Concussions are an issue in many contact sports, and in the NHL, former and current players are doing their best to reduce that problem.
On Friday, San Jose Shark Dominic Moore held the inaugural ping pong tournament for NHLPA SmashFest in Toronto, an event that helps raise money for concussion awareness and research, according to the Sporting News.
One player that attended and took part was former Flyer Eric Lindros, a player whose career was greatly impacted by head injuries.
Across the room from where Moore was speaking, Lindros served as an object lesson, wrote Jesse Spector. The former No. 1 overall draft pick played 760 games in his NHL career, a tally severely curtailed by repeated injuries, especially to his brain. While recovering from one concussion in 2000, Lindros was stripped of his captaincy in Philadelphia after criticizing the Flyers' medical staff for his treatment. Such a scenario is just about unthinkable a decade later.
The tournament included Vincent Lecavalier, Jason Spezza and Steven Stamkos, while fans attended and took part in other fundraising opportunities.
There's so much gray area in what we know, and we need to bridge that gap, Moore said.