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-- Updated September 6, 2011 --
Does the NHL Have a Painkiller Problem?
(from the Red Light NHL Blog on SI.com - 9/6/11)
Ian Laperrière is a highly respected NHLer, a warrior and leader, a man who didn't fear the consequences of throwing his body at speeding pucks and who paid the price for it with lost teeth, lost vision and an entire lost season while he suffered from post-concussion syndrome. He certainly earned the 2011 Bill Masterton Trophy for his perseverance and dedication to hockey. And when he spoke last week on a Montreal radio station, reflecting on the NHL's dark summer, Laperrière raised a concern that should resonate throughout the hockey world, if only because of the messenger's credibility.
"Today the biggest problem, which isn't talked about...is pills. It's painkillers," Laperrière said...
How Hockey Got Hooked On Pills
(from the Globe and Mail - 9/2/11)
In a sport where pain is a constant companion, it's not that hard to find relief.
It seems self-medication, either with alcohol or pharmaceutical-grade opiates, may be as much a part of the good old hockey game as stitches and a gap-toothed smile...
Laperriere Becomes U.S. Citizen
(from NHL.com - 8/31/11)
Philadelphia Flyers forward Ian Laperriere, winner of the 2011 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, was naturalized as a U.S. citizen on Tuesday after being sworn in at the Citizenship and Immigration Services in Mount Laurel, N.J.
After Laperriere and his wife, Magali, made their citizenship official by reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, supervisory immigration officer Keith Dorr presented each of them a Certificate of Naturalization...
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