Sam’s call-up comes despite health issues which could have been life-threatening. Read more: Telford_Tigers IceHockeyUK IIHFHockey
Sam Watkins said his love for ice hockey had kept him going through health difficulties
Sam Watkins, 18, from Telford, was diagnosed with pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect; a life-threatening condition if not treated. Despite that, Sam said he started playing ice hockey when he was four, with the encouragement of his father, former GB player Tom Watkins who is now his coach at Telford Tigers.His travails, however, did not end in his early years. He needed cardiac catheters inserted on several occasions before having open heart surgery again in November 2013.After returning to the ice he then broke his leg in September 2014 and in his first game back that December, he broke the same leg again.
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