It's been one year since Neil Doef was checked and fell into the boards, causing serious injury to his spine and ending a promising hockey career. Now, the resident of Smiths Falls, Ont., who was told ...

Hockey players got together Monday to raise money to help hockey player Neil Doef — the Smiths Falls Bear star who sustained a major injury on Dec. 14 while playing for Team Canada East at the World ...

There is no glossing over the challenge Neil Doef might face in the months, and years, ahead. Nor is there any way to really sum up how sad it is for the family of the promising Smiths Falls Bears ...

Transportation workers are looking to support the family of injured Smiths Falls hockey player Neil Doef. Neil Doef, a promising 17-year-old player for the Smiths Falls Bears, sustained a spinal cord ...

The best news you might read this week is that Neil Doef, the Smiths Falls Bears player who suffered a spincal cord injury one month ago, is responding to rehabiliation treatment. It is important to ...

BUFFALO-- Neil Doef wanted his valedictorian speech at the Smiths Falls District Collegiate Institute senior commencement in eastern Ontario in June 2015 to be memorable. He arrived at the podium ...

A Smiths Falls hockey player who suffered a devastating injury during an international competition is suing Hockey Canada and its insurer for $6.5 million in a case that will explore the “duty of care ...

BUFFALO-- Neil Doef walked onto the stage at the 2016 NHL Draft on Saturday and received the E.J. McGuire Award presented by NHL Central Scouting in honor of its former director. The most significant ...

Injured Smiths Falls hockey player Neil Doef has moved one step closer to home after being transferred to the Ottawa Hospital on Christmas Eve. The 17-year-old star with the Smiths Falls Bears ...

When Neil Doef was in Grade 5 at Chimo Elementary School in Smiths Falls, Ont., it didn’t take him long to notice how special his new classmate Brooke Henderson was. “You knew she was an athlete. She ...

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