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Samuel Girard: anxiety and death threats are the reasons behind his move to the player assistance program
Auteur: dmiller![Samuel Girard: anxiety and death threats are the reasons behind his move to the player assistance program](https://cdn.buminteractif.com/2024/05/Girard-678x450.jpg)
Being a professional hockey player is far from being a boy’s dream. When the money starts rolling in, so does the pressure, and it’s not easy to manage.
Samuel Girard is one of the most recent players to come in and out of this program. Currently effective with the Avalanche, he’s been through some pretty tough times.
Samuel Girard’s father gave a most touching interview to @JiCLajoie
https://t.co/8v19zZokY0
– TVA Sports (@TVASports) May 3, 2024
He said there were times when his son couldn’t even have a beer without thinking about people talking badly about him.
Girard’s father acknowledged that social networks make it very easy to try to destroy someone.
He’s very proud of his son, who had the humility to ask for help and got out of his dark thoughts.
Pressure can have many negative repercussions on a player’s health. While some players find it easier to deal with, others need to seek help. In recent years, more players have done so, and this is very encouraging.
Injuries aren’t just physical, they can be mental too. We all too often forget that.
In brief
– His first game.
– He was the talk of the town today.
Beckett Sennecke has golden hands pic.twitter.com/6KeQEn6yIK
– La Première Ronde (@1ereronde) May 3, 2024
– He is fascinating.
This guy rockspic.twitter.com/ifyhaX7uU9
– Kevin Papetti (@KPapetti) May 3, 2024