EDMONTON, Alberta—A University of Denver hockey player who broke his neck during a college game in the U.S. arrived home in Edmonton on Monday about a month after he was injured.
Jesse Martin was steady as he walked through customs at the Edmonton airport, still wearing a metal halo that holds his head and neck stable.
He has been recovering in hospital for the past month after surgery for the injury sustained during a body-check.
The 22-year-old suffered three fractures of his C-2 vertebrae but recovered enough to walk into a news conference earlier this month on his own steam.
He will spend the next five weeks in Edmonton recuperating and spending Christmas with his family before returning to school where he will support his team from the bench.
