Gabriel Landeskog is a 29 year old Swedish professionalhockeyplayer HewasborninStockholm on the 23rd of November, 1992 He is about the average size male in the NHL weighing in at 216 lbs and stands 6ft 1in. His main position is front left wing and he is currently the team captain of the Colorado Avalanche. He must have inherited some skill since hisfatherwasalsoahockeyplayerasadefenseman. His father's name is Tony Landeskog and he now worksintheinsuranceindustry.Landeskog’smother’s name is Cecilia and she is a chef that teaches cooking
Landeskog has two siblings, a twin sister and a brother His brother Adam was born in 1990 along with his sister Beatrice. Landeskog was introduced to hockey at a young age naturallybecauseofhisfather.Landeskoghas awifeandtwoyoungchildren.
Landeskog has an impressive list of statistics for his career He has played 738 games and has scored248goals.Hiscareerstartedwhenheplayed for his local Swedish team Djurgårdens IF Hockey in Stockholm, this set a record for the youngest player onthisteam.HethenmovedtoCanadawhichwasa bigachievementandhestartedtoplayattheyoung age of 16 in the OHL for the 2009 2010 season. The KitchenerRangerswashisnextstop,whichisateam in Ontario. He really showed his potential here becauseattheendoftheseasonhewasin3rdplace for most points and goals in the OHL October 24, 2010wasadaythatrewardedLandeskog’sefforts,he becametheteamcaptainfortheKitchenerRangers.
Landeskog was drafted into the NHL by the ColoradoAvalancheattheageof19andhewasalso made team captain not too long after. This made himtheyoungestcaptaininNHLhistory.Hissalaryis $7,500,000USD and he continues to impress the audience
Landeskoghashadakneeinjury, severeenoughtotakehimoutfor12 weeksfromplaying.OnMarch14,the decision was to have arthroscopic surgery which was successfully done. This has cost him on missing the last 23 games in the 2021-2022 season. He has however started playing in the stanley cup which ended up making the Colorado Avalanche to win. Since hockey is a heavy contact sport, sudden impactscangreatlyreduceinjury.In this case it was a common ACL tear which has effects such as painful swelling, limited movement and locking in the knee. The ACL stands foranteriorcruciateligament,called this because it is on the front side and attaches the patella and tibia bonesformovement.
The ACL is torn on average of “100k-200k” (ACL) times in a year in the United States.
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Have you ever been seriously injured?
Yes, the worst injury I have sustained would be me breaking my Clavicle
How long ago was this?
This would have been around November 2019
How did the injury happen?
I fell over trying to clear the puck front he corner and a big guy on the other team slid into me I was not expecting the contact and I was not braced for it so when I collided with the boards, my shoulders weren't in a good position
I don’t think he wanted to cause an injury, but he was trying to cause pain and was hitting our players hard
How would this injury have been prevented?
If it were to ever happen again, I would brace for the contact properly
How long were you out for?
I was in a sling for 6 weeks After that, I was perfectly back to normal
I had to restrict all movement from that side of my body I was also given exercises to do once the sling was off
Do you still have problems from the injury?
Still to this day I cannot sleep on that side of my body, but other than that, it's okay
Yes, had I not been injured, I would have tried to go to the AHL and make a career out of hockey, but the injury was at the worst time for it
Did the injury change the way you play?
To an extent I have to be much more careful going in corners now and I always have to be expecting any contact
On March 8, 2004, Steve Moore’s life changed forever. Three weeks before the incident Steve Moore heavily impacted a player on the Canucksstraightintoawall.Thisignitedarivalrybetweenthetwoteams and specifically against Steve Moore. Online Moore was getting trash talked. At the age of 32 in Vancouver while playing for the Colorado Avalanche, Todd Bertuzzi, who plays for the Canucks seeked revenge. Bertuzzi sucker punched Steve in the head from behind. Although the punch on camera did not seem full force the impact to the back of the head was enough to knock him out. Hitting the ice head first resulted in “three broken vertebrae and a concussion” which ended Moore’s career becauseheneverplayedanothergamesince.
OnMarch11,2000,BryanBerard’scareerflashedbeforehiseyes,literally. That night in a game against the Ottawa Senators a major safety rule wasviolated.MarianHossaoftheOttawaSenatorsraisedhisstickwhich hitBerardintheeye.InstantlyBerardfellandbloodstartedaccumulating ontheice.ThedamagewasworryingandBerardwasunsureifhewould continuetoplayhockeyifhiseyecouldn'tbefixed.Specificallydamaged washisorbitalbone,corneabeinglaceratedandadetachedretina.This went on to give Berard 7 operations and a customized lens to help him meet the NHL requirement. However despite the trouble, he played for multipleseasonsafter.
Thisoneonthelistcomesfrommanydecadesback.In1969theBoston BruinsplayedtheSt.LouisBluesinanexhibitionmatch.Hockeybackthen was much less concerned about the safety of the players. Fights often ended like this. Ted Green and Wayne Maki got into a fight using their sticks to hurt each other. Swinging a stick with force can cause serious damage. Green got hit in the head which resulted in the fracture of his skull and this ultimately left him paralyzed. The amazing thing is that Green got a metal plate in his head and came back to win the Stanley CupwiththeBruins.
