Lightning defencemen Ranger, Meszaros to undergo surgery

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Lightning defencemen Ranger, Meszaros to undergo surgery
The Sports Network

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Tampa, FL (Sports Network) - Tampa Bay Lightning defensemen Paul Ranger and Andrej Meszaros are both scheduled to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery on March 3, the team announced Thursday.

The renowned Dr. James Andrews will repair the labrums in their left shoulders, and both are expected to have a clean bill of health by August.

"Paul has been playing with his injury for the majority of the season and he missed games on several occasions because of it," said Tampa Bay executive vice president and general manager Brian Lawton. "Andrej suffered his injury after being hit by Evgeni Malkin earlier this month (February 4). For both players, we feel it important to get the shoulders repaired so they can be fully recovered and ready to go at the start of training camp for the 2009-10 season."

Ranger, 24, and Meszaros, 23, have each scored two goals to go with 11 and 14 assists, respectively, for the Lightning this season.

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