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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Minnesota Wild left wing Matt Cooke underwent sports hernia surgery and will be out five to six weeks, the team announced on Friday. &amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 36-year-old has been sidelined with a lower-body injury and was moved to injured reserve on Wednesday.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;MUIR:&amp;nbsp;Struggling Kings are in bad playoff bubble trouble&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cooke has four goals and four assists in 27 games this season. Earlier in the season he missed 22 games due to a&amp;nbsp;hip flexor muscle injury.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The veteran has spent 15 years in the NHL, previously playing for the Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Wild (24-20-6) host the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;em&gt;Molly Geary&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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