Michael Vickers

Father. Spouse. Cape Bretoner. Entrepreneur. Community guy. Looking to change the system. #blacklivesmatter (he/him)

[Dammit Bits @DammitBits]

I thought the Pope was kicking ass on Twitter and now here comes Hunter Biden.

[Marjorie Michel @MarjoriePLC]

Final countdown 🚨

There is only a few days left to join the conversation and help us shape the first Canadian Men and Boys' Health Strategy.

https://t.co/H5zJ1uEeoK

#Healthymen

[Brendan Lemieux @blemieux22]

Family of Claude Lemieux issues statement regarding his passing.

[Allan Walsh🏒 @walsha]

As a member of the Concussion & CTE Foundation Board of Directors, we are dedicated to research, treatment and finding a cure to CTE. Thank you for this gift and helping make a difference in people’s lives.

[Nate Thompson @NateThompson44]

It needs to be talked https://t.co/ItHVcoamG9’re right Jeff. I’ve lost too many close people in my life to suicide and have gone through many dark moments in my life and that have gone through my head. There is no shame in that. Let’s just talk about it. #checkonyourteammates

[Steve Carlson #17 @steve_carlson17]

This one hits hard.
Mental health isn’t just about a post a fundraiser or a hashtag.
Tough times and condolences to his family on and off the ice.
Keep fighting and reach out until you get the help you need.

If you know someone’s struggling don’t be quiet
Go beyond checking in go beyond thoughts and prayers, I can’t even start with the depth my fight took me. It was all of you who reached out I will never forget that, saved my life.
If you know someone’s struggling people fighting for their life and you stay silent and cut off or cut them out -do better be better be a difference maker
Remember No one fights alone , sadly too many do

[Aaron Ward @NHL_AaronWard]

May is #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth
Please, check on your people. @NHL @NHLPA @NHLAlumni

[Thomas Mercier 🎙️ @TJM_PlayByPlay]

Men’s mental health is and will always remain a crisis until we openly talk about it without making a mockery of it (which I’ve seen far too often).

Our mental health matters too… it’s not something to joke about. If you do, you’re part of the problem.

[Allan Walsh🏒 @walsha]

Former Bruins enforcer Lyndon Byers diagnosed with stage 3 CTE. 19 of 20 NHL players brains studied at BU were found to have CTE while Gary Bettman continues to deny any link between hockey and CTE.

[Mike Gentile @mikegentile590]

The Claude Lemieux story today reminds me how angry I got when people that are ignorant/stupid mocked Victor Hedman’s absence from Tampa while struggling with mental health. We are beyond the point where the stigma should still exist. We can do better and be better.

[Jeff Marek @JeffMarek]

And if you are struggling, please reach out to someone or call 9-8-8.

We’re all imperfect, we all need help. Nothing is as it seems.

‘I sat with my anger long enough until she told me her real name was grief’
-C.S Lewis

[Matthew Barnaby @MattBarnaby3636]

Please don't associate CTE.. Mental illness .. Drug problems... together. They are all seperate. Some might correlate but some are completely individual. Don't assume

[Alicia Jessop @RulingSports]

This was three days ago. It’s proof you never know what’s going on in a person’s mind or heart. Please know that even if you feel it, you’re never alone and there’s always a way out of the darkness. The suicide and crisis lifeline is 988. 💔😞

[Jeff Marek @JeffMarek]

Claude Lemieux died by suicide.

There is no shame there.

Only tragedy.

Condolences to his family, friends, clients and the entire hockey world.

[Jeff Marek @JeffMarek]

We have to be able to talk about suicide.

I understand nobody wants to say the wrong thing and upset anybody but I feel the way we avoid it is doing more harm than good. It's unhealthy.

[Andrew Leach 🇨🇦 @andrew_leach]

Check on your people. Know that you're not alone. This is so very sad.

[Legion Hoops @LegionHoops]

MSG announces the Knicks are donating 500+ NBA Finals tickets to underprivileged families in New York.

This is incredible. (@IanBegley)

[Sharan Kaur @msSharanKaur]

Politics isn’t meant to be blind loyalty to one ideology. We’re living through unprecedented times and protecting our country, sovereignty, workers, and economy has to come first. Believing climate change is real shouldn’t mean there’s no room for pragmatism or balance.

[Michael Vickers @MikeVickersCB]

@paigemacp Agreed. Society has lost sight of the fact that kids need to be just kids. Relaxing and having unstructured fun.