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He was an angel in the National Hockey League, playing 159 consecutive games at one point without a trip to the penalty box.Now, as a retired player turned “angel investor,” Kyle Wellwood is providing both capital and name recognition to a Vancouver startup company — HeadCheck Health — which seeks to alleviate some of the public anxiety over the head trauma crisis in sports.Last year, HeadCheck launched its concussion app — a sideline test that allows trainers, coaches or parents to assess potential concussions using an algorithm to measure symptoms. “I’ve gotten to know Kyle — and he’s different.
“He couldn’t. He’s very chill. Is there more to this story? “There’s the name recognition factor. Search query Search Twitter. Saved searches.
A fifth-round pick by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2001, he later played for Winnipeg, Vancouver and San Jose.In his first of two seasons with the Canucks (2008-2009), he scored 18 goals — a high-water mark he reached later with the Jets.His 171-game stay in Vancouver, which included 22 playoff starts, had profound consequences well beyond his on-ice production.
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I’m definitely biased on this subject because of what I’ve seen.“But NHL players get top-quality care.
Drafted Itâs the other leagues, where testing is minimal or not done at all, where contact with the head can affect an individual for the rest of his life.’Is there more to this story? mbeamish@postmedia.com.
via twitter.com. It’s the other leagues, where testing is minimal or not done at all, where contact with the head can affect an individual for the rest of his life. C Kyle Wellwood signs one-year deal with Winnipeg September 8, 2011 11:20 pm EDT Five free agents who could be the missing piece for a contending team August 28, … Bookmark
Submit Transfer 15 Kyle Wellwood. It can be used by therapists and medical personnel on youth and high school teams to “bridge the gap between concussion research and the sideline,” according to Brown.“In trying to accelerate our growth in the hockey industry, it’s a different level of introduction when it’s done by Kyle,” Brown says. Very analytical.“If he hadn’t gone into hockey, he probably would have ended up in business or finance.
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2003-2004 180 cm / 5'11" It’s accessible, because of the cost. He wasn’t able to go full blast.
81 426 No longer do we have to make ‘cold calls’ in trying to connect to a team, a GM or an owner.”A skilled but undersized player who had to play heads-up hockey to avoid trouble, Wellwood claims he was never concussed in his career, though he took a lot of big hits, especially as a 16-year-old Belleville Bulls rookie playing against physically mature 20-year-olds in the OHL.Still, the number of brain injuries he’s seen with teammates at the NHL level “are very real.”Wellwood played with the late Rick Rypien, whose depression-related death is linked to the number of head shots he took as an NHL fighter, and Eric Lindros, a frequent visitor to the neurologist by the number of times he left the ice glassy-eyed and woozy.“I saw Eric struggle for a whole year to get back on the ice,” Wellwood says. Retired In retirement, he’s taken certificate courses in financial planning and computer systems at BCIT.Last October, at the Vancouver Tech Showcase, a forum for startup companies seeking investors, he listened intently to the pitch of Harrison Brown, a UBC PhD candidate in kinesiology and one of the co-founders of the HeadCheck concussion app. We have enabled email notifications—you will now receive an email if you receive a reply to your comment, there is an update to a comment thread you follow or if a user you follow comments.
And that’s not right.”True to his word, Wellwood is walking the talk by writing a cheque.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Vancouver Sun, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.There was an error, please provide a valid email address.A welcome email is on its way. Those memories stay with you still.
2004-2005 Different than the A-type personalties you associate with NHL guys.
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