Bryan Little suffered brain bleed after getting struck by puck

[IceNeophyte]

i wouldnt be suprised if they start adding full cages to the helmets, feel bad for the kid, hope his recovers.

I don't get why they don't. If they are required, the youth stigma attached to them will be gone within a couple years.

 

[Duke749]

Perforated ear drum and vertigo, but no word of "brain bleed", according to Maurice.



https://www.tsn.ca/winnipeg-jets-place-bryan-little-on-ir-recall-joonas-luoto-1.1394075

Still a nasty injury.

With this being what is actually being reported, can we change the thread title please. Nothing has confirmed the “brain bleed” rumor.

 

[tarheelhockey]

it's really not, but whatever makes the players look stronger i guess...

I don't even know what that's supposed to mean.

We've seen players have their throats cut, spines crushed, skulls cracked. We're lucky only one of them has ever died. I can't see how it's even possible to disagree with that.

 

[bleedgreen]

If he did have a head bleed it's because he caught it to the side of the head like that. More common to get a bleed there, a lot more vasculature on the side than to the face/front. Probably why players don't get them more.

 

[Channelcat]

I don't even know what that's supposed to mean.

We've seen players have their throats cut, spines crushed, skulls cracked. We're lucky only one of them has ever died. I can't see how it's even possible to disagree with that.

Ya lots of people have died playing hockey......so it is surprising it hasn't happened more in the NHL. I think Bill Masterton was the only one.

 

[Spazkat]

I don't get why they don't. If they are required, the youth stigma attached to them will be gone within a couple years.

Getting the players to agree to it would be problematic - for a number of reasons... decreased visibility and decreased ventilation particularly.

They'd also have to implement it all at once, rather than phase them in like they did with the visors as it gets dangerous when some players have them and some don't. At that point even relatively innocuous collisions run the risk of injury if they hit wrong.

 

[Gurglesons]

Little should just retire tbh. Injuries are adding up at this point.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

I have thought this many times. Especially if you think about back in the day when goalies stopped pucks to the face without any mask on lol.

It’s still crazy but stick blades werent really curved back then and the shafts weren’t whippy composite ones like they are now. It was very hard to elevate the puck back then.

 

[bring back the jets]

As if the brain injury isn't enough on it's own, the poor guy also has to stay at the health sciences center

Get well soon Brian

 

[heretik27]

Poor guy, bleeds his heart out for the franchise and has had some terrible freak injuries. I hope he fully recovers.

 

[Bandit]

The guy takes a full force slapshot off the side of his head and the trainer is like "Sure go ahead and get up and skate off on your own". Brilliant.

I hope he makes a full recovery, looks brutal.

 

[Channelcat]

Little should just retire tbh. Injuries are adding up at this point.

Maybe. He's 32 next week and can't go a month without getting hurt. Its not chronic injuries though.....just continuous freak injuries.

 

[Cygnusx1018]

Ya lots of people have died playing hockey......so it is surprising it hasn't happened more in the NHL. I think Bill Masterton was the only one.

Sort of Howie Morenz

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

I remember at the game thinking that he'd be okay for next game as this stuff happens almost all the time. This shocks me what you almost don't expect to happen. Poor Little, can't catch a break. Hope he's alright.

 

[Jeti]

Little must be thinking thank god it wasnt Laine shooting

Or maybe he thinks damn why not be Laine so he would actually shoot on goal

... it was deflected...

Little should just retire tbh. Injuries are adding up at this point.

He didn't miss a single game the previous two seasons

 

[Zamuz]

... it was deflected...

How does that change anything?

 

[TK 421]

Best wishes to Little, hopefully a speedy recovery.

 

[tucson83]

Ear protection is a must. Players need to get over the pride thing, who cares if you look dorky, you're being safe.

actually, they have helmets that have ear protection added to them now, so that's probably the next thing going to be added to their helmets.

Bauer RE-AKT 200 Hockey Helmet Combo | Pure Hockey Equipment

 

[ijuka]

i wouldnt be suprised if they start adding full cages to the helmets, feel bad for the kid, hope his recovers.

Full cage and ear protectors, agreed. How many injuries do we need to have caused by high sticks, errant pucks etc. ? As is, it feels like they're not going to do anything until someone loses an eye or something.

 

[Alex Jones]

Example number 500000000 why you keep your shot down. Especially important at higher levels where everyone can blast it.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

... it was deflected...


He didn't miss a single game the previous two seasons

I’ve watched the replay a few times on slo-mo, it wasn’t deflected. He tried picking a corner and missed badly.

 

[end]

The moment the first shot was taken in the first ever game of hockey i'd be like, yeah, nope...

People in the past were complete lunatics. The first hockey puck was just a knife.

 

[LeProspector]

That’s tuff

 

[castle]

People in the past were complete lunatics. The first hockey puck was just a knife.

they still have them!

 

[Slap]

Having cages in full contact mens hockey would open a whole new can of worms. There would be broken jaws all over the place and the concussion numbers would sky rocket.
When the cage hits someones shoulder it presses against the face of the one wearing it, the lower part of the cage can very easily break your jaw during impact at the speeds the game is played in the NHL.
The whole helmet design needs to be changed to something like a motorcross helmet for this to work and that doesn't seem like a plausible option.