‘A different perspective:’ Paralyzed Bronco prepares for first game since crash
CALGARY — It might be a fun, trash-talking, celebrity sledge hockey game but to Ryan Straschnitzki, it’s no joking matter.
In the Cowboys N Sleds Charity Sledge Hockey game Saturday, the former Humboldt Bronco and a team of all-stars, including country singer George Canyon, will take on drivers and outriders from the World Professional Chuckwagon Association and Ryan’s father, Tom.
For Straschnitzki, who was paralyzed from the chest down in the April 6 bus crash that claimed 16 lives, it’s his first time in a game since the accident.
“It’s going to be different for sure. I’m going to have to get used to things. I know I’m going to fall. I know I’m going to make mistakes, but it’s learning from that,” he said following a physiotherapy session this week.