>> Scott: "AFTER HOURS"
CONTINUES ON SCOTIABANK "HOCKEY
DAY IN CANADA".
THIS IS ALSO BELL LET'S TALK
DAY.
DEDICATED TO CHANGING AND
REMOVING THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED
WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.
YOU NEED NOT STAY SILENT.
THAT'S THE MESSAGE THAT YOU'LL
FIND AT MINDCHECK.CA.
THE VANCOUVER CANUCKS
INITIATIVE.
IN THE MEMORY OF BEFORE WE GET
TO THAT, GOT TO FIND OUT IF
YOU'RE OK.
THE ROOKIE BEN STREET PLAYING
HIS FIRST NHL GAME TONIGHT FOR
THE CALGARY FLAMES.
CAUGHT YOU RIGHT ON THE SCHNOZ.
>> IN ALL FAIRNESS I GAVE HIM A
CHOP ON THE WRIST BEFORE.
WITH 10 SECONDS LEFT IN THE
GAME THAT'S THE LAST THING YOU
WANT IS AN ELBOW IN THE CHOPS.
I COULDN'T EVEN CELEBRATE WITH
MY TEAMMATES AFTER.
I'M OK NOW.
WARRIOR.
>> Craig: DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO
THE QUIET ROOM.
>> NO.
I'M GOOD TO GO.
>> Scott: THE WEBSITE WAS
LAUNCHED JUST OVER A YEAR AGO.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US BEFORE WE
GET TO HOCKEY TALKS ABOUT THE
INROADS MINDCHECK.CA HAS MADE?
>> IT WAS RELAUNCHED A YEAR AGO
IN JANUARY.
IT'S DONE VERY WELL SINCE.
WE'VE HAD OVER 130,000 NEW
VISITORS.
EVEN MORE TELLING US THE
SELF-ASSESSMENT QUIZZES THAT
TAKE TIME TO FILL OUT, WE'VE
HAD OVER 56,000 PEOPLE FILL
THOSE OUT.
GREAT FEEDBACK, AND YOU KNOW,
IT'S DONE A LOT OF GOOD FOR A
LOT OF PEOPLE.
HAD A LOT OF STORIES WHERE
PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO THE RINK
DURING THE LOCKOUT AT U.B.C.
THERE AND BROKE DOWN IN TEARS
IN MY ARMS AND JUST THANKED ME
FOR THE WORK I'VE DONE WITH THE
WEBSITE.
IT'S NOT REALLY ME BUT THE
WEBSITE AND THE HELP IT'S DONE.
IT'S GIVEN THESE PEOPLE A
CHANNEL TO USE TO GET BETTER.
SO IT'S BEEN DOING AWESOME.
>> Craig: OTHER THAN COMING ON
SHOWS LIKE THIS HOW DO YOU KEEP
THE MOMENTUM GOING?
NOW THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO
REACH OUT AND HAVE INTEREST IN
IT WHAT WILL DO YOU TO KEEP
PUSHING IT FORWARD INTO >> THAT
WAS THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND
HOCKEY TALKS.
THE INITIATIVE IS A MONTH LONG
AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.
LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S SEVEN
CANADIAN NHL CITIES.
WE ARE HOPING TO GET TO THE
POINT WHERE IT'S ALL 30 TEAMS
PARTICIPATING NEXT YEAR.
MUCH LIKE HOCKEY FIGHTS CANCER.
IT'S JUST CONTINUING THAT
CONVERSATION.
LIKE YOU SAID, CONTINUING THE
MOMENTUM WE BUILT LAST YEAR.
AND CONTINUING THE LEGACY.
>> Scott: IT'S A WONDERFUL
INITIATIVE.
THE VICE PRESIDENT OF
COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE
VANCOUVER CANUCKS HAS HAD A LOT
TO DO WITH GETTING THE OTHER
CANADIAN TEAMS ON BOARD.
>> T.C. HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL.
LIKE YOU SAID HIS IDEA FROM THE
BEGINNING.
HE'S BEEN VISITING SCHOOLS
PROVINCE-WIDE TALKING TO KIDS.
HIS WORK DOESN'T STOP.
RICK CONFIDED IN HIM AND LET
HIM KNOW HE WANTED TO REACH OUT
AND HELP YOUNGER PEOPLE
SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH
ISSUES.
T.C. IS CARRYING OUT HIS WISH.
>> Craig: YOU KNEW RICK RYPIEN
FOUR AND A HALF YEARS BEFORE HE
CONFIDED IN YOU.
ARE YOU LEFT TO CONCLUDE HE
DIDN'T DO IT UNTIL TWO AND A
HALF, THREE YEARS INTO THE
FRIENDSHIP BECAUSE OF THE
STIGMA?
>> YOU KNOW, ONLY HE KNOWS
THAT.
BUT YOU GOT TO THINK SO.
HE WAS BATTLING THESE ISSUES
FOR A LONG TIME.
AND HE KEPT IT TO HIMSELF.
