Concussions in the NHL, and sports as a whole, are a hot-button issue right now, so today’s edition of LNN has a few important stories from that arena.
- There are fewer pressing issues in the world of sports right now than that of concussions and traumatic brain injuries. In hockey especially, we’re continuing to see an alarming trend of athletes playing through repeated concussions. Just recently, Buffalo Sabres forward Kyle Okposo was revealed to suffer his fourth concussion in just under two and a half years, in the contest against Ottawa last week.