Concussions a headache for local hockey associations
Adam Hooper, Centretown News
MacKenzie Smith and Dalia Feldberg, both 10, jostle for the puck at McNabb Arena during practice for a minor hockey playoff game. Archive 1997-2016
It is a sight that disturbs everyone involved in hockey: a player lying motionless on the ice, eyes staring blankly after suffering a hit to the head.Adam Hooper, Centretown NewsMacKenzie Smith and Dalia Feldberg, both 10, jostle for the puck at McNabb Arena during practice for a minor hockey playoff game.
Since Boston Bruins’ player Zdeno Chara rode the Montreal Canadiens’ Max Pacioretty into the centre-ice stanchion on Mar. 8, there has been an uproar surrounding the issue of head shots in the NHL.
Canada has been granted the bid to host the women’s 2015 World Cup and the preparations for the tournament are already in progress. In 2002, Canada hosted the U-20 World Cup and since then, interest in women’s soccer has risen significantly. Samia Madwar, Centretown NewsErin Leigh, a member of the co-ed soccer team The Green Machine, gets ready to attack during a game of pick-up soccer at Lansdowne Park.
She waits patiently again. This time, the room is totally empty.