‘It’s Incredible’: Paralyzed Broncos Hockey Player Getting Upgrade on Spinal Device

Humboldt Broncos bus crash survivor Ryan Straschnitzki attends a physiotherapy session in Calgary, Alta., Sept. 28, 2021. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh Jeff McIntosh

A former junior hockey player with life-altering injuries from a bus crash four years ago is getting a boost he’s been anticipating for two years.

Ryan Straschnitzki, 22, is one of four individuals with spinal cord injuries who are in Calgary this week to have the epidural stimulators in their spines reprogrammed.