The New Jersey Devils have been sued by a former player who accuses the team of covering up a report warning that he was at risk of long-term neurological impairment from the blows to the head he suffered during on-ice brawls.

Michael Peluso, a member of the Devils from 1993-96, was the team’s ”enforcer,” protecting high-scoring teammates by fighting with players from opposing teams. He says in the lawsuit that the Devils went to great lengths to conceal from him a team doctor’s 1994 report issued after Peluso was punched in the head and knocked unconscious in a fight with Tony Twist of the Quebec Nordiques.

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