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CALGARY Tanner Sawka was having an outstanding rookie season two years ago with the Okotoks Oilers. He had two goals and 14 assists in 45 games but was playing in constant pain. Bone spurs had developed in his hips and Sawka says he knew he was going to have to do something about it. So he put his hockey career on hold and went in for double hip surgery. Yeah I was like, pretty bummed out, Sawka said. I knew I had to get it done just for my way of life, the way I wanted to live in the future and then once I found out my hips needed to be worked on I was pretty bummed out but I just had to be resilient.