This one comes from the year 1933 when a man named Eddie Shore seeked revenge on the heavy impact he received. He decided to take it outonAceBaileybycharginghimfrombehindandtakinghislegsoutto trip.Baileyreceivedafracturedskullandwasonthefenceofdying,after intense care he stayed alive. The NHL had the first all star game to raise moneyforBaileyandthefamily.BeforethegameBaileyandShoreshook eachother'shandsasasignofforgiveness.
OnFebruary10thinthechaoticyearof2008therewasagamebetween the Buffalo Sabres and Florida Panthers. Olli Jokinen was knocked to the icewithforceenoughtomakehisskatesflyup.Thisendeduplacerating his team mate’s neck Richard Zednick.The damage was a cut carotid arteryandaverynearmisstohisjugularvein.Arushtothehospitaland anhourofsurgerytoattachthearteryiswhatmadeZednicksurvive.He returnedtoplaythenextseasonwhichendedtobehislast.
During a game on March 8 2011, Montreal Canadians forward Max Pacioretty was bringing the puck up the ice when he was hit hard by BostonBruinsdefencemanZdenoChara.Charaisabigplayerweighing in at 255 lb and is an astonishing 6ft 9in tall so any hit from him can injure players, but Pacioretty was driven head first into the median between the two benches. He had his head down and did not see the boardscoming,whichaddedtotheseriousnessofthehit.Paciorettygot aconcussionaswellasfracturedseveralvertebrae.
Fullhockeygearcoversalmosteverypartofyourbody,butwhenyoulie downintoanoncomingslapshot,itwouldhurtanypartofyourbody.The worstcasescenariohappenedtoTrentMcClearyoftheCanadienswhen he blocked Chris Therien’s slapshot and it hit him directly in the throat. This event instantly ended McCleary’s career and he required several immediatesurgeriestoregainspeech.
Gordie Howe was known for being a wrecking ball on the ice, but one gamehesteppedtoofaroutandmissedhishit,drivinghimselfheadfirst intotheboardsfracturinghisskull.Howewastakenintosurgerytorelieve his brain of pressure. Howe was back to normal soon after scoring 86 pointsinhisnextseason.
Wild Everyone knows that the femur is the strongest bone in the body. It can support 30 times your body weight. Only extreme force would be able to break it, which is exactly what was applied by Torrey Mitchell whenhedroveKurtisFosterintotheboardsonanicingplay.Kurtisbroke his femur in 3 different places and also cracked his kneecap. He had to endure9hoursofsurgerybutwasreturnedtonormalandlaterfinisheda successfulcareer.
Oilers Forward Evander Kane was skating to get the puck when he was knockedover.Inhisattempttogetbackup,TampaforwardPatMaroon skated over Kane’s wrist. Kane recognized the seriousness of the injury andracedofftheiceseekingmedicalattention.Hewastransportedtoa localhospitalandputinsurgerytomendhisarm.Kaneisoutofplayfor 3monthsatleastbutcan’twaittoplayagain.
Connor McDavid is known to most people as the best hockey player in the world. He consistently proves it as well. When he first started his NHL career, he exploded onto the scene scoring 16 goals in his rookie year That number, however,wascutveryshort,ashalfwaythroughtheseason, Philadelphia Flyers defenceman Brandon Manning knocked McDavidoffbalanceandtheyslidintotheboards.McDavid later left the ice with a broken Clavicle, missing 37 game Noteventhat,butitappearedthatBrandonManningmean toinjureMcDavidandkeptgoingoutofhiswaytomaketh superstar’slifeharder.
McDavid went through an operation, which put a plate o his collarbone to hold it together. After that, he made a tremendous recovery, taking off his sling in just 2 weeks, instead of the recommended 6. He was seen lifting weights and walking in pools McDavid said that the best way to recover is to have a good mindset, and to listen to the doctors,whichisexactlywhathedid.
Uniquetherapytechniquesyoumaynothaveheardof MichaelPhelpssleepinginanaltitudechamber. MichaelPhelps,theAmericanprofessionalswimmer,has said that he sleeps in an altitude chamber. This is why. When someone trains hard their body needs to rest and rebuild, this takes time and athletes try to speed this processupinanywaypossible.Analtitudechambercan helpwiththerecoveryprocess.
When at high altitude, the body “creates more blood vessels” (Altitude) to carry more oxygen through the body. Because there is more blood flow and oxygen in circulation through the body, recovery will be faster. Somebenefitsofusinganaltitudechambercaninclude “improved heart functionality, stronger endurance and shorter recovery times” (Altitude). There is also some researchthatshowsitmayhelpwithweightloss
Michael Phelps said in 2012 that he has “slept at 8,000ft for nearly a year every night”. This shows that this is one of the secret techniques a professional swimmer uses to enhance his performance. More blood flow can greatly increase the outputwhenswimming.
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