He was 29.. He had been checked hard into the glass -- less yielding in those days -- two weeks earlier in a game against the Boston Bruins. Typical of the attitude of the day, North Stars coach Wren Blair frowned on the practice. The NHL's 1967 expansion offered an opportunity to play for the newly founded North Stars, for whom he scored the first goal in the franchise's history. Typical of the attitude of the day, North Stars coach Wren Blair frowned on the practice. john@johnrosengren.net|612-926-8835. Yeah was going to say maybe the only death by a player, not in general. Press J to jump to the feed. It took the NHL more than a decade to catch up to Boudrias' logic. [1] Masterton led the WCHA in scoring in 195960 with 44 points in conference play,[6] and led Denver to the 1960 NCAA national championship. Masterton, who was not wearing a helmet, smacked the back of his head on the ice. "You hold out four fingers. When this happens, it can cause rapid and often fatal brain swelling. He cherished his son, Scott, 3, and daughter, Sally, 1. Boudrias helped the teams trainer onto the ice to tend to Masterton. Even as Walter Bush, one of the North Star owners, saw him lying motionless on the ice, he did not think Masterton had sustained a concussion. [26] High schools in Bloomington, where the North Stars played their games, also award scholarships in Masterton's name. I looked at him and said, What are you going to do? because he was just starting a young family, said Bob. cemeteries found in Masterton, Masterton District, Wellington, . [16] He is the only player in NHL history to die as a direct result of an injury suffered on the ice. [16] The Minnesota North Stars pulled his jersey number 19 out of circulation following his death and formally retired it in 1987. NHL -- Real reasons for the death of Bill Masterton highlight concussion issue Skip to main content Skip to navigation Presented By > ESPN Search You have reached ESPN's Australian edition. Masterton was not a marquee player, but he was a skilled playmaker who was willing to work in the corners and be a team player. . Masterton told his friend that he had been having migraines. The Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy was created in 1968 under the trusteeship of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association and is presented annually to the "National Hockey League player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey". "You hold out four fingers. He's also convinced a helmet would have saved Masterton's life. ", Masterton was an unfortunate victim of the ignorance of his time. Masterton, who was not wearing a helmet, smacked the back of his head on the ice. He didn't see the other defender, who caught him with a clean check that knocked him backward. A helmet obviously would not have hurt Masterton, but it might not have been enough to spare his life, given the nature of his injury and the fact he had not healed from a recent concussion. A team of doctors at the hospital treated Masterton with steroids and diuretics, but the swelling in his brain was so swift and severe that they decided against operating. "His eyes were gray at the time -- it was like a horror picture," Boudrias says. He didn't see the other defender, who caught him with a clean check that knocked him backward. Discuss the NHL, AHL, PHF, IIHF, KHL, and every other hockey league you can think of! He made the North Stars and scored the first goal in franchise history. [10] Led by Jean Bliveau and Henri Richard, the Canadiens were extremely deep at center, so Masterton was assigned to the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens of the Eastern Professional Hockey League. Ive always thought of this after, that when he complained (of headaches) at least he could have put on a helmet for a couple of days, said teammate Wayne Connolly. We didn't think it was that serious.". presentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distribution Murray Williamson, who coached both amateur teams Masterton played for, remembered a night in Rochester, Minnesota, when Masterton backed into a radiator in the dressing room and singed his rear end. That was the NHLs code. I know that in our training camp he got hit hard a couple of times. "He didn't move after that. At 1:55 a.m. on Jan. 15, 1968 almost 30 hours after he struck his head on the ice Bill Masterton died at the age of 29. . It's a fine tribute to a respected player who exhibited those virtues himself, but it's regrettable that it ever came to be. Masterton was soft-spoken and modest, a quiet guy with a good sense of humor. Masterton had worn a helmet when he played college hockey in Denver because NCAA regulations required players to wear them, but he did not wear one as a professional. I think he had a (pre-existing) cerebral brain hemorrhage.. Bill Masterton died on Jan. 15, 1968. After Masterton's death, the North Stars set up a scholarship fund in his name. At 1:55 a.m. on Jan. 15, 1968 -- almost 30 hours after he struck his head on the ice -- Bill Masterton died at the age of 29. Its also the mindset that will shorten their lives and destroy their bodies. I wouldnt do it.. If anyone is wondering his story here's a short video TSN did on him https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh_uLi6Bf7s and here is a list of the previous winners of the trophy named after him. A team of doctors at the hospital treated Masterton with steroids and