{"id":405594,"date":"2026-01-14T00:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T00:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/405594\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T00:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T00:45:08","slug":"eriks-mateiko-out-for-season-after-skate-cut-to-achilles-tendon-will-not-play-in-winter-olympics-with-latvia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/405594\/","title":{"rendered":"Eriks Mateiko out for season after skate cut to Achilles tendon, will not play in Winter Olympics with Latvia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1690\" height=\"1127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/eriks-mateiko-hershey-bears-forecheck.jpg\" class=\"above-the-fold wp-post-image\" alt=\"Eriks Mateiko\" decoding=\"async\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ud83d\udcf8: Hershey Bears\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Washington Capitals prospect Eriks Mateiko will miss the rest of his rookie season with the Hershey Bears and will not participate in the 2026 Winter Olympics with Latvia. <\/p>\n<p>Mateiko took a skate blade to his right leg during the second period of Sunday\u2019s game against the Cleveland Monsters and was rushed off the ice. The forward did not return to the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHershey Bears forward Eriks Mateiko underwent a surgical procedure to repair his right Achilles tendon yesterday afternoon following a skate blade laceration during Sunday\u2019s game in Hershey,\u201d the Bears wrote on social media Tuesday night. \u201cBased on the nature of the procedure, Mateiko will miss the remainder of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">INJURY UPDATE: Hershey Bears forward Eriks Mateiko underwent a surgical procedure to repair his right Achilles tendon yesterday afternoon following a skate blade laceration during Sunday\u2019s game in Hershey. Based on the nature of the procedure, Mateiko will miss the remainder of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KkhWWpIhk7\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/KkhWWpIhk7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hershey Bears (@TheHersheyBears) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHersheyBears\/status\/2011208437229560292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mateiko\u2019s injury <a href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/2026\/01\/06\/eriks-mateiko-latvia-olympic-hockey-team\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will also keep him out of the 2026 Winter Olympics with Latvia<\/a>. Latvia\u2019s national team announced the news on X, Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u0112riks Mateiko will not participate in the Olympic Games due to an injury,\u201d the team <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lhf_lv\/status\/2010656866708378037\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wrote as translated by X<\/a>. \u201cWe wish him a successful recovery process. \ud83d\ude4f\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"lv\" dir=\"ltr\">Uzbruc\u0113js \u0112riks Mateiko savainojuma d\u0113\u013c nepiedal\u012bsies olimpiskaj\u0101s sp\u0113l\u0113s. Nov\u0113lam vi\u0146am sekm\u012bgu atvese\u013co\u0161anos procesu. \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LV Hokeja feder\u0101cija (@lhf_lv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lhf_lv\/status\/2010656866708378037?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mateiko ends his rookie season with the Bears with six points (1g, 5a) in 27 games. <\/p>\n<p>From everyone at RMNB, we wish Eriks the best during this difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udcf8: Hershey Bears Washington Capitals prospect Eriks Mateiko will miss the rest of his rookie season with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-405594","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}