In "This NHL Career Took a Dark Turn," we explore the story of Marek Svatos, a talented goal scorer who faced significant ...

Sidney Crosby is hardly the only NHL player felled by a concussion this season. In fact, he has lots of unwanted company. The NHL board of governors received a detailed preliminary report Saturday ...

If this report is accurate, the Edmonton Oilers could find themselves in some serious hot water. NHL insider Frank Seravalli has reported that Oilers defenseman Evan Bouchard played in the playoffs ...

A major University of Calgary study of concussions, conducted over seven National Hockey League seasons and led by sports medicine researchers within the Faculty of Kinesiology, indicates that while ...

(AP) - Three months after the NFL agreed on a $765 million settlement with thousands of ex-players for concussion-related health problems, a group of their NHL peers is going to court, too. Hockey has ...

The relationship between head injuries suffered during contact sport and Alzheimer's disease is now being called into question thanks to research by the Sahlgrenska Academy, which has revealed that ...

(Reuters) - A federal judge in Minnesota on Friday denied class-action status for a lawsuit by former players accusing the National Hockey League of failing to protect them from head injuries and ...

The Latest on a tentative settlement on the NHL concussion lawsuit (all times Eastern): 2:35 p.m. An attorney representing retired players involved in the NHL's concussion lawsuit and a sports ...

A lawyer for former NHL players suing the league over concussions says that a 2011 email from deputy commissioner Bill Daly to commissioner Gary Bettman linking fighting to concussions, depression and ...

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STAMFORD, Conn. --Dominic Moore said he was "blown away" by the response to the return of the Smashfest Charity Ping-Pong Challenge, held at The Loading Dock on Monday after an eight-year run in ...

We are dealt only one brain for a lifetime. Hockey Luddites traditionally have dismissed brain traumas with 'don't worry, it's only your coconut.” However, even big, tough hockey players suffer ...