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Concussion in the News: Boston Bruins' Nathan Horton Removed from Play

Boston Bruins forward Nathan Horton was taken out of play for the remainder of the 2011 Stanley Cup series after sustaining head injury during game three. (Aaron Rome received afour-game suspensionfor that hit).
 
At least some reports described Horton asvisitingthe locker room after that hit, suggesting that a duration of loss of consciousness consistent with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI).

More recently, Horton sustainedanother blowto the head on January 22.  Since that event, e has been noted to report fogginess and headaches which are part of the post-concussive syndrome which may follow mild TBI.