THAT'S WHAT KIND OF GUY HE WAS.
ONE OF HIS BIGGEST THINGS WAS
HE DIDN'T WANT TO BURDEN OTHER
PEOPLE.
HE WANTED TO DEAL WITH THINGS
HIMSELF.
HE DID FOR THE MOST PART AND
STILL MADE IT TO THE BEST
LEAGUE IN THE WORLD DOING SO.
AND ONCE HE THOUGHT HE NEEDED
HELP HE REACHED OUT TO ME.
WE GOT HIM THE HELP HE NEEDED.
>> Craig: YOU MENTIONED BEFORE
YOU FOUND THE IMPACT IT HAD ON
SOME OF THE PEOPLE AND THE
STORIES THEY FINALLY, ONCE THEY
AREN'T AFRAID TO COME OUT AND
TALK, TELL YOU, WHAT IMPACT HAS
THAT HAD ON YOU IN LISTENING TO
THAT AND BEING A PART OF THAT?
>> WELL, IT'S DEFINITELY BEEN
AN EYE-OPENER.
I'VE HAD TO REALLY EDUCATE
MYSELF IN THE LAST FEW YEARS
ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND YOU
KNOW, THERE'S LUCKILY BEEN A
LOT OF PUBLIC FIGURES COME OUT
AND SPEAK ABOUT IT.
MICHAEL LANDSBERG IS A BIG
ADVOCATE AND HAS DONE A LOT
THROUGH HIS SHOW "OFF THE
RECORD."
ALL WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO IS
BUILD THE CONVERSATION AND
RAISE AWARENESS, GET RID OF THE
STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH IT,
KEEPING IT TO YOURSELF.
A GREAT ANALOGY WAS MADE WHEN
YOU SUSTAIN AN INJURY IN
HOCKEY, YOU GO INTO THE
TRAINER'S ROOM, DOCTORS LOOK AT
IT, M.R.I., SURGERY IF NEED BE,
MEDICATION.
MENTAL HEALTH IS THE SAME
THING.
PEOPLE ARE KEEPING IT TO
THEMSELVES, NOT VOICING THEIR
ISSUES, AND THEY ARE NOT
SEEKING HELP FOR IT.
>> Craig: THERE IS A AT THIS
AT THIS MOMENTITY IN THAT IF
YOU HAVE AN EAR INFECTION AND
CONCUSSION, WHY WOULDN'T YOU
TAKE MEDICATION TO DEAL WITH
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, RIGHT?
>> I'M NOT THE EXPERT BUT EVERY
SITUATION IS DIFFERENT.
OBVIOUSLY MEDICATION IS ONE
OPTION BUT NOT THE ONLY OPTION.
>> Scott: HERE IS A TWEET FROM
JOVAN.
ASK HIM IF THE RYPIEN MINDCHECK
T-SHIRTS ARE STILL ON SALE
ON-LINE?
>> WELL --
>> Scott: POPULAR ITE FETCH
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED
ME ABOUT THAT.
I THINK THIS THEY ARE STILL ON
SALE.
THE RICKY-RYP FOUNDATION IS ON
LINE.
WES HIS OLDER BROTHER LAUNCHED
THE WEBSITE FINALLY.
>> Scott: HAD YOU WES DROP THE
PUCK HERE LAST WEEK AGAINST
CHICAGO.
YOU REMAIN CLOSE TO THE RYPIEN
FAMILY.
LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK RICK WOULD
THINK OF THIS DIALOGUE?
>> HE WOULD THINK IT'S GREAT.
I DON'T THINK HE WOULD WANT TO
BE AT THE CENTRE OF ATTENTION
BUT HE WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THE
HELP IT'S DOING.
HIS BIG THING WAS HE WANTED TO
HELP OUT CHILDREN.
HE WAS BIG IN THE COMMUNITY AND
WANTED TO HELP PEOPLE SUFFERING
THROUGH THE SAME ILLNESS.
>> THE THEME IN "HOCKEY DAY IN
CANADA" HAS BEEN HEART.
DID YOU EVER SEE A PLAYER WITH
MORE HEART THAN RICK RYPIEN ?
>> NO.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IN THIS
BUILDING HAS EVER SEEN A PLAYER
WITH MORE HEART.
YOU SEE ALL THE DAVID VERSUS
GOLIATH FIGHTS THAT HE HAD
AGAINST GUYS 6'7", 6'8".
JUST A FEARLESS, FEARLESS
COMPETITOR AND GREAT TEAMMATE.
AND THE GUYS THAT PLAYED WITH
HIM AND SEEN HIM PLAY SAW IT
EVERY NIGHT.
>> Scott: MINDCHECK.CA AND
HOCKEY TALKS.
AS THE CANUCKS AND ALL SEVEN
CANADIAN TEAMS FIGHT THE STIGMA
ASSOCIATED WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.
IN SO DOING ATTACH A WHOLE LOT
OF MEANING TO THE LIFE OF THE
LATE RICK RYPIEN.
CONGRATULATIONS.
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