Blind player gets NHL's attention by helping others
Toronto Star|June 06, 2024
Mark DeMontis had a vision for his hockey career. He would impress in minor hockey, earn an NCAA scholarship and get drafted by an NHL team.
GILBERT NGABO
Blind player gets NHL's attention by helping others

Then, at 17, the Toronto native suddenly lost his central vision and was diagnosed with a rare eye condition known as Leber's optic neuropathy. He was crushed.

"I was in a lot of denial when it happened," said DeMontis, who is legally blind and has only peripheral vision. "The first question I asked the doctor was not about how much sight I was going to lose. It was about whether I would still be able to play hockey.

"It didn't matter that I wasn't able to read or drive or see faces anymore. What mattered was whether

I would be able to play the game that I love." He eventually would.

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