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Paralyzed hockey player hired by Los Angeles Kings

Genevieve Ross/AP

ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, JAN. 28-29 - This photo made Jan. 20, 2012, shows Jack Jablonski sitting upright on a specially designed chair as part of his physical therapy at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, as his younger brother, Max, looks on at left. As 16-year-old Jablonski tries to regain the use of his limbs, his family, friends and supporters continue to spread a message they hope will prevent another kid from having his hockey career and his livelihood cut short by a freak accident on the ice. (AP Photo/Genevieve Ross)

By: Associated Press

Posted at 9:39 AM, Jan 24, 2020

and last updated 2020-01-24 12:39:04-05

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (AP) — A former Minnesota high school hockey player paralyzed during a game in 2011 says he has achieved a dream of working in the NHL.

Jack Jablonski tweeted Thursday that he has a job as a content coordinator with the Los Angeles Kings working in podcasting, radio and TV.

Jablonski recently graduated from the University of Southern California with a major in communications and interned with the Kings before he was hired full time.

“Thank u to all who have helped me," Jablonski tweeted.

Jablonski was a student at Benilde-St. Margaret's School in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, when he injured his spinal cord injury in a game on Dec. 30, 2011. He was hit from behind and sent head-first into the boards.

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Paralyzed hockey player hired by Los Angeles Kings

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