BOSTON (AP) — Derek Boogaard’s family has donated his brain to researchers who will check for damage that might have resulted from his career as an NHL enforcer.
A spokeswoman for the Boston University School of Medicine confirmed Sunday that Boogaard’s family made the donation.
Researchers at the medical school have set up a brain bank to check athletes for chronic traumatic encephalopathy caused by repeated concussions.
There is no evidence yet that concussions might have contributed to Boogaard’s death. But the family is asking the Sports Legacy Institute at BU to look into it.
The hockey player was found dead in his Minneapolis apartment Friday. Police said there were no outward signs of trauma. Coroners conducted an autopsy, but results could take several months.
