The Russian government banned dozens of former Canadian Olympians in response to the country periodically imposing sanctions on Russia amid the invasion of Ukraine. Four-time gold medallist hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser, seen above in 2019, was among those who Russia has closed its borders to.
Hayley Wickenheiser is calling for mandated neck protection at "every level in hockey" after former NHL player Adam Johnson died from a cut by a skate blade during a game in England on Saturday.Four-time gold medallist hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser, seen in 2019, called for mandatory neck protection in all levels of hockey in the wake of former NHLer Adam Johnson's accidental death on Saturday.
My deepest condolences to Adam's family and the extended hockey family.Such a terrible loss of a young life.I know it may not pass the 'cool' factor but it's time for mandatory neck protection at every level in hockey. The risk is far too great not to. https://t.co/YvUoMn7qTlShe posted to X platform, formerly known as Twitter, that the risk is far too great not to wear neck protection, even if it doesn't pass the "cool factor.
Arniel was a forward for the Buffalo Sabres when his teammate, goalie Clint Malarchuk, took a skate blade to the neck on March 22, 1989.Clint Malarchuk suffered a horrific sporting injury. But PTSD put his life in peril again, decades later
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