Posted AT 11:36 PM EDT on 04/12/03
Why hesitate to make game safer, official asks
OTTAWA —
Emile Therien has spent a lot of time around hockey rinks, first as a competitive player growing up in Aylmer, Que., and later when his son Chris, now a defenceman with the Philadelphia Flyers, climbed the sport's ladder to the very top.
On this night, he's back watching minor hockey in Ottawa's east end to discuss bodychecking, an issue about which he has become very passionate as the president of the Canada Safety Council.
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