Bronco to Return to Ice for His First Game Since Bus Crash

Sixteen banners in honour of the lives taken in the April bus crash are shown in the foreground and the banners for the survivors sit in the background during a tribute to the Humboldt Broncos in Humboldt, Sask., on Sept. 12, 2018. Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press

HUMBOLDT, Sask.—Humboldt Broncos player Tyler Smith had a broken collarbone, a broken shoulder blade and nerve damage down his left arm.

He was on the junior hockey team’s bus when it collided with a semi-trailer at a Saskatchewan intersection on the way to a playoff game. Sixteen people died.