Travis Roy died from complications from his paralysis on Thursday, 25 years to the month after he sustained a serious spinal cord injury 11 seconds into his college hockey career at Boston University.
Growing up in Minnesota as an avid hockey player with dreams of playing in the NHL, I vividly remember learning about the potential dangers of playing this great game. I first learned of Travis Roy's ...
BOSTON — Travis Roy, the Boston University hockey player who was paralyzed 11 seconds into his first college shift and went on to be a motivational speaker and advocate for spinal chord injury ...