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Nick Boynton: NHL Concussions Led to Depression, Drugs, Thoughts of Self-Harm

In afirst-person essayon The Players' Tribune, former NHL defenseman Nick Boynton chronicled his battle with the lingering effects of multiple concussions and indicated he doesn't want his three-year-old son to follow him in playing hockey.

Boynton wrote he had eight to 10 confirmed concussions as a player from 1999 to 2011 but that "actually more like 20 or 30 of them altogether, and even that might be a bit low."

"With me, there have been times when the anger has been so bad that I legitimately worried that I might hurt someone, or that I'd injure myself," Boyton wrote.