Ben's Story

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I first laced my skates up at the age of two years old. My dad taught me and guided through playing my favorite game in the world, ice hockey. I was taught so many lessons along the way, some good, some bad. However, something would happen during my junior year of high school that changed the course of my life. During a game, I took a hard hit and did not think anything of it. Even though it hurt quite a bit, we were taught to tough it out and play through it. I stayed on the ice and no less than 2 minutes later, I was chasing a puck into the corner when I got hit from behind and fell headfirst into the boards. Just like that I would have my career ended in front of my eyes. I would go on to miss 90 days of high school, and have my GPA drop from a 4.0 to a 3.4. This was caused by a secondary impact where the first mild concussion went under the radar. This would leave me angry and sad until I was able to recover and create something good out of this bad situation. My story is not unique at all, and this happens to close to 2.5 million kids every single year. Our passion and goal is to prevent these types of injuries in all athletes.