Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Tyler Sheehy, number 22, was carried out on a stretcher after tangling with a Hill-Murray player, but was cleared to play in Tuesday's game.
Thursday's game left the Blaze hockey team with man down after star player and forward Tyler Sheehy took a tumble on the ice. Sheehy, a junior, was in top form until he was injured after during an "awkward collision" with getting a Hill-Murray player in the game's final minutes, the MN Hockey Hub reports. The game at Maplewood's Aldrich Arena was put on hold for 10 minutes before Sheehy was wheeled out on a stretcher. Burnsville coach Janne Kivihalme told the Hockey Hub that Sheehy was suffering from back pain, but that he could move all of his limbs. On Monday, the Hockey Hub posted an update, stating that Sheehy had gotten the OK to play in tonight's game with Eden Prairie. Sheehy's fall caused a scare in the metro hockey community, …
Saturday, February 25, 2012
The injured high school hockey player who just this week regained her ability to walk, will head back to school on Tuesday.
Jenna Privette, a Burnsville girl who suffered a serious spinal injury during a high school hockey game last month, is back home after leaving her inpatient rehabilitation program yesterday morning, according to an update on her Caringbridge website. Her mother, Penney Rich-Privette, said via the site that Jenna "wheeled herself down to the front door, and used her walker to walk out and get in the car." Jenna's improvement has been fast and furious in recent days. It was just last week that she regained feeling in her legs down to her knees after suffering paralysis from the waist down after a hockey mishap on Jan. 6. Jenna has been at Gillette Children's Hospital in St. Paul doing her physical and occupational therapies, but Penny wrote …
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The mother of the injured high school hockey player says Jenna has feeling and movement in her thighs.
Jenna Privette, a Burnsville girl who suffered a serious spinal injury during a high school hockey game on Jan. 7, has regained feeling and movement in her thighs, according to a post on her Caringbridge site. "Well, we finally have some success," her mother, Penny Rich-Privette wrote on Friday. "(Physical therapy) has been working so hard on her hips and her thigh muscles. We are so thrilled to see the excitement in her and from the therapists. Her Doctors gave her a high five." Jenna has been at Gillette Children's Hospital in St. Paul doing her physical and occupational therapies. She hasn't gone back to classes at St. Croix Lutheran High School, but is working on her studies in her room at Gillette. There's still no time table for …
Friday, February 10, 2012
The high school senior spoke to reporters on Wednesday, says God put her in the situation to help others.
"I believe God put me in this situation to help other people. And I believe he's going to get me out of it. I know it's going to happen soon." Those are the words Jenna Privette, a Burnsville girl who suffered a serious spinal injury during a high school hockey game on Jan. 7, spoke to the Pioneer Press on Wednesday. In a pretty thorough interview, Jenna and her mom, Penny Rich-Privette, talked about life, the struggles the injury has caused, and her recovery. The good news: Penny told the Pioneer Press that "doctors are anticipating a full recovery." But Jenna's still paralyzed from the waist down and her recovery timetable is uncertain. She's recovering from what doctors describe as a "concussion to her spine." "It's kind of day-by-day…
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Jenna Privette has a 'spinal concussion' as a result of injuries sustained during a hockey game on Jan. 7, according to her family, offering hope for a full recovery.
Across the state, Wednesday was dubbed "blue day," with people wearing the color to support Jenna Privette, a Burnsville girl who suffered a serious spinal injury during a high school hockey game on Jan. 7. And in midst of the waves of support, Jenna's's family and her high school have issued a joint statement that offers hope for her continued recovery. Penny Rich-Privette, Jenna's mother, says in the statement that "doctors are describing her injury as somewhat like a concussion to her spine." The news backs up previous report the family gave suggesting Jenna's spinal cord is not severed. The statement also says Jenna has begun physical therapy sessions. Meanwhile, two large posters with messages for Jenna from her classmates, friends, …
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
At least two high school hockey players have been injured in the last month. Is it time to change the rules?
On Dec. 30, Benilde-St. Margaret’s hockey player Jack Jablonski took a hit that left him paralyzed and unable to us his arms, hands and legs — perhaps for life. A week later, Jenna Privette of Burnsville was rushed to the Hennepin County Medical Center after losing feeling in her legs. These severe injuries have prompted some soul searching in the Minnesota hockey community, which is taking a closer look at the role of body-checking in the sport. On Tuesday, the Minnesota State High School League sent a memo to all hockey coaches, referees and league officials reiterating the dangers of checking from behind, which is illegal. “For nearly a decade the MSHSL has identified the reduction and removal of checking from behind as a major point …
