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And we decided to build a safe hockey helmet, and then a hockey brand that was based on the [NHL's] Declaration of Principles, which is something you should check out that the global hockey community signed on to live by, which is a set of principles that North America and the world from every level - college, pro, commissioners, youth, USA Hockey, Hockey Canada, IIHF [International Ice Hockey Federation] - we all came to the conclusion that we needed to aspire to live to a higher standard. Upon the NHL's centennial in 2017, a blue-ribbon panel ranked LaFontaine among the one hundred greatest players in league history. Born in St. Louis, LaFontaine holds the record among US-born players with 1.17 points per game across fifteen seasons with the New York Islanders, Buffalo Sabres, and New York Rangers. Pat LaFontaine is a former National Hockey League all-star who suffered a series of concussions that cut short his dazzling career in the 1980s and 1990s and positioned him as a leading advocate in the press for player safety. [Extracted from the article] |
