Bryan Bickell Explains Battling MS & Scores First Game back (VIDEO)
6 foor 4 Bryan Bickell is a staple player everybody needs, and especially for the nitty gritty part of the playoffs. Bryan Bickell spent 10 seasons in the national hockey league, 9 of those with the Blackhawks. Bickell was kept in the Blackhawks system down in the AHL for his first 3 and a half years after being drafted, partially coming up to the Blackhawks in the 2009-2010 season- being apart of the Chicago Blackhawks Stanley Cup Win. Bryan would later on be a full time Blackhawk for the next 6 seasons, being apart of a unreal dynasty and winning two more Stanley Cups with the team.
Even the biggest people in life can face the biggest battles, Bryan Bickell announced in 2016 that he had been diagnosed with MS (Multiple Sclerosis). MS is a demyelinating disease which can lead to the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord to be damaged.
Bickell explains his challenge with MS:
Bickell proceeded to play only 11 games with the Carolina Hurricanes before announcing his retirement, but on his first game back on skates after his fight- he scored one of his most memorable goals. Bickell also scored on his final game before retirement:
Bickell was always apart of the Blackhawks family and it always felt like home to him, after playing his final NHL game- Bickell took one more skate with his former Blackhawks team to retire as a Chicago Blackhawk forever.
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