If you’ve spent any time attending a Growlers game at Mile One you’ve seen the signs warning about the dangers of being struck by a puck.

At least one metro area woman knows all-too-well about that very real possibility.

Tara Antle, a local nutritionist and owner of Healthy Balance is still feeling the effects of being struck by a puck while attended a Herder championship game at the Jack Byrne area last April.

Antle says she was sitting on the side of the rink above centre ice, two rows from the top of the stands when a deflected puck left the ice and struck her in the forehead just above the left eye. She had no time to react and it struck her that hard that it bounced back onto the ice.

Antle suffered a concussion that kept her off work for three months and resulted in 12 stitches to her forehead.

Antle says the recovery was longer than she anticipated and the incident drove home to her the very real danger posed by pucks leaving the ice.

She initially went back to work on ease back and has only been back to full-time work since November. She calls it an “eye opener” and warns that it can happen to anybody.

Tara Antle spoke with VOCM’s Linda Swain. Listen below: