Hockey legend Trevor Linden saw countless lives disrupted and careers cut short by concussions during his 19 seasons in the NHL.
Even still, the former captain of the Vancouver Canucks says he was “stunned” to learn survivors of domestic violence are concussed at rates much greater than professional athletes.
For every concussion incurred by an NHL player, approximately 7,000 women and girls in Canada are concussed because of intimate partner and domestic violence, according to a new estimate from YWCA Metro Vancouver and researchers at the University of British Columbia.
Linden is lending his name to a campaign raising awareness of concussions among survivors and advocating for increased support for diagnosis and
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