TURNING OUT THE LIGHTS Concussions Spectacle and the NHL edition by David Gowdey Professional Technical eBooks
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In 1998 Steve Bocking suffered his second concussion in two years playing hockey. His father was a surgeon who had seen enough. He started a campaign to change the rules, and won in 2011 when Hockey Canada banned all head shots. But the NHL still refuses to listen. When did the game change? What are the dangers of concussions? Why does the world's top hockey league continue to ignore the evidence?
TURNING OUT THE LIGHTS Concussions Spectacle and the NHL edition by David Gowdey Professional Technical eBooks
This is a book that should be stocked not only by every bookstore that puts hockey books on its shelves but by any sporting goods store that sells hockey equipment. I wish the author had plugged away at finding a major publisher because this book deserves one. It's both exceptionally well written and exceptionally timely.The book quotes the great center for the Montreal Canadiens Jean Beliveau: "You can play this game perfectly and never intentionally hurt anybody." Therein lies the deterioration of hockey civility, irrespective of today's higher calibre of play. Today's NHL features all kinds of players whose raison d'etre is to hurt opposing players so badly that they'll not only be out of the game, they'll be out like a light and even out for the rest of the season. And sometimes it's a Sid Crosby or a Wayne Gretsky lying on the ce. That mentality was foreign to the old NHL. It did not glorify players whose only skills were fighting and brutal body checking. Now, as even former big bad Bruin turned hockey commentator Mike Milbury puts it, "There's six or seven players every shift now who don't care about the puck." In the 1960s, such a statement would be unintelligible. How could ANY hockey player not care about the puck? Sadly, it wouldn't surprise any fan today. Gowdey traces the evolution of this mentality and how an increasing incidence of concussions has accompanied it. He is not to be accused of wanting to convert the NHL to a gentler European style of play. He mostly just wants to reduce NHL barbarism to a bare minimum. The whole idea that the NHL should tolerate a much higher rate of brain injury than is inevitable is appalling. (Oh, sorry, it's just the brain. I thought we were talking about an important human organ.)
Gowdey makes clear that the problem is not illegal hits. The problem is mostly legal hits that should be illegal. Rule 48 was supposed to eliminate nasty head shots, but it can't work because it's couched in too many qualifiers. Skating lawyers, not referees, would be required to interpret and apply this rule effectively. Head shots should simply not be permitted--period, no qualifiers. And why not rehabilitate old rules that are seldom invoked anymore such as those penalizing charging or deliberate intent to injure?
The game is too fast and the players too big to avoid unacceptable rates of concussion under current rules. What is particularly horrible is that the vast majority of concussions happen without the drama of a player getting knocked out, which at least alerts everyone to the seriousness of what just took place. And the effects of minor concussions are cumulative. It's an insidious problem.
How can players with real hockey skills function at anywhere near their best when they know that they may very well be clobbered by the on-ice equivalent of a Brinks armored truck after they make a pass, even seconds later? So many bona fide hockey stars have had their seasons punctuated with injuries that were very much intended by goons or have had their careers thereby shortened. The excessive violence hurts and demeans the game as a spectacle. Apart from the pleasure of seeing an expansion team win the Stanley Cup mostly with sensational goaltending, who wants to revive the likes of Philadelphia's Broad Street bullies, as opposed to the likes of real hockey-playing teams such as the late 1970s Montreal Candiens?
Gowdey's arguments are more sophisticated and more charitable to Don Cherry types than what I've extracted above in broad strokes. And he embeds them within historical developments that many fans are probably not aware of. Most fans, unlike myself, continue to watch the game despite the barabarism. Count Gowdey amongst the optimists who continue to watch, partly in the hope of identifying what needs to be changed and then arguing passionately for such changes. Gowdey's passion for the game of hockey comes through loud and clear, and that's why even defenders of the status quo should listen up. Moreover: it's not a long book. It can easily be read over a weekend.
