The NHL now suspends players for the types of devastating hits that Lindros received before suffering his concussions. When Nepean-Carleton MPP Lisa MacLeod approached him about becoming a champion for Rowan’s Law — inspired by the death of 17-year-old rugby player Rowan Stringer in May 2013 — he jumped at the chance. While Rowan’s Law is centred around youth concussions, Lindros’s old playing field, the NHL, is also in the thick of a concussion lawsuit with retired players. Those skaters contend the NHL didn’t do enough to make players aware of the potential for concussions. “I don’t think there’s a difference between a concussion in hockey or a concussion in rugby or a concussion in horseback riding.

Source: National Post July 03, 2016 04:41 UTC