While knowledge of concussions has increased dramatically since Masterton died, the warrior-like mindset of professional hockey players is everlasting, he said. It wasn't dirty and it wasn't meant to happen that way. Oakland defencemen Larry Cahan and Ron Harris moved in to check Masterton, who wound up falling on the back of his head. "We didn't really know concussions in those days," said Bush, now 86. [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. While Masterton was originally thought to have suffered a fatal brain injury while being checked on the ice, later analysis of the case revealed evidence of second-impact syndrome and . [16] He was attended to by two neurosurgeons and three other doctors. [19] They soon concluded that the injury was too severe for surgery to be a viable option. They thought it took away from the fan experience, masking the identity of players. 2023 John Rosengren. The team doctor soon joined him. 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 made the North Stars and scored the first goal in franchise history. They didn't. By "at" an NHL game I'm guessing you just meant players? States the autopsy report: "There was a blow to the left temple in a game some days prior to the fatal injury and the deceased is said to have complained of headaches in the left temporal region.". If the guy only sees two, you send him back out there because it doesn't matter anyway. Boudrias helped the team's trainer onto the ice to tend to Masterton. [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. To order copies of They had total control.. Masterton had not told the North Stars' coach, Wren Blair, about his headaches, but Blair had thought something might be amiss and commented to the team trainer, "I wonder if we could have him checked," according to the Toronto Star, which first reported this story on May 28, 2011. I think he had a (pre-existing) cerebral brain hemorrhage.. Typical of the attitude of the day, North Stars coach Wren Blair frowned on the practice. Yet that might not actually be the case. Ive never thought that it had anything to do with that hit. He and others considered it a sign of weakness. Witnesses . ", Masterton was an unfortunate victim of the ignorance of his time. 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. [16] In that game, a 22 tie, Masterton scored the first goal in Minnesota franchise history. "I'd been knocked out myself playing football. He cherished his son, Scott, 3, and daughter, Sally, 1. If the guy only sees two, you send him back out there because it doesnt matter anyway., Masterton was an unfortunate victim of the ignorance of his time. "He played that game standing up," Williamson said. Happened to Jiri Fisher on the Wings bench too. A college standout with the Denver Pioneers, Masterton was a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship teams in 1960 and 1961, was twice an NCAA All-Star and was the most valuable player of the 1961 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. It got deathly quiet.. John Rosengren is the author of Blades of Glory: The True Story of a Young Team Bred to Win . He died two days later. 1/2 Minnesota North Stars F Bill Masterton was tragically lost on this day in 1968, 2 days after having struck his head on Met Center ice. Masterton had not told the North Stars coach, Wren Blair, about his headaches, but Blair had thought something might be amiss and commented to the team trainer, I wonder if we could have him checked, according to the Toronto Star, which first reported this story on May 28, 2011. Is his number retired by the Stars? He's also convinced a helmet would have saved Masterton's life. It's always in the back of my mind. said Boudrias, now 72. It was a no-no in no uncertain terms. It honours perseverance and dedication to hockey. In the week before his last game, Masterton had complained to his wife and several teammates about headaches. "I knew he was done.". Death 20 Feb 2002 (aged 86) New Zealand. Seven hours later, when the Hennepin County medical examiner performed an autopsy, they discovered the true cause of Masterton's death. [17] Masterton became a naturalized American citizen, allowing him to join the United States National Team in 196667. The team doctor soon joined him. You would get traded if you did. They and many others claim the league could be doing more to protect its players from returning to action too soon. [23], A later analysis by the Toronto Star in 2011 suggested that the "macho" attitude of the NHL in that era, as well as Masterton's aggressive playing style, played a significant role in his death. He didnt move after that. "I was asked to take it off," Boudrias said. Only a handful of NHL players wore them at the time, including Mastertons teammate, Boudrias. Toronto Star articles, please go to: www.TorontoStarReprints.com, Conversations are opinions of our readers and are subject to the. rules new players now must wear helmets", "Alumni of Distinction Inductees - Bill Masterton Class of 1955", "Division I 50th anniversary hockey team announced", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill_Masterton&oldid=1139666631, NCAA Championship Tournament Most Valuable Player, Biographical information and career statistics from, This page was last edited on 16 February 2023, at 07:49. They carried Masterton off on a stretcher, and an ambulance rushed him to Fairview Southdale hospital, seven miles away. That rotation was a contributing factor in the severity of his injury. 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. His playing style has endeared him to hockey fans. "We lived with the accident for many years but did not talk about it.". But even if they had, he might still have been in the lineup against Oakland. "[Masterton] probably had some earlier swelling going on, so if he got a second injury, it would be catastrophic.". "Helmets are great to absorb blunt impact, but when the brain is spinning, helmets don't help the spinning contents slow down," Corry said. presentation-ready copies of Toronto Star content for distribution 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. We were not allowed to wear helmets, said J.P. Parise. This reminded me of Rich Beverly or Peverly for the Stars. 