Tonight, for the first time in nearly 12 months, Nathan Horton will strap on his pads, pull on his Bruins jersey and head out onto the TD Garden ice for a game without any health limitations. Sure, it’s only an exhibition game versus the Providence Bruins, but it’s a start.
It’s been almost a full calendar year since Horton suffered his second concussion in a seven-month span last January and Bruins fans haven’t seen much of him since.
But now Horton is 100%, not experiencing any post-concussion symptoms, and has been able to participate in contact drills during the first two days of training camp, preparing for what he hopes will be a healthy 2013 campaign.
“I’m not even thinking about it, if I get hit,” Horton said after Monday’s Bruins practice. “It doesn’t bother me.”
Horton’s last concussion came on January 22, 2012 when he took a high, blindside hit from the Flyers’ Tom Sestito. Just seven months earlier, Horton was the victim of that brutal late hit from Canucks defenseman
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January 15, 2013
