HOCKEY-L oldtimers may remember that Vicki Price was posting about
head injuries in the late 90's.  Looks like she was ahead of her time.

-- Erik

On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 1:58 PM, Carol White
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> And here is the latest from Gary Bettman....
>
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> *Bettman: Not enough data to link concussions to brain ailment*
> JOSH DUBOW , Star Tribune
>
> PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. - NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says there is not
> enough data yet to draw conclusions about the link between concussions and
> a degenerative brain ailment that has been found in four dead hockey
> players.
>
> Player safety was a major topic Tuesday as the league wrapped up its
> two-day Board of Governors meeting in Pebble Beach, Calif.
> It came a day after The New York Times reported that former New York
> Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard suffered from chronic traumatic
> encephalopathy, an ailment related to Alzheimer's disease.
>
> The 28-year-old Boogaard died in May of an accidental overdose of alcohol
> and oxycodone.
>
> Former players Bob Probert, Reggie Fleming and Rick Martin previously were
> found to have CTE.
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>
> Bettman is a complete ZERO.  The reason I LOVE College Hockey is that they
> DO NOT ALLOW fighting!  But I  know lots of hockey fans do like it and I
> don't know why...
>
> Carol
> GO Gophers!!!   NO FIGHTING!!!!
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Joe Makowiec <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
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>
>> Great series in the NY Times on Derek Boogaard; starts here:
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/**12/04/sports/hockey/derek-**
>> boogaard-a-boy-learns-to-**brawl.html<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/sports/hockey/derek-boogaard-a-boy-learns-to-brawl.html>
>>
>> I think that the father's role in the whole thing bugs me most...
>>
>> Joe
>> --
>> Joe Makowiec can be reached at:
>> http://makowiec.org/contact/?**Joe <http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe>
>> http://makowiec.org/
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> --
> Carol S. White
> * *
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> bending, you will become stronger in new places. By letting go, you will be
> making room for the new and the better."**  ~ *Karen Salmansohn
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