Hockey league to improve safety in light of 2013 death of 16-year-old player
HALIFAX — The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has unveiled extensive changes to player safety protocols, and issued an apology for releasing information “lacking in accuracy,” four years after the sudden on-ice death of a 16-year-old prospect from Nova Scotia.
League commissioner Gilles Courteau apologized Tuesday to the family of Jordan Boyd, who was taking part in a drill during August 2013 tryouts with the Acadie-Bathurst Titan in New Brunswick when he collapsed and couldn’t be revived through the use of CPR.
An autopsy later revealed that Boyd had an undiagnosed heart condition known as arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
Courteau, who also announced enhanced staff training and medical examinations during a news conference in Halifax, didn’t specify what information was inaccurate.