Bryan Bickell has never shied away from discussing his multiple sclerosis diagnosis or how the disease affected his life and the lives of his family.
Bickell retired from the NHL after last season, after that memorable shootout goal for the Carolina Hurricanes at Philadelphia, but his fight against MS — and against allowing MS to define or control his life — continues.
[One award missing from Bickell’s farewell to NHL – DeCock]
[‘Hockey gods’ good to Bickell in final game]
[Bickell’s memorable, brave goodbye]
[Canes’ Bryan Bickell diagnosed with multiple sclerosis]
Bickell, in a first-person account for The Players Tribune called “The Grinder,” gives a gripping account of him first discovering he had MS, coping with the diagnosis, then having the resolve to return to the ice before the end of last season.