2011 has very tragic off season in professional Hockey with the sudden deaths of Derek Boogaard, Rick Rypien and Wade Belak. Former NHL player Geoff Courtnall who’s father committed suicide when Geoff was a teenager, kept the details of those circumstances a secret until questioned by a reporter in 1994.

At the fundraiser for the Coast Mental Health Foundation, Geoff talks about the Mental Health stigma in hockey.

 

Full speech at Coast Mental Health breakfast