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MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

Morris Lukowich (left), a player from the 1979 Jets team, takes pictures with memorabilia at the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame, Friday. Lukowich admits he had some "very, very black depression" after his NHL career ended.

Morris Lukowich can tell you several stories of times when he went back into a hockey game after sustaining a serious head injury.

“There’s been times where I got cranked,” said Lukowich, who’s in town for the 40-year reunion of the 1979 Avco Cup champion Winnipeg Jets.