Dr. Rui Avelar, the Canucks' team doctor, said Brashear was unconscious and having a seizure when he reached Brashear's side. He was knocked to the ice after Boston's McSorley hit him across the head during an NHL game on Feb. 21. This will be the first criminal appearance for an on-ice attack by an NHL player since Dino Ciccarelli, then with the Minnesota North Stars, was sentenced in 1988. Marty was put on the ice also. Rough play on ice.
Hockey is a great sport.
I'm just afraid that if we don't do something about the violence and the increasing possibility of injury, it will soon be relegated to the same category as ancient Roman gladiatorial combat. When Marty McSorley of the NHL slashed his stick into the head of an opponent, he forced Canada into a frenzied look into the dark side of its national passion. Lindros was playing his second game after a 10-week absence because of postconcussion syndrome. It was widely speculated upon his return that Lindros' next concussion could end his career. His younger brother, Brett Lindros, retired from the NHL in 1996 after suffering three concussions with the New York Islanders and several concussions in juniors.