NHL first-round draft pick Cody Hodgson returned to the pros after an eight-year hiatus. He will continue his career as long as he can.
January saw an unusual return to hockey in many ways in the AHL, when the NHL’s former first-round pick Cody Hodgson joined the ranks of the Milwaukee Admirals.
Hodgson scored his first goal in eight years last week Juuso Pärssisen preliminary work. Since then, he has stretched the goal net two more times.
When he was younger, Hodgson scored as many as 16 points in the Junior World Championships, for example. Hodgson, who was booked as the tenth player in the NHL in 2008, had time to play at the highest level in 328 games with 64+78=142 points.
Playing was life-threatening
In 2016, your career is like a wall. Hodgson was diagnosed with malignant hyperthermia, the cause of which is often an inherited gene mutation. Hodgson’s relatives suffered, for example, from muscle stiffness, but for him the disease manifested itself as heart and lung problems.
– I was told what to avoid. It included long-term physical exertion and high-stress environments. In practice, the list described the basics of being a professional hockey player. And they were potentially life-threatening to me, he said to The Athletic.
Specialist By Sheila Riaz signaled that professional sports are no longer possible. He could not guarantee that Hodgson’s internal organs could withstand the sport. Even death was possible.
– The doctors said that playing is too dangerous. It wasn’t really my decision, Hodgson said a month ago in January on Donnie and Dhali.
My health improved last summer
The turnaround in Hodgson’s fitness happened last summer.
– I had always thought and promised myself that if I can still play, I will. I started well and was able to play without getting sidelined again after a while.
Hodgson went to the same doctors who had said he wouldn’t be able to play hockey.
– They tested my liver, lungs, kidneys and everything that was previously damaged. They were fine and I was fine.
The future is open
Cody Hodgson decided to start training and see what happens. He hopes that the struggle with health is over, but you never know about the future.
– I’m going to continue this until something happens. But now I feel good.
All in all, Hodgson is very happy to be able to play professional hockey again.
– I’m open to everything, but right now I want to do my best in the AHL and see what happens.