diuretics, but the swelling in his brain was so swift and severe that they decided against operating. The talented career, and tragic death, of Bill Masterton JJ (Governor) Carrier 1.38K subscribers Subscribe 3 Share 287 views 2 years ago Former NCAA star finally made the NHL with the Stars,. I saw Bills head after he was just checked from behind and it just looked like his eyes were in the back of his head, she said. Since Masterton was off balance at the time he got checked (cleanly; there was no penalty called), his brain twisted inside of his skull before his head struck the ice. On that fatal night at Met Center on Jan. 13, 1968, the Minnesota North Stars center, playing against the Oakland Seals, carried the puck across the blue line and cut to the right while Seals defensemen Larry Cahan and Ron Harris closed in. Only NHL Player To Die On Ice Bill John Masterton Https://Tedtalkshockey.com - YouTube 0:00 / 6:28 #Numberonetrending #NHL #Nationalhockeyleague Only NHL Player To Die On Ice Bill John. He and the Stars' trainer had noticed Masterton's face was "blood red, almost purple," and were concerned enough that they wanted Masterton checked out by a doctor. [Masterton] probably had some earlier swelling going on, so if he got a second injury, it would be catastrophic.. The NHL's expansion from six to 12 teams in 1967-68 rekindled his mothballed dream. "I'd been knocked out myself playing football. Masterton's death sparked a long-running debate in hockey about the merits of wearing helmets, as few NHL players did so in that time. He remains the last fatality in any professional team sport involving a direct in-game injury in North America. [7] Masterton served as team captain for 196061,[8] and was named the most valuable player of the 1961 national championship as he led Denver to a second consecutive title. [12], Faced with little opportunity to make the Montreal roster,[3] Masterton left the professional game to complete his master's degree at the University of Denver. And in Masterton's case, it probably cost him his life. [14] His wife Carol later recalled that it was a "dream come true" for her husband: "He always wanted a shot at the NHL, and expansion was a wonderful thing for him and guys like him. Blair, in charge of the North Stars, came calling. They and many others claim the league could be doing more to protect its players from returning to action too soon. In 1968, Bill Masterton became the only NHL player to date to die as the result of injuries suffered during a game. And in Mastertons case, it probably cost him his life. The irony is that perseverance probably killed Bill Masterton. When Masterton's head struck the ice at Met Center, there was no skull fracture, but his brain swelled very quickly, evidenced by his dilated pupils and elevated blood pressure -- which pointed to a previous head injury. The underlying cause of his death almost 50 years ago elevates awareness about the risks of undiagnosed concussions -- and the NHL's responsibility to address them. He bore the bruises of that hit and others in subsequent games -- on his left arm, both thighs and, unwittingly, his brain. Masterton was soft-spoken and modest, a quiet guy with a good sense of humor. [3], At the age of 29, Masterton made his NHL debut in the North Stars' inaugural game, played October 11, 1967, against the St. Louis Blues. A helmet obviously would not have hurt Masterton, but it might not have been enough to spare his life, given the nature of his injury and the fact he had not healed from a recent concussion. "I'd been knocked out myself playing football. Bills son Scott Masterton, now 46 with four children of his own, also believes that his fathers fate was sealed long before the night when the final blow was dealt. Masterton had worn a helmet when he played college hockey in Denver because NCAA regulations required players to wear them, but he did not wear one as a professional. Toronto Star articles, please go to: www.TorontoStarReprints.com, Conversations are opinions of our readers and are subject to the. "[Masterton] probably had some earlier swelling going on, so if he got a second injury, it would be catastrophic.". It got deathly quiet.". Ken Lindgren, a fan watching the play about 10 rows up in the stands just above the blue line, can still visualize the impact. (Or was she paralyzed). Realizing he was already gone, Masterton's parents, who had flown in from Winnipeg after they heard of the incident, and his wife, Carol, made the decision to remove Masterton from life support. Nor did he see evidence of CTE, the progressive degenerative disease found posthumously in the brains of nearly 87 of 91 NFL players who suffered multiple blows to the head. 