Mental Health Stories
Brent Sopel | From Stanley Cup Champion to Rock Bottom
For over 25 years, Brent Sopel, former 2010 Stanley Cup Champion and Chicago Blackhawk defenseman, hid behind hockey. It was a place he could be who he wanted to be without anyone knowing the pain that lay deep. When the last puck was dropped on his NHL career, he was faced with a reality that he had refused to accept since early childhood. What would happen next would be nothing short of a mountain to climb. Brent Sopel grew up in Vancouver, Canada, where playing hockey was his passion. Reading, writing, and arithmetic was something that seemed to haunt him. He was...