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 ...

Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage than loading CBC Lite story pages. It's been one year since Neil Doef was checked and fell into the boards, causing serious injury to ...

Hockey Canada has reached a settlement with a player who was paralyzed nearly a decade ago, after the organization acknowledged that it kept a special fund to help seriously injured players, which the ...

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 ...

The town of Smiths Falls came together Friday night for its “chosen son,” pouring out love and financial support for Neil Doef and his family in the wake of a devastating on-ice injury suffered by the ...

Seventeen-year-old Neil Doef is an up-and-coming star representing Canada at the at the World Junior A Challenge last weekend. He suffered a devastating injury, but the sport and his small Ontario ...

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 ...