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Key voices from high school on up to the NHL, along with Gov. Dayton, are joining with Jack Jablonski’s father for the sake of the game they love.
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA – March 06, 2012 – Representatives from some of the nation’s most influential bodies in hockey are converging in St. Paul for a Player Safety Summit on how to make their game as safe as possible while being true to the game.
“Our goal is not to change the game, but rather to enhance it by creating a safer environment,” said John McClellan, executive director of Herb Brooks Foundation, which is hosting the gathering March 8 at the Xcel Energy Center, home to the boys state hockey tournaments being played that weekend.
While player safety at all levels has been an ongoing concern, including in recent years in the prevention of concussions, the paralyzing check that was put on teenager Jack Jablonski during a junior varsity hockey game on Dec. 30 in suburban Minneapolis has intensified interest in keeping the players as healthy as possible while they pursue the game they love.
“Bringing all these hockey entities together to try and shape a vision that improves hockey for players is the essence my father stood for,” said Dan Brooks, the son of 1980 “Miracle” coach Herb Brooks, who died in 2003.
