Posted: Fri July 19, 2013 8:26PM; Updated: Mon July 22, 2013
1:30PM Stu Hackel  Study shows where NHL can improve concussion
prevention  Concussion study (cont.)  Decrease font Decrease
font Enlarge font Enlarge font After losing so much playing
time, Sidney Crosby has become the poster boy for a serious
problem the NHL is desperately trying to fix: concussions.
Sidney Crosby, the NHL's marquee star, became the poster boy for
its concussion epidemic. Damian Strohmeyer/SI  The publication
last week of a scholarly report on concussions in the NHL and
OHL made headlines for its conclusion: Stronger rules on hits to
the head have done nothing to decrease concussions.  It's a bold
assertion and the way the data was organized and presented
leaves little room for doubt. But let's stroll into that little
room and see what's there, because I suspect there's something
more that needs to be said.  First, when you look at the report
-- "Bodychecking Rules and Concussions in Elite Hockey" by Laura
Donaldson, Mark Asbridge