News about Chris Simon

After two players died as a result of suspected brain injury in just one week, top neuroscientists have accused the National Hockey League of "blatantly deny" the game's allegedly lethal effects. Chris Simon, a former NHL star, was found to have committed suicide earlier this week as a result of a battle with a deadly brain injury. The news appeared only days after Konstantin Koltsov's suicide. Dr Chris Nowinski, a neuroscientist and founder of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, referred to Hockey players as "boxers on ice," referring to the sport's danger of degenerative brain injury in a newspaper. The science into whether the game caused the lethal injuries is 'black and white,' according to him.

The age-old debate over violence and head injury in hockey was revived this week by Chris Simon, a long-serving NHL enforcer whose career included 102 majors over his 15-year career. However, Chris 'Knuckles' Nilan, a 66-year-old former Montreal Canadiens enforcer, isn't the only potential perpetrator. Nilan questioned the conclusion that fighting inherently leads to CTE, but instead, argue that violent checks are mainly responsible for head injury in hockey.

Chris Simon, a former NHL enforcer, died by suicide at the age of 52, according to his family. He'struggled extensively' in his fight against chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease, according to the patients. 'The family is adamantly aware and witnessed firsthand that Chris suffered so much from CTE that unfortunately resulted in his death,' the post, written by Simon's former agent, Paul Theofanous, read.'

Chris Simon, a former NHL enforcer, has died at the age of 52. Simon died in Wawa, Ontario, on Monday night, according to a spokesperson for the NHL Players' Union. Simon's lawyer, Paul Theofanous, did not respond to a mail demanding further information, and Ontario Provincial Police declined to comment on Simon's death. A cause of death was not immediately available.