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Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. During the same season, just a few months later, he was flying up open ice with the puck and was sandwiched by 2 California Seals. Like many Canadian boys growing up in the '50s, Masterton listened to Saturday night radio broadcasts of "Hockey Night in Canada" and dreamed of Foster Hewitt making the call: "Masterton shoots, he scores!". When Bill Masterton's limp body collapsed to the ice on Jan. 15, 1968, the Minnesota North Stars centre appeared to be the victim of an innocuous hit. Only a handful of NHL players wore them at the time, including Masterton's teammate, Boudrias. Realizing he was already gone, Masterton's parents, who had flown in from Winnipeg after they heard of the incident, and his wife, Carol, made the decision to remove Masterton from life support. Their professional athletic careers may have ended with eerie similarity exactly 25 years apart. "You protect your elbows, hips, knees and hands, I figured, why not protect your head?" Its a badge of honour, he said. The Hennepin County medical examiner found evidence of a previous injury on the left side of Masterton's skull on the temporal region of the brain. The Professional Hockey Writers Association proposed and the league immediately approved the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy to be awarded annually to the player who best exemplifies the virtues of perseverance, courage and sportsmanship that Masterton displayed. My feeling is that he may have gotten a minor concussion playing or practising on some other day . One of their sticks tangled with Masterton's skates as he slid a pass to his wing, and he lost his balance, pitching forward. The night before the Oakland game, Masterton's family gathered at the house of their neighbor, North Star goaltender Cesare Maniago, to celebrate Maniago's 29th birthday. My mother, before she died, talked about it. The team also retired his No. Yep, retired by the North Stars and carried over to Dallas. Murray Williamson, who coached both amateur teams Masterton played for, remembered a night in Rochester, Minnesota, when Masterton backed into a radiator in the dressing room and singed his rear end. [18], "Because he had a habit of giving everything he had for every second he was on the ice, Bill was the type of player who didn't have to score a lot of goals to help a club. The Hennepin County medical examiner found evidence of a previous injury on the left side of Mastertons skull on the temporal region of the brain. Coach Wren Blair believed that Masterton was playing through a pre-existing brain hemorrhage. RIP in hockey heaven. Yet that might not actually be the case. 19, a tradition the franchise continued to honor when it moved and became the Dallas Stars. Masterton was soft-spoken and modest, a quiet guy with a good sense of humor. And he got hit a few games very hard at the NHL level. The NHL's expansion from six to 12 teams in 1967-68 rekindled his mothballed dream. That's what men did. A team of doctors at the hospital treated Masterton with steroids and diuretics, but the swelling in his brain was so swift and severe that they decided against operating. That dream carried him through junior hockey in his hometown of Winnipeg and three years at the University of Denver, where he was an All-American and led the Pioneers to the 1961 NCAA championship, but the dream stalled after two years of minor league hockey in the Montreal Canadiens organization. Ken Lindgren, a fan watching the play about 10 rows up in the stands just above the blue line, can still visualize the impact. "He didn't move after that. The following season, Blair traded Boudrias, who had scored the second-most points for the team in its first season, citing a drop in his production. "We didn't really know concussions in those days," said Bush, now 86. Theres no doubt in my mind about that, Boudrias said. Despite several efforts to mandate their use, it was 11 years before the NHL made them compulsory for all new players beginning in the 197980 season. Just that it was beating very irregularly, cause him to pass out/collapse. ' said Mastertons son, Scott, now 50. His face is blood red, almost purple. If you do not yet have a Torstar account, you can create one now (it is free), Copyright owned or licensed by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. "It is very rare to see that level of swelling in the brain from a single injury," he said. We know the second hit can be fatal. He served as captain on that team and was considered its most valuable player. Masterton told his friend that he had been having migraines. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. The scoreboard showed a video of Laperriere getting nailed in face with a puck in the opening series against New Jersey, blood pouring from a gash over his right eye. Injury wasnt really of any importance in the sense that you didnt want to lose your job and if you couldnt play, obviously they had to fill their roster, said Walton, now a real estate agent in Toronto. And in Masterton's case, it probably cost him his life. Ken Lindgren, a fan watching the play about 10 rows up in the stands just above the blue line, can still visualize the impact. The Professional Hockey Writers Association proposed -- and the league immediately approved -- the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy to be awarded annually to the player who best exemplifies the virtues of perseverance, courage and sportsmanship that Masterton displayed. He made the North Stars and scored the first goal in franchise history. At 1:55 a.m. on Jan. 15, 1968 -- almost 30 hours after he struck his head on the ice -- Bill Masterton died at the age of 29. Among the new entries was the Minnesota North Stars. Even as Walter Bush, one of the North Star owners, saw him lying motionless on the ice, he did not think Masterton had sustained a concussion. So has NHL protocol, initiated in 2011, which has spotters to flag potentially concussed players and bans those from returning to games in which they were injured. Bill Masterton is the only man to die of injuries sustained in