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The co-director of boston university's program says the nhl has taken some action, but he says it does not go far enough. >> last fall, the nhl stepped up, put a foot forward and said you can't blind side hit the head anymore. that's one step forward. now they have to put the other step forward and simply say that all purposeful hits to the head need to be taken out of ice hockey. >> for now, you can only determine if someone has cte after death. the news about probert has deeply concerned some current and former nhl players. >> when you start hearing things about bob and other guys that playe...

Sports most famous enforcers has doctors worried about how much brain damage this is causing. usually we're talking about nfl and concussions, but now nhl. >> and a lot of research. you probably heard about it happening to football players and boxers. now research shows it's also happening to hockey players. researchers at the university of boston have found a brain degeneration disease in two former nhl players. most recently in bob probert who died last year at the age of 45 of heart failure. in hockey terms, he was the type of player called the enforcer. known for fighting opposing players....

Changes based on findings related to just one player. well, dr. cantu hopes to study more nhl players soon, especially the skill players, the type who have not taken as much abuse as folks like probert did. just to give it some perspective, we know that probert had 246 fights in 16 seasons. that is a lot of heavy, you know, action going to the head. but his wife -- his widow says that she is not sure if it was the fighting or if it was the game itself. and that's going to be part of the research, as well. >> he wrote a book "tough guy: my life on the edge," but he died before he was able to co...

San francisco, love them. love them. >> that's probably the most covered they are at a bar crawl, you know what i mean? >> you ain't lying. well, ahead on "american morning," the man famous for dropping the gloves on the ice. bob prober. now doctors are warning today's hockey players about taking too many shots to the head. well, on that note, as well, hockey related talking about taking shots. a fight taking place at one game and the wrong person got hit. the linesman is not supposed to be taking a blow to the chin. we'll let you know what happened here. 18 minutes past the hour on this "...

Forward and said you can't blind side hit the head anymore. that's one step forward. now they have to put the other step forward and simply say that all purposeful hits to the head need to be taken out of ice hockey. >> well, for now, you can only determine if someone has cte after they died. the news about probert has deeply concerned some current and former nhl players. >> when you start hearing things about bob probert and other guys who played other pro sports, you start to think about it and say, look, i wouldn't have changed anything i did, i lived my dream, i was able to play in the nhl...