ championship the forward discovered a cancerous mass that required treatment involving chemotherapy as well as surgery to remove one testicle.