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Perron Understands What Bills Players Were Feeling When Teammate Collapsed (+)

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January 3, 2023

When Detroit Red Wings player David Perron saw video of Buffalo Bills overwhelmed by emotion after their teammate Damar Hamlin suffered a heart attack on the field, he could relate to how they were feeling.

On Feb. 11, 2020, he was on the bench when his then-St. Louis Blues teammate Jay Bouwmeester went into cardiac arrest on the bench during a first period timeout during a road game against the Anaheim Ducks.

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