In a great segment on WCCO-TV (CBS) Minneapolis, which ran during the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament, reporter Mike Max profiles The Messier Project and the M11 highlighting the newest member of The Messier Project, Brent Burns, as well as the many high schools throughout the state wearing the M11, including Jefferson High and Hill Murray. To tune in to the full segment, visit:

http://wcco.com/video/?id=75489@wcco.dayport.com.

In his “Straight Edge” column for The Hockey News, Ryan Kennedy reports on the new products and technologies at the recent Let’s Play Hockey Show in Las Vegas. Ryan features three products that offer better protection for players with a heavy focus on the M11.

Kennedy writes that “the sport itself will stand to benefit from some of the products being pitched” and that “naturally, concussions were covered off in a variety of ways and companies are really bringing the science.”

Of the M11, Kennedy writes that the helmet is “already well known in hockey circles” and that “The Messier Project has the ear of a lot of folks, including Hockey Canada and the GMs of the NHL.” Kennedy quotes Mary-Kay Messier in regards to The Messier Project’s mission to change priorities in the sport and encourage a conversation about head protection.

To read the full article, visit: http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/31108-The-Straight-Edge-Hockey-show-displays-newage-protection-for-players.html.

In his Inside the NHL column, Buffalo News columnist Bucky Gleason writes about The Messier Project and the M11 helmet as “former NHL great Mark Messier” is working with Cascade Sports to help “produce stronger, safer helmets” and “better distribute impact.”

To read the article, visit: http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/story/940869.html.

As a sidebar to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune feature on Brent Burns, The Messier Project and the M11 this past Saturday, Michael Russo also filed a great article on how the state of Minnesota has rallied behind The Messier Project, with more than 18 high school and prep schools wearing the M11 this season, including “Bloomington Jefferson, Hill-Murray, Spring Lake Park, St. Paul Johnson, St. Thomas Academy and White Bear Lake in the metro, and two youth hockey associations (Eastside Junior Gold and Rochester).” As Russo writes, “compared to Minnesota, no other state or province is as well-represented.”

To read the full article, visit: http://www.startribune.com/sports/wild/83088597.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