The judge overseeing a cla s-action lawsuit by former NHL players over head trauma has ordered the league to turn over "reams of data about injuries and concu sions,".

In her ruling,U.S. Federal Court Judge Susan Nelson wrote:

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The Court finds that the (NHLs) blanket application of the physician-patient privilege protecting all Elijah Molden Jerseys medical data from disclosure is inapplicable here.

The clubs are ordered to produce any internal reports, studies, analyses and databases in their po se sion (whether initiated by the U.S. clubs, NHL, or retained researchers) for the purpose of studying concu sions in de-identified form. The U.S. clubs shall produce any responsive Trevon Coley Jerseys correspondence and/or emails between themselves, themselves and the NHL, or with any research or other profe sional about the study of concu sions.

Players' names will be redacted in the proce s.

The NHL has maintained since 2006 a Brian Orakpo Jerseys so-called "video-analysis spreadsheet" that includes video footage of particular players sustaining hits to their heads. The leagueargued that the video clips areprivileged and shouldn't be included in the data itwill have to turn over.

"The Court disagrees that the video clips are privileged, Nelson wrote. "They are several steps removed from the Derick Roberson Jerseys physician-patient privilege and statutory privileges."

The NHL reportedly estimates that producing the data could cost more than $13million. Commi sioner for eight hours Friday regarding the lawsuit, although his testimony is under seal for now, TSN reported.

Some 80 former NHL players including lead plaintiffs Dan LaCouture, Michael Peluso, Gary Leeman, Bernie Nicholls, David Bruce Matthews Jerseys Christian and Reed Larson sued the league in November 2013, claiming the NHL not only avoided its responsibility to forewarn players of the risks they faced with concu sions and brain injuries, but also both "intentionally concealed material information" from and "reckle sly endangered" the plaintiffs.

The plaintiffs' cla s-action suit covers approximately 5,000 living former players who seek unspecified damages and court-approved, NHL-sponsored medical monitoring for neurological disorders and other concu sion-related health problems.

The NHL players' lawsuit came months after 4,500 former NFL Nick Dzubnar Jerseys players reached a $765 million settlement with the NFLover the same type of concu sion-related complaints.