Todd Ewen was an NHL tough guy who used his hands for more than fighting. ... Ewen liked being a hockey player more than a tough guy. “He was big strong tough guy,” Chase said.

For 11 seasons, Todd Ewen fought in almost every game he played. He didn’t live to his 50th birthday. For 11 seasons, ... Hockey players still slam into one another day after day.

Todd Ewen played professional hockey as an enforcer, an unofficial position in which a player fights the opposing team, from 1986 to 1997 on teams such as the Anaheim Mighty Ducks and San Jose Sharks.

Todd Ewen spent 11 seasons fighting people in the NHL. From 1986 to 1997, the man known as “the Animal” in hockey circles wracked up 1,911 penalty minutes with the St. Louis Blues, Montreal ...

Four former junior hockey players who all died of suicide before the age of 30 have also tested positive for the disease. “All of the NHL brains tested, except for Todd’s, had CTE,” Kelli said.

Doctors said Ewen, the former NHL enforcer did not have CTE but it turns out those doctors were wrong.

Todd Ewen was a former St. Louis Blues hockey player who spent more than a decade in the NHL as one of the league's most aggressive fighters. But off the ice, he was said to be both quiet and funny.

Todd Ewen was born in Saskatoon but played all of his minor hockey in St. Albert, a city northwest of Edmonton. A memorial was held there Friday for the former NHL player.

The NHL's Todd Ewen died from an apparent self-inflicted gun shot wound, according to the St. Louis County Police Department By Maria Coder Published on September 21, 2015 02:05PM EDT ...

It was the agent for her husband, hockey player Wade Belak. ... Todd Ewen played hockey in the era when even after getting rocked on the ice, players were sent back out again.

The National Hockey League is in a battle with Kelli Ewen, the widow of deceased NHL player Todd Ewen, over access to the contents of his iPhone 4 - text messages and data the NHL says may play a ...