Paralyzed former Humboldt Broncos player makes Adidas ad, hall of fame nominee list - Global News

An ad shows a serious Ryan Straschnitzki taping up his hockey stick and pulling on an Adidas jersey before he slides away on an ice sled.“As a kid I always dreamed of playing for Team Canada… and I still do,” Straschnitzki narrates in the commercial.“You know, when one door closes, another one opens.”The 20-year-old from Airdrie, Alta., was paralyzed from the chest down after a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team crashed into a semi truck that ran a stop sign in April 2018.Sixteen people were killed and 13, including Straschnitzki, were injured in the collision in rural Saskatchewan.Watch below: Some Global News videos about the Humboldt Broncos bus crash and the aftermath.Former Humboldt Broncos player Tyler Smith opens up about emotional injuries suffered in bus crash

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September 29, 2019 at 11:13PM