I don’t want to die. But, you know, nothing is for certain. And I’m tired of keeping quiet. So for whatever it’s worth … here goes.
“They can scratch my name off that cup, and I’d hand my ring back in right now if I could go back and make it so that I wouldn’t have had to experience all this pain and sorrow and anger and sadness.I’d make that tradeoff in a heartbeat.”
I don’t want to die. But, you know, nothing is for certain. And I’m tired of keeping quiet. So for whatever it’s worth … here goes.
I just finished reading this and it’s absolutely heartbreaking, there’s have to be a change in this league (and many others for that matter) and the social stigma of mental health and sport psychology.
But let me be more specific. You want to know how I played the game?
I tried to hurt people.
No one should be living their lives after a professional career having to deal with this type of issues just because “it’s sports, that’s what it is”.
In truth, I absolutely hated to fight. I was scared to death of fighting. But what are you supposed to do when that’s your meal ticket, you know?
When you get paid to rough people up on the ice, and you’ve never really done anything for a living but play hockey … you don’t have all that much choice but to go out there and you do your job — no matter how afraid you are. But it definitely wasn’t easy for me.
On the nights before we played, I wouldn’t be able to get any rest. I’d be lying on a bed in a hotel room in Buffalo or Calgary or wherever, just kind of nervous and on edge … worried about what was going to happen to me out on the ice the next day.
Sleep? For me? That’s what sleeping pills were for.
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Nick Boynton's height is 6ft 1in (1.85 m) Nicholas Carl Boynton (born January 14, 1979) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins, Phoenix Coyotes, Florida Panthers, Anaheim Ducks, Chicago...
Congratulations to former Mike North/WSCR-AM/CSN producer Jen Patterson! The longtime Chicago media personality, who now lives in Arizona, married to her boyfriend, former Chicago Blackhawks player, Nick Boynton.