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NHL, LaFontaine Build Children's Hospital Playroom Around Winter Classic

PITTSBURGH -- Adding a vital community-minded touch to the 2011 NHL Winter Classic, the charitable foundation of Hall of Famer Pat LaFontaine has worked with the league to build an NHL "legacy classroom" in the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. LaFontaine's charity, Companions in Courage (CiC), raises funds and builds...

Pat LaFontaine Brings Knowledge, Concern to Concussion Discussions

Sometimes the correspondence is with an NHL executive such as Bruins president Cam Neely. After all, when Pat LaFontaine suffered his last concussion 12 years ago, Boston center Marc Savard was on that Rangers team. LaFontaine wants Neely to know he's always available for advice, or just an encouraging word. Sometimes the...

Bob Probert's Brain Donated to Researchers by Family

The family of Bob Probert donated the brain of the former NHL tough guy to a group of researchers at Boston University who have studied the link between head trauma and debilitating heath effects in football players and boxers. "I believe that it was a very difficult decision," said Daniel Parkinson, whose daughter, Dani,...

Celebrating 4th of July With American Hockey Highlights

There are many different ways to celebrate the 4th of July holiday: You can cross state lines and purchase hundreds of dollars worth of illegal fireworks. You can stuff your face with food, whether it be for fun or in the name of "competition." You can spend quality time with family and friends. You can combine all of the...

Let's Not Give Up On Hockey Just Yet

There was a time when my favorite sport was, without hesitation, baseball. Recently, however, my interest in the game has been lost. Not because of a steroid scandal or the incompetence of Bud Selig, but mostly because the team I grew up cheering for, the Pittsburgh Pirates, has been a Major League Baseball team in name...

Pat Lafontaine News From the Web

05/08/12 Caps' loss to Rangers was a gut-punch, but was it the... Source: The Washington Post - Washington DC Was it the gut-punch to end all gut-punches?

Background on Pat Lafontaine

Patrick Michael LaFontaine (born February 22, 1965) is an American former ice hockey center in the National Hockey League (NHL) who spent his entire career playing for the league's New York-based teams; LaFontaine skated for the New York Islanders from 1983 until 1991, the Buffalo Sabres from 1991 until 1997, and the New York Rangers from 1997 until his retirement in 1998, scoring 468 goals and 1,013 points along the way before his career was ended by concussions.

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