If you are a hockey player, especially an enforcer on the team, you should know how much danger you are actually putting yourself in. I am a die-hard Rangers fan and I was watching a video the other day about Derek Boogaard who played for the Rangers in the 2010 season. He was an enforcer. After all the fights he got into in his career, he developed Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). He died a little over a year ago at the age of 28.

                Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain found in athletes (and others) with a history of repetitive brain trauma, including symptomatic concussions as well as symptomatic subconcussive  hits to the head (Retrieved from www.bu.edu/cste/about/what-is-cte/, 2009). Mostly athletes are affected by this disease because of the frequent concussions received while playing. It is very hard to diagnose this disease. The brain degeneration is associated with memory loss, confusion, impaired judgement, impulse control problems, aggression, depression, and, eventually, progressive dementia (Retrieved from www.bu.cste/about/what-is-cte/, 2009).

                Here are some famous hockey players who have Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). 

~Bob Probert

~Rob Fleming

~Rick Martin

~Derek Boogaard

~All deceased because of this disease.

                Earlier in this post, I mentioned I was watching a video about Derek Boogaard, who had Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Here's a link to that video.

http://www.hulu.com/punched-out-the-life-and-death-of-an-nhl-enforcer