With the National Hockey League lockout now history, there’s been a spate of player concussions that have raised the issue of safety again, according to The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/27/sports/hockey/another-wave-of-concussions-hits-nhl.html?_r=0 In the past two weeks, 11 NHL players have suffered concussions, including the league’s most valuable player, the Pittsburgh Penguins..
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University of Wisconsin graduate Blake Geoffrion, who plays hockey for the Hamilton (Ontario) Bulldogs, is recovering from a brain injury that nearly took his life last Friday. The aftermath of Geoffrion’s TBI was outlined by USA Today Monday in a blog by sports writer Josh Cooper, and it doesn’t paint..
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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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Last month we blogged about the return to the ice of Penguins hockey star Sidney Crosby, who was benched for almost 10 months after sustaining a concussion in January. The New York Times wrote that Crosby’s comeback would be one of the most-watched concussion cases ever, as we pointed out..
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Hockey star Keith Primeau drives a hard bargain. When former National Hockey League linesman Pat Dapuzzo wanted Primeau to appear at a charity event, Primeau said he would do it on one condition, according to The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/sports/hockey/for-ex-nhl-linesman-dapuzzo-recovery-doesnt-stop-when-injuries-heal.html?_r=1&ref=hockey Primeau wanted Dapuzzo to do what he had done: agree to donate his brain..
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Was New York Rangers hocky player Derek Boogaard’s death in any way linked to the concussion he sustained in December? You can bet that’s the question that’s in everyone’s mind after the news broke Friday that the 28-year-old was found dead in his Minneapolis apartment. An autopsy was set for today, Saturday...
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The dust has settled on its meeting last week, and the bottom line is this: The National Hockey League has still refused to totally ban hits to the head. The horrific concussions sustained by Sidney Crosby and Max Pacioretty didn’t sway the NHL. Air Canada and Via Rail’s theats to pull their ads..
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Head injuries in junior hockey are widely underreported, in good part because there is pressure to return players to the rink as soon as possible. That’s the gist of New York Times story Tuesday on the results of a study that were announced Monday in Toronto. As the base of that research, the..
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The topic of safety and the sport of ice hockey is on the agenda Tuesday at a medical conference at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., according to The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/18/sports/hockey/18hockey.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper The confab will include representatives spanning the National Hockey League to youth leagues, and they will talk about recommendations..
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