'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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Apr 12
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
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
Carcillo joins NHL concussion lawsuit
Former NHL player Dan Carcillo says he is joining the landmark concussion lawsuit against the National Hockey League.
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Mar 21
‘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
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
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
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
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
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.
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Dec 7
Lovejoy becomes first active NHL player to pledge brain
The New Jersey Devils defenceman announced Thursday he will donate his brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation in Boston.
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Jan 22
Hall of Famer and long-time Canadiens’ doctor say they asked the league to invest $31 million – $1 million per team – in brain trauma research during private meeting on eve of the 2017 NHL All-Star Game.
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Nov 16
Former NHLer Craig Adams pledges brain to science
Two-time Stanley Cup winner has made the decision to donate his brain to scientists at the CTE Center at Boston University, TSN Senior Correspondent Rick Westhead writes.
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Sep 13
Brain of former NHL player to be donated for CTE research, family says
Jeff Parker was among a group of former players suing the league over its approach to head injuries and brain trauma.
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Oct 19
TSN's James Duthie sat down with Hall of Fame goaltender and acclaimed author Ken Dryden to discuss his book 'Game Change' and how it could help foster real change on how CTE is treated in the game.
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Apr 13, 2017
Former NHL players in new study have 'elevated rate' of psychiatric disorders, researcher says
New research of retired NHL players has found that 59 per cent of former players studied have experienced psychiatric disorders.
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Mar 20, 2017
OHL says lawsuit loss could mean cuts to concussion, drug-education programs
League says paying players minimum wage would be the ruin of some franchises ahead of hearing this week in Ontario Superior Court.
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May 1
In the latest twist in the high-stakes concussion case, the NHL has asked U.S. federal court in Minneapolis to not certify the case as a class-action suit.
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Aug 18
Appeals board rules on 'gag order' in Peluso's brain injury lawsuit
The judge overseeing Mike Peluso’s workers’ compensation lawsuit did not have the ability to impose a “gag order” on the one-time NHL enforcer, the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board has ruled.
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May 19
Lawyers in NHL concussion case want league, teams to hand over drug records
The policies of National Hockey League teams regarding the prescribing of drugs - such as anti-inflammatories, sleep aids, and controlled substances such as painkillers - to players may soon come under scrutiny in a U.S. court as part of a lawsuit involving concussions.
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Apr 27
A U.S. federal court judge in Minneapolis late Wednesday denied an attempt by the NHL to force Boston University to hand over reams of medical data related to its research on CTE, saying that task would be “staggering.”
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Apr 21
Four junior hockey players diagnosed with CTE, researcher says
Boston University neuropathologist Dr. Ann McKee made the diagnoses over the past two years.
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Mar 9, 2017
Judge in NHL concussion lawsuit said to want a trial this year
Lawyers and Judge Susan Richard Nelson discussed the future of the case during a November court hearing, a transcript of which was unsealed this week.
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Mar 28, 2017
Documents unsealed Tuesday are the latest set of emails and records that have been opened to public scrutiny since the NHL concussion litigation began during the autumn of 2013.
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Apr 7, 2017
Panthers doctor: 'Turf war' keeping neurologists off NHL study group
A Miami-based neurologist who has treated Florida Panther players says a "turf war" is preventing neurologists from being represented on the National Hockey League's Concussion Subcommittee.
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Feb 21, 2017
Peluso’s lawyer says he'll call Lamoriello, Bettman to testify in trial
Former New Jersey Devils enforcer Mike Peluso’s workers’ compensation trial will proceed sometime this fall – possibly with testimony from former Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello, former head coach Jacques Lemaire and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman – after a key ruling from a California appeals board.
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Feb 14, 2017
NHL fires back at Bennet Omalu
As TSN Senior Correspondent Rick Westhead reports, the league has responded to the renowned neuropathologist’s criticism of the medical expert hired in concussion lawsuit.
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Feb 8, 2017
Neuropathologist who made international headlines for diagnosing former NFL player with CTE writes letter defending Boston University research.
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Feb 7, 2017
Scientist: NHL’s demand would harm all ongoing CTE research
The National Hockey League has been waging a quiet legal battle with Boston University to obtain volumes of information used in school’s study of brain disease in former athletes, Rick Westhead writes.
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Jan 31, 2017
NHL loses judgment after arguing former players 'mere puppets' in lawsuit
League sought correspondence between players and Washington-based public relations firm that has given communications advice to lawyers involved in concussion lawsuit.
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Jan 20, 2017
Boston University refuses NHL request for CTE research records
League and research centre at odds over records related to its study on the brains of deceased professional athletes, Rick Westhead writes.
