Normand Léveillé

Who is Normand Léveillé?

Normand Léveillé is a retired Canadian professional hockey left winger who played 2 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins, where he was sometimes called "Norm Leveille," but whose career was cut short at the age of 19 by a disabling aneurysm on the ice at the Pacific Coliseum which left him firstly in a coma, then initially unable to walk. After having recovered he devoted his energies to therapy for others suffering light-to-moderate disabling conditions. He is the founder and president of the Centre Normand-Léveillé at Drummondville in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec. His story is told in Un arrêt en plein vol by Thérèse Desjardins