'He was lost and in limbo'
TSN Senior Correspondent Rick Westhead investigates what went wrong for Matt Johnson, who is now homeless and missing.
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Dec 11
Judge terminates Montador family lawsuit against NHL, leaving room for new litigation
Westhead: Judge terminates Montador family lawsuit against NHL, leaving room for new litigation
A U.S. federal court judge has terminated a five-year-old wrongful death lawsuit filed by the father of the late Steve Montador, which alleged the National Hockey League has promoted violence and profited off of it while not adequately advising players of the risks of repeated long-term brain injuries.
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Aug 9, 2019
Ewen trial against NHL to take three weeks with more than 20 witnesses
Filing says commissioner Gary Bettman and Boston University neuropathologist Dr. Ann McKee among the key witnesses in wrongful death lawsuit by widow of former NHL enforcer, Rick Westhead writes.
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Jul 2, 2019
NHL claims Montador’s brain injuries caused by his ‘own lack of due care and fault’
Lawsuit by family of former NHL defenceman against the league is moving forward in U.S. district court, Rick Westhead writes.
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May 1, 2019
Widow of former NHLer Todd Ewen files lawsuit against league
Kelli Ewen is suing the NHL for allegedly profiting off of a culture of violence and continuing to downplay the potential long-term consequences of repeated brain trauma, Rick Westhead writes.
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Mar 1, 2019
NHL Alumni Association strikes deal with cannabis company for medical exams, brain scans
Canopy Growth to finance one or more studies that could be an important step towards establishing the first comprehensive snapshot of the health of retired hockey players, Rick Westhead writes.
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Feb 6, 2019
Lindros urges MPs to recommend protocol for sports-related concussions
Former hockey great Eric Lindros brought his star power to Parliament Hill on Wednesday, urging MPs to develop a single national protocol for preventing and treating sports-related concussions.
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Jan 10, 2019
Proposed class-action concussion lawsuit filed against WHL, CHL, Hockey Canada
Former Kelowna Rockets captain James Johnathon McEwan says he was often not given medical attention after fights, is now showing symptoms of brain-withering disease CTE.
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Nov 12, 2018
The National Hockey League announced a tentative $18.9 million settlement Monday with more than 300 retired players who sued the league and accused it of failing to protect them from head injuries or warn them of the risks involved with playing.
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Nov 30, 2018
BU finds former NHL player Ewen had CTE, contradicting earlier findings
Enforcer’s case was used by the NHL as an example that narrative about a connection between head trauma and long-term brain diseases was dangerously speculative, TSN Senior Correspondent Rick Westhead writes.
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Nov 2, 2018
Players say NHL concussion lawsuit settlement talks advancing
A settlement has not been agreed on, but three players say their attorneys have told them a deal could include a cash payout of $25,000 (U.S.), plus funding for players to get treatment for neurocognitive disorders, TSN Senior Correspondent Rick Westhead writes.
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Sep 26, 2018
NHL, plaintiffs agree concussion lawsuits should kick off with four trials
The NHL and lawyers for former players suing the league over its approach to concussions have proposed to a U.S. federal court that the lawsuits of four yet-to-be-determined former players head to trial in the spring or summer of 2019, TSN Senior Correspondent Rick Westhead writes.
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Sep 20, 2018
Football's next-generation helmet maker eyes the NHL
Football's next-generation helmet maker eyes the NHL
Seattle-based Vicis made a presentation this summer to the NHL/NHLPA concussion subcommittee, Rick Westhead writes.
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Jun 21, 2018
Boynton joins NHL concussion lawsuit, pledges brain to science
Former National Hockey League defenceman Nick Boynton says he is joining the concussion lawsuit against the league and pledging his brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation in Boston, Rick Westhead writes.
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Jun 1, 2018
NHL says NHLPA blocked effort to start long-term study of retired players
The National Hockey League has accused the NHL Players’ Association of blocking proposed studies to explore the mental health of both current and retired players, allegedly because the union argued such studies might impact the players’ employability.
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May 31, 2018
NHL knocks out hard-hitting concussion comments
Six days before Pat LaFontaine's weekly documentary about coaching a Midget rep hockey team was posted on YouTube on Dec. 16, 2011, NHL vice-president of media relations Frank Brown ordered to have a section of LaFontaine’s comments about concussions removed.
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May 30, 2018
Former New Jersey Devils GM Lou Lamoriello testified he was blindsided by the news that onetime Devils enforcer Mike Peluso, who has been diagnosed with dementia, blamed the team for not protecting him better when he was an NHL player.
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May 29, 2018
NHL lawyer requested dementia warning be removed from concussion poster
As Rick Westhead writes in Part 2 of TSN's 'NHL Under Oath' series, a medical consultant to the NHLPA testified that a top NHL lawyer watered down a warning to players about the long-term dangers of repeated head trauma on a poster displayed in every NHL team dressing room.
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May 28, 2018
Years into concussion lawsuit, Jacobs and other NHL owners deny knowledge of CTE
In a five-part series this week, TSN will report details of the sworn testimony of team owners, league officials, team trainers and doctors and medical consultants to the NHL and NHLPA, as well as former players in connection with the NHL concussion lawsuit.
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May 28, 2018
Franzen's wife details NHLer's brain injury
Detroit Red Wings forward Johan Franzen has not dressed for a game since October, 2015 due to post-concussion syndrome. Franzen's wife, Cissi, detailed the struggles he has been dealing with in a blog post on Sunday titled "An emotional week."
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May 3, 2018
Former NHL player Jeff Parker, who died last year at the age of 53, had Stage 3 chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), researchers at Boston University told The New York Times.
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May 10, 2018
Campbell-Pascall donating brain for research
Three Olympians and a hockey pioneer have agreed to donate their brains to the Canadian Concussion Centre after their death to advance research on the effects of concussion in women.
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Apr 12, 2018
Bettman misleads on claims about CTE research, scientist says
Boston University scientist Ann McKee says NHL commissioner made misleading statements about a 2012 meeting during a New York radio interview this week, Rick Westhead writes.
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Mar 28, 2018
NHL called the ‘new league of denial’ in concussion case hearing
With their final chance to argue that the NHL concussion lawsuit should be a class action, lawyers for the former players spotlighted a years-long email trail they said proves the league is willfully negligent with its approach to head injuries.
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Mar 23, 2018
Former NHL player Dan Carcillo says he is joining the landmark concussion lawsuit against the National Hockey League.
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Mar 21, 2018
‘Dimmed landscape’ for NHL players after concussions, study reports
Players who go through the league's concussion protocol experience a higher rate of professional and financial instability, a new study says.
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Mar 15, 2018
Crucial hearing in NHL concussion suit coming Friday
More than four years after the landmark case was first filed, lawyers for the league and a group of disgruntled former players face off in court to argue over whether the litigation should proceed as a class action.
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Mar 9, 2018
League argues the testimony of Dr. Robert Cantu should be excluded from the high-stakes concussion case, Rick Westhead writes.
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Mar 7, 2018
Psychoanalyst: Peluso's life in danger if he has to travel for workers’ compensation case
A psychoanalyst has told a workers’ compensation court that former NHL player Mike Peluso’s life is in jeopardy if he has to travel in the aftermath of what Peluso says was his 10th grand mal seizure last week.
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Mar 1, 2018
Ontario neurosurgeon says roughly 80 active NHL players have undergone MRI scan procedures at Queen’s University over concerns about existing or potential brain injuries.
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Feb 6, 2018
Wickenheiser to donate brain to concussion research
Retired Canadian hockey star Hayley Wickenheiser will donate her brain after she dies for research on concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to the Concussion Legacy Foundation.
