Abstract
On the evening of March 7th, during the third period of a professional hockey game between the Buffalo Sabres and New York Islanders, Jack Eichel was hit from behind and driven head first into the bottom part of the ice rink’s enclosure. A videotape of the game showed Eichel sitting on the bench wincing in pain and flexing his neck. Eichel underwent 12 weeks of physical therapy that the team’s doctors recommended. Since that time he has been in dispute with the team’s general manager and doctors over the next medical treatment for his injury. On September 18th it was announced that the 24 year old would check in for a pre-camp physical. By September 23rd the decision had been made - not fit to play. Eichel had failed his physical at training camp, stripping him of his captaincy and placing him on injured reserve. By late October, Eichel and Sabres general manager, Kevyn Adams, were still wrestling with the issue of his medical treatment.
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