Richard Martin Had CTE When He Died Of A Heart Attack

from James Christie of the Globe and Mail, A study of the brain of former Buffalo Sabres star Rick Martin has shown the 52-goal scorer had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated brain trauma.

Martin died of a heart attack at 59 last March.

The news follows postmortem CTE diagnoses on the brains of fellow former NHL players Bob Probert and Reggie Fleming. Martin is the first who did not play the role of fighter or enforcer.

?His CTE was definitely there and likely caused by repetitive blows to the head, received in hockey over the years,? said Robert Stern, professor of neurology and neurosurgery at Boston University and co-director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at the university?s school of medicine.

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