Ryan Strachnitzki

Paralyzed Humboldt Bronco player happy with spinal surgery results

Feb 2, 2020 | 2:25pm

AIRDRIE, Alta. — A hockey player paralyzed in a bus crash has been working hard since undergoing spinal surgery in Thailand late last year and it’s getting him closer to his dream of making the national sledge hockey team. Ryan Straschnitzki, who can’t move from the chest down, had an epidural stimulator implanted in his […]

Ryan Strachnitzki returns to Humboldt

Sep 14, 2019 | 4:00pm

For the first time in 526 days, former Broncos hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki will be back in Humboldt. The 20-year-old from Airdrie, Alta., was paralyzed from the chest down when a bus carrying Humboldt’s junior hockey team collided with a semi truck on the way to a playoff game on April 6, 2018. Sixteen people […]

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