Patrick Elias recovered nicely from 2005 Hep A illness, scores goal in 2011 NHL All-Star game

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The NHL All-Star game is usually a goalie nightmare with no backchecking, multiple odd-man rushes and a bunch of goals. The 2011 game, being played right now here in Raleigh is no different. The score currently sits at 10-9 (but will probably be higher before I finish this post).

I took in a bunch of the festivities this weekend including last night’s skills competition, and the fanfest (which Jack loved).

One of the current all-stars, Patrick Elias of the New Jersey Devils has a personal food safety link. In 2005 while playing in Russia (during the NHL lockout season), Elias contracted Hep A that resulted in a 20-day hospital stay, a loss of 30 lbs and he missed a portion of the following season.

Check out one of the old school (and not very effective as I found out) infosheets detailing Elias’ illness.

 

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Dr. Ben Chapman is a professor and food safety extension specialist at North Carolina State University. As a teenager, a Saturday afternoon viewing of the classic cable movie, Outbreak, sparked his interest in pathogens and public health. With the goal of less foodborne illness, his group designs, implements, and evaluates food safety strategies, messages, and media from farm-to-fork. Through reality-based research, Chapman investigates behaviors and creates interventions aimed at amateur and professional food handlers, managers, and organizational decision-makers; the gate keepers of safe food. Ben co-hosts a biweekly podcast called Food Safety Talk and tries to further engage folks online through Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and, maybe not surprisingly, Pinterest. Follow on Twitter @benjaminchapman.