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Sports Studies

Wilfrid Laurier University

Theses/Dissertations

2020

Hockey

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Concussions In Minor League Hockey Players: The Impact Of Rowan’S Law On Coaches, Niya St Amant Jan 2020

Concussions In Minor League Hockey Players: The Impact Of Rowan’S Law On Coaches, Niya St Amant

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Claims makers in the social problem game successfully constructed youth sporting concussions in Ontario as a social problem in need of remedying after the death of 17-year old Rowan Stringer on the rugby field in 2013. Rowan’s Law was implemented five years later in 2018 to attempt to identify and manage youth concussion injuries. The present study explores the impact of Rowan’s Law on coaches in minor league hockey at the triple A Bantam (U15) and Midget (U17) levels. The goal of this study was to determine if the policy change of Rowan’s Law was facilitating change on the cultural …