TORONTO - Doctors say Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk is recovering well after his liver transplant earlier this week at a Toronto hospital, as is the anonymous donor who made the life-saving surgery possible.
Dr. Atul Humar, director of the multi-organ transplant program at University Health Network, says says the 55-year-old Melnyk remains in the intensive care unit and is awake, smiling and answering questions.
The hospital would not identify the donor, so it's not known how old the person is or whether they are male or female.
Even Melnyk does not know who his benefactor is.