Winnipeg’s Reese Kettler injured during Dec. 19 game
The father of Reese Keeler, a junior hockey player left paralysed after an on-ice collision, says the 19-year-old has been inspired by the outpouring of support he's received from the hockey community across the country.The father of a junior hockey player left paralysed after an on-ice collision says the 19-year-old has been inspired by the outpouring of support he’s received from the hockey community across the country.
Reese Ketler was playing with the St. Vital Victorias Junior Hockey Team, part of the Manitoba Major Junior Hockey League, on Dec. 19. His mother was in the stands cheering him on as the team faced off with the Raiders Junior Hockey Club.Reese, who is about six feet tall and 200 pounds, had been consistently on the ice since he was five years old. Everyone knows injury can be a part of sport, his dad said, but nobody expected what happened next in the game.
Trainers went to the ice and called for paramedics. The teen was eventually brought to a hospital in Winnipeg where he had immediate surgery to stabilize four vertebral fractures in his spine. Ketler said they are celebrating the “little victories” each day as they see improvements in Reese’s mobility. He’s been able sit in a wheelchair, move his neck from side to side and is messaging with friends on his phone. But there are also hard times, the dad said.Reese has been inspired to keep working hard by the thousands of people who have reached out to show their support.
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