Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Yes. In both leagues they did, but Carter will be able to speak a lot better on what the protocol was.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  I'm still here. Carter is speaking. I couldn't hear him.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Yes. As far the suspensions went they started off with the three-game suspension. The next one I believe went to six. The next one went to eight games. The one that finally did him in for good was I believe six games for the player and three for the coach. These were one month

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  I don't think I have anything new to add other than I think that leagues need to put it out there that there's proper equipment and have someone who is trained to identify the proper equipment. On the suspensions, I think the league rules need to change in order to protect these

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  In Burnaby....

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  I was absolutely shocked.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  We were strictly on our own. There wasn't a single person involved in hockey who could give us any advice. With his last concussion, he was ambulanced to Saskatoon hospital for a CT scan to make sure he didn't have a brain bleed because of some recent symptoms. No one gave us a

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Yes. He started playing midget AAA away from home when he was actually only 14 years old, which broke my heart to see him leave home at that age. That year he was wearing that helmet that shouldn't have been used past bantam. He complained of headaches all the time. No one on th

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Yes, we totally need all of that. We went to a store that sold the high-end pro equipment. They knew what level of hockey Carter was playing. They gave us recommendations. The sticker on it said it was NHL-approved, so I didn't think there was any way that helmet wasn't good enou

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Yes. I agree 100% that the culture needs to change, but I believe Carter's first three concussions wouldn't have happened if he'd been wearing the correct helmet for his level. There were many opportunities for somebody to have figured that out. All it would take is a list and a

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  As far as the mental health end goes, it was never addressed with Carter. We had trouble finding any doctor or anybody who could help him with anything. Being in Saskatchewan, I was on the Internet trying to find things out. I finally saw a video of a doctor down in California wh

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  As I said in my speech, it just seemed like it was part of the culture, that they wanted to get the goalie. I really think that crease rule needs to come in. As I said before, coaches need to be held accountable. Ultimately, in the end, they are the ones who are telling their pl

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Everybody just basically washed their hands of us and said that they were done with us.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  I would really like to see the league start implementing the rule that there is zero contact with the goalie and see penalties, suspensions, whatever, handed down as soon as there is. Just this last weekend, I watched our Weyburn Red Wings goalie be bowled over three times and th

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Thanks. I'm not 100% sure about when the very first one occurred, but I know that over the last three years, my son Carter has been diagnosed with a concussion no fewer than six times, all while playing junior hockey. His symptoms have been varied, some short-lived, some longer