
Retired Johnny Boychuk flourishing in unique Islanders role after eye injury
NY Post
When Johnny Boychuk abruptly announced that he was hanging up the skates last November, he said it wasn’t a decision, but a life choice.
One that he made to salvage his eyesight, which had suffered irreversible deterioration in the form of poor peripheral vision and optic nerve damage stemming from two separate incidents over the course of his 13 years in the NHL. Several doctors told the Islanders defenseman that if he continued to play hockey, his eyes could get much worse.More Related News

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