After the elation of training with an NHL team, Meisner said he started sinking into one of his lowest lows. “I knew that there were 98 professional teams in North America … so there were exactly 196 jobs for goalies. The public conversation around mental illness has cracked open in recent years, revealing its ubiquity and releasing some of the stigma. Of course, professional hockey teams have swaths of people to monitor and support the physical well-being of athletes: physiotherapists, trainers, doctors. Hirsch and Meisner are now part of a small stream of hockey players who’ve spoken publicly about mental illness and suicide prevention.

Source: thestar August 19, 2018 16:41 UTC