Carter Hart explains how he plays as a colorblind
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L. ViardMarch 29, 2022 (10:13)
A handful of players in the league are colorblind. The most common type of colorblindness is the red-green type, shared by Seattle's Kraken goaltender Philipp Grubauer and Philadelphia Flyers number #79, Carter Hart.
Hart confuses shades of yellow, orange, brown, red, and green, he says that it doesn't affect his play but much more his personal life. For instance, he had to try some color corrective glasses to see his dog with his true colors for the first time.
«My dog is part beagle and part Jack Russell terrier,» he said. «He's brown and white, a little bit of black, and his colors just looked so bright and vivid. I always thought he was dull-color-looking. So that was pretty cool, but after 10 minutes my head started to hurt. I felt bad my parents spent money on those glasses. I was like, �I'm not going to wear these,' so I gave them back.»
Hopefully, Hart's colorblindness doesn't seem to affect his performances at all, he already has 1,249 saves this season in 41 games played. In the end, the puck is still black, and the ice is white. Even if he can't see it, Hart has an idea of what the Philly's jersey looks like: «I think ours is a burnt orange».
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