SAN JOSE – Concussions are, unfortunately, something that gets associated with playing hockey. But we typically only think of the skaters on the ice as the ones taking the hits. We forget that the individuals behind the bench are susceptible to danger as well.
Perhaps that’s why when NBC Sports California asked Sharks’ head coach Peter DeBoer how he was feeling a week after being hit in the head with a puck, he was surprised.
“How do I look?” DeBoer responded, chuckling along with the media after Monday’s morning skate.
Although the exchange was light-hearted, the event that prompted that conversation was a bit scary.