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TURNING OUT THE LIGHTS Concussions Spectacle and the NHL edition by David Gowdey Professional Technical eBooks Reviews
David Gowdey’s newest book, “Turning Out The Lights” combines hockey history, statistical facts, and the latest medical research on the most feared and least understood of all sports injuries concussions. This is a timely “must read” for all coaches, players, and parents whose kids aspire to play contact sports. Bravo, David.
William Buzbuzian, Doctor of Chiropractic
[...]
The author takes a nostalgic look at hockey history and winds it through to the present. Along the way, he discusses the evolution of checking and why concussions have become so much more commonplace. The science of concussions is presented in an easy to understand way and the book doesn't get bogged down with medical jargon. The book is presented in such a way that the point is made, but not at the author's risk of coming across as a one who longs for the days of old. A super read for any hockey fan, athlete or parent.
This is a book that should be stocked not only by every bookstore that puts hockey books on its shelves but by any sporting goods store that sells hockey equipment. I wish the author had plugged away at finding a major publisher because this book deserves one. It's both exceptionally well written and exceptionally timely.
The book quotes the great center for the Montreal Canadiens Jean Beliveau "You can play this game perfectly and never intentionally hurt anybody." Therein lies the deterioration of hockey civility, irrespective of today's higher calibre of play. Today's NHL features all kinds of players whose raison d'etre is to hurt opposing players so badly that they'll not only be out of the game, they'll be out like a light and even out for the rest of the season. And sometimes it's a Sid Crosby or a Wayne Gretsky lying on the ce. That mentality was foreign to the old NHL. It did not glorify players whose only skills were fighting and brutal body checking. Now, as even former big bad Bruin turned hockey commentator Mike Milbury puts it, "There's six or seven players every shift now who don't care about the puck." In the 1960s, such a statement would be unintelligible. How could ANY hockey player not care about the puck? Sadly, it wouldn't surprise any fan today. Gowdey traces the evolution of this mentality and how an increasing incidence of concussions has accompanied it. He is not to be accused of wanting to convert the NHL to a gentler European style of play. He mostly just wants to reduce NHL barbarism to a bare minimum. The whole idea that the NHL should tolerate a much higher rate of brain injury than is inevitable is appalling. (Oh, sorry, it's just the brain. I thought we were talking about an important human organ.)
Gowdey makes clear that the problem is not illegal hits. The problem is mostly legal hits that should be illegal. Rule 48 was supposed to eliminate nasty head shots, but it can't work because it's couched in too many qualifiers. Skating lawyers, not referees, would be required to interpret and apply this rule effectively. Head shots should simply not be permitted--period, no qualifiers. And why not rehabilitate old rules that are seldom invoked anymore such as those penalizing charging or deliberate intent to injure?
The game is too fast and the players too big to avoid unacceptable rates of concussion under current rules. What is particularly horrible is that the vast majority of concussions happen without the drama of a player getting knocked out, which at least alerts everyone to the seriousness of what just took place. And the effects of minor concussions are cumulative. It's an insidious problem.
How can players with real hockey skills function at anywhere near their best when they know that they may very well be clobbered by the on-ice equivalent of a Brinks armored truck after they make a pass, even seconds later? So many bona fide hockey stars have had their seasons punctuated with injuries that were very much intended by goons or have had their careers thereby shortened. The excessive violence hurts and demeans the game as a spectacle. Apart from the pleasure of seeing an expansion team win the Stanley Cup mostly with sensational goaltending, who wants to revive the likes of Philadelphia's Broad Street bullies, as opposed to the likes of real hockey-playing teams such as the late 1970s Montreal Candiens?
Gowdey's arguments are more sophisticated and more charitable to Don Cherry types than what I've extracted above in broad strokes. And he embeds them within historical developments that many fans are probably not aware of. Most fans, unlike myself, continue to watch the game despite the barabarism. Count Gowdey amongst the optimists who continue to watch, partly in the hope of identifying what needs to be changed and then arguing passionately for such changes. Gowdey's passion for the game of hockey comes through loud and clear, and that's why even defenders of the status quo should listen up. Moreover it's not a long book. It can easily be read over a weekend.
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