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The Thing Hockey Enforcer Couldn’t Beat In A Fight: Brain Injury

Posted on February 5th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Pro hockey player Derek Boogaard was paid to fight. He made a living as a so-called “enforcer,” doing what other men are arrested for: Beating the living daylights out of his opponents. But ultimately, the game beat him — and his brain. Last May, Boogaard’s brothers discovered his body in his Minneapolis apartment. He was..
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