Editor’s note: The Denver Gazette presents a three-part investigative series on health after hockey for NHL players. Part I examines the life and death of Colorado Avalanche enforcer Chris Simon.

DENVER (KDVR) — A newly released analysis found that Chris Simon, a former NHL hockey player, had stage three chronic traumatic encephalopathy, CTE, when he died in 2024. Simon was a well-known ...

RIP Chris. You will be missed." Simon last played in the NHL in the 2007-08 season before spending the next five seasons playing in the KHL in Russia, where he became a two-time All-Star.

Chris Simon, drafted 25th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers in 1990, played 782 NHL games between 1992 and 2008. He also took part in 75 playoff games and won a Stanley Cup with the Colorado ...