Doctor Diagnoses Devastating Hockey Injuries

Casually dropping that you’re buddies with the captain of the New York Rangers >

6:56 yes in hockey fighting is “a part of the game” but generally both players are aware that they are about to fight. You aren’t supposed to just attack someone from behind and punch them in the back of the head!

The funniest thing about that first clip is that in a post-game interview Winnipeg's former Captain Blake Wheeler said "I've got three beautiful kids, we're not having any more, so what the hell." when he was asked about the shot he blocked to his groin. What a legendary stereotypical hockey player response lmao

I appreciate that you call out the notion that delaying or not getting needed care is not strength. The idea that a man must tough it out instead of getting physical and mental health care is causing a lot of harm.

That guy explaining the Clint Malachuk story left out a lot of details. The medic that attended to him on the ice literally had his hands inside of Clint's neck and pinched off the jugular vein all the way to the hospital. Absolute hero.

The goalie incident actually paved the way for them to wear neckguards now.

These hockey injuries are really gruesome, these players are truly survivors! I can't even imagine the pain and traumatizing experience they've gone through.

On the Malarchuk incident. He was SO lucky that the guy who saved his life was a former combat medic. He was very used to seeing wounds like that and immediately knew what to do.

6:24 wasn't an accident. He hauled on his shirt, then punched him in the head. The fact that he fell on him afterwards, was just icing on the cake.

@6:50 Dr. Mike, there is a huge difference between two guys squaring up and fighting, and sucker punching someone in the back of the head, or swinging a hockey stick like a weapon.

“who does that!?” 3:02 your buddy trouba does actually 😂

Thank you so much about your comments on PTSD. As someone who also has it, it's very difficult when your condition is a joke to those around you. It just adds to the stigma surrounding mental health challenges.

The reason why there are sometimes criminal charges is because there are differing levels of offenses and penalties. Minor and major penalties are considered relatively safe and interfere with game play. A match penalty is dangerous, often intentional, and can lead to additional penalties. So, for example, body checking is allowed because they are trained on how to take a hit. When someone is checked from behind, they cannot prepare, and they are much more likely to be seriously injured. Any hits to the head are basically match penalties and can lead to charges due to how dangerous they are (whether it's hitting with stick, hand, whatever).

As a hockey guy, fighting is celebrated, but these days the fight is more of a respect thing, kinda like boxing. Its used to settle things (which never works) or to get your team fired up. No one likes it when someone takes it too far, or accidents happen. Its not what the game is about

I never understood PTSD until I got life threatening medical issues. Thankfully I'm much better now but it took a long time to learn how to exist normally because of all the panic attacks etc. I've had therapy and now I'm mostly fine but I still start to absolutely ball my eyes out when I hear stories about people injuring themselves. This video was a non stop crying sesh. Weirdly enough I feel like I'm emotionally fine watching it. It's like i can't control the tears and crying

That Scott Stevens hit on Paul Kariya led to one of the best calls by the TV commentator: "OFF THE FLOOR ON THE BOARD"

As someone with PTSD, I really appreciate the comments at the end. I have a service dog and a lot of people don’t understand the difference between ESAs and a PSD, because they don’t see me as someone who genuinely struggles. They just think oh, you’re a little anxious or a little sad. I wish these medical terms weren’t always used so lightly.

Clint's story is definitely worth checking out. Not only did he survive his neck injury, he also survived shooting himself in the face. He suffered sever PTSD from the incident and for the longest time due to the stigma surrounding mental health he suffered in silence.

Thank you for your statement about the seriousness of PTSD. Thanks to some nasty stuff that I'm not going to go into I suffer from PTSD. Some days it's okay but when that flashback hits or those reminders happen it's hell on Earth. Seeing people laugh and joke about PTSD, for example saying their friend has PTSD about a subject just because that friend gets angry about something, kinda really pisses me off

Thank you for saying your peice on PTSD, as someone with CPTSD my life is pervasively impacted by it every single day