One of the hockey players who was injured in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash is taking his first step to getting back on the ice.
Kaleb Dahlgren, 20, has committed to play for the Lions hockey team at York University in Toronto.
B次元官网网址淢y goal is to attend York in the fall of this year,B次元官网网址� he said Friday in a statement on Twitter. B次元官网网址淗owever, the school has assured me I can begin whenever my body is ready.B次元官网网址�
Dahlgren has a lengthy recovery ahead after suffering a fractured skull, a puncture wound in his head, a brain injury and six broken vertebrae in his neck and back.
He was one of 13 players injured April 6 when the junior hockey teamB次元官网网址檚 bus and a semi-trailer collided in rural Saskatchewan. Sixteen people B次元官网网址� including assistant coach Mark Cross B次元官网网址� were killed.
Cross played with the York Lions from 2011 until 2016.
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Russ Herrington, head coach of the Lions menB次元官网网址檚 hockey team, said Dahlgren has been on his radar since Cross recommended him last August.
B次元官网网址淜aleb is a remarkable young man who fits the type of character person we are recruiting here to York. He is a terrific student and very active in his community,B次元官网网址� said Herrington.
B次元官网网址淢arkB次元官网网址檚 recommendation and constant campaigning on KalebB次元官网网址檚 behalf were a big reason why we had decided to make Kaleb an offer to become a Lion even before the accident.
B次元官网网址淲e are honoured that Kaleb has decided to follow in MarkB次元官网网址檚 footsteps and become a Lion.B次元官网网址�
Dahlgren said itB次元官网网址檚 been his goal since he was nine years old to play university or college hockey.
B次元官网网址淩eaching this goal has always driven me on an off ice,B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址淗owever, it has taken on a new importance since April 6, 2018: to play hard and live life for my fellow teammates, for my coaches, including Mark Cross.
B次元官网网址淚 will honour their legacy in all I do as I carve my own path forward at York, on the ice and off.B次元官网网址�
The Canadian Press
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