DENVER—At Tuesday night's Colorado Avalanche game against the Nashville Predators, two people, paid by the NHL, intently watched players from each team for any sign that they might have just suffered a concussion. At the NHL's midtown Manhattan office, another four league-employed people monitored that and other games from the night on televisions and other private camera angles, looking for the same warning signs of concussion.
Down on the ice, trainers from the Avs and Predators had walkie-talkies on their hips, in case any of the four concussion "spotters" needed to radio their concerns over any particular player. Also on the ice were two referees and two linesmen, who, starting this season, have been tasked to pay closer attention to symptoms of concussion and have the authority to tell a team its player must exit the game if they see enough evidence.
Not counting the trainers, who always are on the lookout for any sign of injury to their players, there are 20 eyeballs in every NHL game trained to spot concussive symptoms, all part of a new initiative by the league and the NHL Players Association to improve on concussion det ...
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