a National Hockey League (NHL) game. "He played that game standing up," Williamson said. The rarely told story behind the death of Bill Masterton -- the only NHL player to die from an injury suffered during a game -- highlights the risks and league culpability of concussions. Like many Canadian boys growing up in the 50s, Masterton listened to Saturday night radio broadcasts of Hockey Night in Canada and dreamed of Foster Hewitt making the call: Masterton shoots, he scores!. He had kept fit by playing on a barnstorming amateur team, the St. Paul Steers, and with the U.S. national team. That dream carried him through junior hockey in his hometown of Winnipeg and three years at the University of Denver, where he was an All-American and led the Pioneers to the 1961 NCAA championship, but the dream stalled after two years of minor league hockey in the Montreal Canadiens' organization. "You know the diagnosis of a concussion back in those days?" [16] He was attended to by two neurosurgeons and three other doctors. Corry confirmed the opinion of Dr. Charles Tator, a Toronto neurosurgeon quoted in the Toronto Star article, who also said Masterton showed signs of "second-impact syndrome." He and others considered it a sign of weakness. "We watched his head bounce," Lindgren said. They thought it took away from the fan experience, masking the identity of players. "Helmets are great to absorb blunt impact, but when the brain is spinning, helmets don't help the spinning contents slow down," Corry said. They didnt. -- Bill Masterton, the only player to die from injuries suffered during an NHL game, might not have died in vain. I really believe he was injured before the fatal blow. You would get traded if you did. The trophy named in Masterton's honor was originally presented by the NHL Writers' Association in 1968 to commemorate the late Bill Masterton, a player with the Minnesota North Stars, who . The specter of Masterton's death hung over the NHL All-Star Game, which was played in Toronto the next day, Jan. 16, 1968. They thought it took away from the fan experience, masking the identity of players. [19] They soon concluded that the injury was too severe for surgery to be a viable option. Fear, plain and simple, said Mike Walton, a Maple Leafs rookie when Masterton died. Since Masterton was off balance at the time he got checked (cleanly; there was no penalty called), his brain twisted inside of his skull before his head struck the ice. 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Seven hours later, when the Hennepin County medical examiner performed an autopsy, they discovered the true cause of Masterton's death. He sees both nobility and short-sightedness in the demands placed on hockeys most devoted players. In 1968, Boudrias was the only North Star who wore a helmet. [16] Masterton was the first player to sign with Minnesota,[11] agreeing to a two-year contract. He wasnt the most talented guy in the world but he really wanted to play. Twice last season, Laperriere took slapshots in the face. They didn't. Back at the 1968 All-Star Game, discussion among beat writers went beyond the helmet debate to come up with a way to commemorate the league's first casualty. [3], Masterton played three seasons in Denver between 1958 and 1961, appearing in a total of 89 games, scoring 66 goals and 196 points in that time. Its the most gruesome distinction in hockey: Only one player has ever died from injuries directly suffered in an NHL game. [1] Following a second season in which he recorded 53 points in 30 games, Masterton chose to attend the University of Denver where he was offered a scholarship to play with the Denver Pioneers hockey program. One of their sticks tangled with Masterton's skates as he slid a pass to his wing, and he lost his balance, pitching forward. "He played that game standing up," Williamson said. John Rosengren is the author of Blades of Glory: The True Story of a Young Team Bred to Win. — -- Bill Masterton, the only player to die from injuries suffered during an NHL game, might not have died in vain. You hold out four fingers. "[Masterton] probably had some earlier swelling going on, so if he got a second injury, it would be catastrophic.". It got deathly quiet.. "I wouldn't do it.". That honour followed the franchise when it relocated south to become the Dallas Stars. They carried Masterton off on a stretcher, and an ambulance rushed him to Fairview Southdale hospital, seven miles away. They carried Masterton off on a stretcher, and an ambulance rushed him to Fairview Southdale hospital, seven miles away. Star Newspapers Limited and/or its licensors. In a quiet moment, Masterton made a rare admission to Maniago: He was struggling with the effects of a head check into the glass during a recent game. (The trainer) said, Yeah, I notice that too. I said, I wonder if we could have him checked. [24] The University of Denver Pioneers hockey team named its most valuable player award after him,[25] and his Winnipeg high school, Miles Macdonell Collegiate, presents a scholarship in his name. The night before the Oakland game, Masterton's family gathered at the house of their neighbor, North Star goaltender Cesare Maniago, to celebrate Maniago's 29th birthday. Typical of the attitude of the day, North Stars coach Wren Blair frowned on the practice. Masterton left pro hockey after two seasons when it appeared hed never make the NHL. 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