REPORT: Hockey Player Injured at Gillette Stadium Expected to Sue Patriots, NHL

A woman’s hockey player who was injured during a game at Gillette Stadium is expected to sue the NHL, the New England Patriots, the National Women’s Hockey League, and Canadian Women’s Hockey League.

Deena Laing, a player for the NWHL’s Boston Pride, crashed into the boards of the stadium’s rink during a Dec. 31 game against the CWHL’s Les Canadiennes. She was taken off the ice on a stretcher.

Players signed a liability waiver before the game, according to the New York Post, but the waiver was based on the ice being in playable condition, a source told the newspaper. There were reports that the ice surface was soft at the time of the game.

Currently, Laing is in rehab for her injury. Her parents say she “has limited movement of her arms and no feeling in her legs.”

Photo courtesy NWHL