‘We play for them:’ Bronco to return to ice for his first game since bus crash
HUMBOLDT, Sask. — Humboldt Broncos player Tyler Smith had a broken collarbone, a broken shoulder blade and nerve damage down his left arm.
He was on the junior hockey team’s bus when it collided with a semi-trailer at a Saskatchewan intersection on the way to a playoff game. Sixteen people died.
Smith, now 20, was one of the 13 players who were hurt.
He has mostly recovered — other than some nerve damage in his left hand and wrist — and he plans to play Friday in his first game with the Broncos since the crash.