A Brief E-mail Interview with Ian Laperriere
With all the concussions that are happening in the National Hockey League this year, I figured now would be a good time to do an e-mail interview with an NHLer who has had one and that is Ian Lapperriere.
Lapperriere has not played in the NHL since the 2009-10 season due to post-concussion syndrome. Ian was kind enough to take the time to tell us about how he got into hockey, how...
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January 16, 2012
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January 16, 2012
Masterton Trophy Leader
The NHL award that has the poorest definition of what it is for is the Masterton Trophy. Officially it is given to the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to ice hockey. That is somewhat of a vague definition. In practise, it is an award given out for lifetime achievement in a rather random fashion. Last year it went to Ian...
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October 29, 2011
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October 29, 2011
Use of Visors mandatory?
Image via WikipediaThis is the latest argument that has come up, some want to make the use of visor mandatory in the NHL, the AHL visors are already mandatory. Me personally, I think it should be up to the individual player, if they don't want to wear the visor them it should be up to them.
Hockey News --- For most players, like sidelined Flyers forward Ian Laperriere, they...
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October 26, 2011
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October 26, 2011
After Pronger injury, some Flyers stubbornly hold out on visors
By his own admission, Ian Laperriere was too macho to wear a visor. Then he took a Paul Martin slap shot to the face during the 2010 playoffs and suffered a brain contusion and concussion. He valiantly returned to the Philadelphia Flyers in the Stanley Cup Final, wearing a visor and vowing he'd wear one for the rest of his career.
That Ian Laperriere hasn't played another...
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October 25, 2011
THE FLYERS HOT 25
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