(Report) Jeremy Roenick speaks out on life after 13 concussions.

It seems like every day we learn more and more about player safety, blows to the head, concussions, and the profound impact they can have on players and their loved ones after their careers are over. A lot of time it's brushed off because fans either care more about the product on the ice or don't feel it's their problem. It hits a little closer to home when it's a player that played for your team, even won an MVP on your team, and that's exactly the case now. Jeremy Roenick is speaking out on his life after hockey, more specifically on the poor quality of life he leads as a result of the 13 concussions he suffered over the course of his 20 year NHL career. He discussed his struggles in an interview with Businessinsider.com. Roenick remembers his first concussion, he was only 19 years old when he was knocked out of a game, and out of consciousness for 15 minutes. He remembers because the only treatment he received that day was an ice pack to the head and he was back on the ice the very next night despite not remembering how he got from the ice to the lock room the night prior. He would go on to suffer at least twelve more concussions during his NHL career. Now five years into his retirement Roenick says the brain damage he suffered makes it so he can remember huge parts of his life including games he played, trips he went on, and even friends he's spent time with. "My wife will ask me, 'Hey, remember we did this? Remember we did that?' And I totally don't remember any of it," Roenick says. "My short-term memory is good, but there's a lot of times I'm asked questions that I couldn't remember for the life of me." "It's extremely frustrating, and I get mad because public speaking is part of my job," he says. "There are a lot of things that I know, but I can’t go in my brain and retrieve the word that I’m looking for and throw it out of my mouth." Roenick spoke positively of the steps the NHL has taken to protect current players from this kind of injury. "There’s no way to avoid it, but the NHL has done a really good job of making sure the players that get it are immediately put into a quiet room and put out of action until they can pass certain tests to make sure the brain has enough time — about a week — to heal," Roenick says. "And that's as good as you can possibly get." One thing is for sure, we as fans need to be more and more aware of the risk these men take every time they step out onto to the ice, and we need to adjust our attitudes towards existing but dangerous aspects of the game like fighting and hitting accordingly. Agree? Disagree? Let us know how you feel about the issue in the comments below.