'I want to give myself the best opportunity to play at my best.” A problem with Micheal Ferland's vestibular system derailed his season. But he's working his way back, one day and one scrimmage at a time. (imacSportsnet)
After the 28-year-old suffered a concussion last Oct. 30, 12 games into his four-year, $14-million-US free-agent contract with the Canucks, the rest of Ferland’s season consisted of four periods of NHL hockey in December and one in the minors in February when concern for Ferland’s health jumped the barrier between sports and real life.
Former NHL defenceman Bryce Salvador wrote about his debilitating vestibular problems a few years ago in an article for the. The system can be re-trained, which presumably is what Ferland has been trying to do the last few months while working out and skating near home in Brandon, Man. Given how badly Ferland’s two comeback attempts went after he was injured fighting Kyle Clifford in Los Angeles, the surprise on the first day of the Canucks’ summer camp wasn’t that Ferland was kept off the ice, but that he was in town at all.
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