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. He didnt just work on the ice. (Or was she paralyzed). The Montreal Canadiens, which owned his rights, traded them to Minnesota. "I am convinced he had some type of concussion beforehand," said Dr. Jesse Corry, a specialist in neurocritical care at the John Nasseff Neuroscience Specialty Clinic in St. Paul who studied the autopsy report. Fifty years ago on Jan. 15, 1968 Minnesota North Stars rookie center Bill Masterton died from a head injury suffered 30 hours earlier in a home game against the Oakland Seals. In the week before his last game, Masterton had complained to his wife and several teammates about headaches. In the week before his last game, Masterton had complained to his wife and several teammates about headaches. 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. You were a yellow belly if you wore a helmet.. Its kind of good to hear that because it takes away some of the What if? If I had a slim chance to play, Im going to play.. The hit was considered clean but the back of Masterton's head hit the ice hard and he died after being rushed to the hospital. They didn't. "We lived with the accident for many years but did not talk about it.". But he played as though he was, said Muckler. Goaltender Cesare Maniago recalled that the night before the fatal hit, Masterton had been complaining of severe migraines that he had had for over a week. 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. But even if they had, he might still have been in the lineup against Oakland. Former Edmonton Oilers coach John Muckler, who coached the North Stars farm club in Memphis that season, said he saw signs of trouble with Masterton in training camp. It is very rare to see that level of swelling in the brain from a single injury, he said. 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. 1891 views | original sound - avalon 13.5K .mzrdo "I Got A Plan" Bills Death | #fyp #rdr1 #billwilliamson #johnmarston Yet players such as Masterton learned to play hurt. Stay on current site or go to US version. He finished with a master's degree in business at Denver and landed a job at the Minneapolis-based technology company Honeywell, where he worked in the financial department for the Apollo project, married his high school sweetheart and started a family, adopting a son and a daughter. 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!". Or Richard Zednik who came close after his neck was cut by a skate and he lost a lot of blood. 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. "It's kind of good to hear that because it takes away some of the 'What if?'" 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. He admits he lied to team doctors about his post-concussion issues in order to return for a shot at the Stanley Cup. "He played that game standing up," Williamson said. Awareness about brain injuries and how to treat them has come a long way since then. "He didn't move after that. When the brain hasn't healed completely from a previous injury, a subsequent blow can cause the type of sudden and severe swelling found in Masterton's brain. Id been knocked out myself playing football. He made the North Stars and scored the first goal in franchise history. 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. He made the North Stars and scored the first goal in franchise history. Usually Masterton is described as the first death caused directly by an on-ice incident to differentiate from Morenz dying of complications. 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. What happened in the days leading up to that fatal moment in Minneapolis, when Masterton played his 38th and final NHL game, has been largely a mystery. Bill Masterton died from head injuries he suffered in a National Hockey League game in 1968, sparking a long-running debate over helmets, which were finally made mandatory 11 seasons later. (The trainer) said, Yeah, I notice that too. I said, I wonder if we could have him checked. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. 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. The question flashed up on the big screen: What if Ian didnt believe in sacrifice?. 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. 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. Bill Masterton played only 38 games in the NHL, but his memory has left a lasting impression. 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. 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. Thirty hours later, he was dead in hospital. More importantly, he earned a degree. It sounded like a baseball bat hitting a ball, teammate Andr Boudrias recalled. Masterton, who was not wearing a helmet, smacked the back of his head on the ice. [15], After taking a year off from hockey in 1964, Masterton regained his amateur status so that he could play senior hockey in the United States Hockey League. Anyone can read Conversations, but to contribute, you should be a registered Torstar account holder. Its a badge of honour, he said. RIP in hockey heaven. But that has not happened fast enough for a group of more than 120 ex-NHL players, including Bernie Nicholls, Mike Peluso and Steve Payne, who are suing the league in a class-action suit for putting their neurological health at risk despite knowing the violent play involved. And in Mastertons case, it probably cost him his life. When he had headaches early on, we wouldnt have had him on the ice, he said. They thought it took away from the fan experience, masking the identity of players. Twice last season, Laperriere took slapshots in the face. 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. [16] Legislators in New York considered a law to make their use mandatory,[20] and the NHL voted on and rejected a rule requiring players wear helmets three times by 1971. 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, the only player to die from injuries suffered during an NHL game, might not have died in vain. He made the North Stars and scored the first goal in franchise history. Boudrias is convinced his insistence on wearing a helmet factored into Blairs decision. Bill Masterton, the only player to die from injuries suffered during an NHL game, might not have died in vain. For the 1979-80 season, the league finally made helmets mandatory for new players allowing those who signed professional contracts prior to June 1, 1979, the option not to wear them but it would be 18 years before every NHL player complied. 