Backhand Shelf Podcast, with Patrick Burke, NHL Director of Player Safety

We’re back! This week I was pleased to be joined by Patrick Burke, co-founder and former executive director of You Can Play, former scout for the Philadelphia Flyers and current Director of Player Safety for the NHL.

Patrick’s a smart dude that I’ve got a lot of respect for, so I hope you’ll enjoy our chat.

We discussed:

* The NHL’s process

- How they select the dicey hits

- The layers of decision-making

- The hearings

* What role prior history and injury play

* Video production, video for non-calls

* And (seriously), much more

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