According to the Concussion Legacy Foundation, 19 of 20 NHL players studied at the Boston University CTE Center, including Simon, have been found to have had CTE. Included in those former players are ...

Simon, who was 52 when he passed, was a longtime enforcer in the NHL and frequently fought during his 15-year-career.

The Canadian-born NHL enforcer and two-time All-Star Chris Simon was suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy when he died by suicide last year at age 52, according to a new analysis of his ...

Simon was drafted 25th overall by the Flyers in the second round of the 1990 NHL Draft, but the Flyers ... including Simon, Derek Boogaard, Bobby Hull, and Stan Mikita, have been diagnosed with ...

19 of 20 NHL players studied at the Boston University CTE Center, including Simon, have had CTE. The diagnoses of Bobby Hull, Ralph Backstrom, Stan Mikita, Bob Probert, and Derek Boogaard were ...

While there have certainly been some big name NHL players, including Mikita, Bob Probert and Derek Boogaard – none has the resume of Hull. Nicknamed “The Golden Jet,” Hull led the NHL in ...

Chris Simon — a former Soo Greyhounds product who went on to become one of the most feared enforcers in the NHL — had stage 3 chronic traumatic ... Bob Probert, and Derek Boogaard were reported in a ...

Chris Simon — a former Soo Greyhounds product who went on to become one of the most feared enforcers in the NHL — had stage ... Bob Probert, and Derek Boogaard were reported in a December ...