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. Ive never seen a person work so hard. Longtime NHL coach John Muckler, who was then the coach of the Stars' second-tier farm team, the Memphis South Stars, believed that Masterton may have suffered a brain injury as early as training camp. I looked at him and said, What are you going to do? because he was just starting a young family, said Bob. Bill 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. [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. What killed this man was second-impact syndrome.. It got deathly quiet.". He averaged a goal per game and finished with 49 points in 22 games in 195556 as the Canadiens won the Turnbull Cup. Carol referred to the incident as a fluke, saying that it could have happened to anyone. 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. 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. When the brain hasnt healed completely from a previous injury, a subsequent blow can cause the type of sudden and severe swelling found in Mastertons brain. In 1968, Bill Masterton became the only NHL player to date to die as the result of injuries suffered during a game. He died from a coronary embolism caused by blood clots from his damaged leg, so related but not directly because of the injury (he had a heart attack before the coronary embolism). "His eyes were gray at the time -- it was like a horror picture," Boudrias says. It took the NHL more than a decade to catch up to Boudrias' logic. "I'd been knocked out myself playing football. "You hold out four fingers. 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. And in Masterton's case, it probably cost him his life. The NHL's expansion from six to 12 teams in 1967-68 rekindled his mothballed dream. They carried Masterton off on a stretcher, and an ambulance rushed him to Fairview Southdale hospital, seven miles away. "I knew he was done.". "We lived with the accident for many years but did not talk about it.". He bore the bruises of that hit and others in subsequent games -- on his left arm, both thighs and, unwittingly, his brain. It took the NHL more than a decade to catch up to Boudrias' logic. He finished with a master's degree in business at Denver and landed a job at the Minneapolis-based technology company Honeywell, where he worked in the financial department for the Apollo project, married his high school sweetheart and started a family, adopting a son and a daughter. And in Masterton's case, it probably cost him his life. 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. Its the most gruesome distinction in hockey: Only one player has ever died from injuries directly suffered in an NHL game. One of their sticks tangled with Masterton's skates as he slid a pass to his wing, and he lost his balance, pitching forward. 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. I was asked to take it off, Boudrias said. https://www.hockey-reference.com/awards/masterton.html. 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. [9] He settled in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he took a job in contracts administration. Explore Bill Masterton's biography, personal life, family and cause of death. Bill Masterton Vintage North Stars Film Discovery 50th Anniversary in Final game lumberjack1713 1.26K subscribers Subscribe 506 Share 73K views 5 years ago Credit to Tom Hauser and the good. He had been checked hard into the glass -- less yielding in those days -- two weeks earlier in a game against the Boston Bruins. The team also retired his No. He cherished his son, Scott, 3, and daughter, Sally, 1. The NHL's expansion from six to 12 teams in 1967-68 rekindled his mothballed dream. "You protect your elbows, hips, knees and hands, I figured, why not protect your head?" Newspapers Limited, 8 Spadina Avenue, 10th Floor, Toronto, ON M5V 0S8. When the brain hasn't healed completely from a previous injury, a subsequent blow can cause the type of sudden and severe swelling found in Masterton's brain. 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. "It is very rare to see that level of swelling in the brain from a single injury," he said. After Masterton's death, the North Stars set up a scholarship fund in his name. It took the NHL more than a decade to catch up to Boudrias logic. And in Masterton's case, it probably cost him his life. [16] Masterton was the first player to sign with Minnesota,[11] agreeing to a two-year contract. They and many others claim the league could be doing more to protect its players from returning to action too soon. [13] Masterton's Minnesota teammates, who were playing a game in Boston on the 14th, were informed that he had been removed from life support in the dressing room in what was ultimately a 92 loss to the Bruins. The specter of Masterton's death hung over the NHL All-Star Game, which was played in Toronto the next day, Jan. 16, 1968. I wouldnt do it.. "We watched his head bounce," Lindgren said. 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. After Masterton's death, the North Stars set up a scholarship fund in his name. There's also the girl that was killed in the stands by a puck. 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. When Bill Mastertons limp body collapsed to the ice on Jan. 15, 1968, the Minnesota North Stars centre appeared to be the victim of an innocuous hit. Like most players of his era, he was not wearing a helmet. Carl Johnson, assistant general manager of Minnesotas farm team in Memphis, said he was told Masterton had blacked out while on line rushes during practice. Minnesota goalie Cesare Maniagos wife, Mavis, had a clear view of Mastertons fall from her seat in the stands. For the 1979-80 season, the league finally made helmets mandatory for new players -- allowing those who signed professional contracts prior to June 1, 1979, the option not to wear them -- but it would be 18 years before every NHL player complied. John Rosengren is the author of Blades of Glory: The True Story of a Young Team Bred to Win. 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