Kaleb Dahlgren suffered a broken vertebra, a fractured skull and brain damage in last month鈥檚 horrific Humboldt Bronco鈥檚 bus crash, but he鈥檚 determined to get back on the ice.

"I just still have the passion to play and I want to do it for everybody on that bus,鈥� Dahlgren, 20, told CTV Saskatoon on Thursday.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 a little bit more motivation right now for me to fully recover," he added.

In the days after the April 6 collision that killed 16 and wounded 13 others, the world rallied in support. A fundraising campaign raised more than $15 million. Tributes poured in from around the NHL. Dahlgren spent most of that time in the hospital. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canadian women鈥檚 hockey legend Hayley Wickenheiser visited the injured men in the hospital.

"Honestly, I couldn't even tell you what the last month's been like,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t's been a crazy part of my life and I'm just trying to take it all in right now."

Dahlgren has now returned home to his parents, Mark and Anita. His bones are healed, but his brain injury is keeping him from a return to hockey at this point.

Mark Dahlgren said they鈥檝e been told only three to five per cent of people fully recover from this type of brain injury.

Dahlgren has few memories from the moment of the collision. He remembers putting on his headphones and that鈥檚 basically it.

鈥淚 don't remember hearing anything because I had headphones in,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 don't remember seeing anything because I was looking down.鈥�

One of the few hints Dahlgren has about what happened on the bus comes from a mark near his eye, which appears to be an alphanumeric imprint of 鈥�5C.鈥�

"What I'm guessing is when the bus slammed on the brakes, I flew forward and I hit either seat 5C or I hit the top 5C,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 think I flew about 10 seats forward."

At the time of the accident, Mark and Anita were at the Nipawin arena waiting for the bus to arrive, ahead of the team鈥檚 game against the Niapwin Hawks.

"All we wanted to do was find Kaleb,鈥� Mark Dahlgren said. 鈥淚f he had passed away or if he survived, we just wanted to be with him.鈥�

Dahlgren isn鈥檛 the only surviving Broncos player with a desire to return to hockey, Ryan Straschnitzki, who was left paralyzed from the chest down following the collision, plans to take up sledge hockey with the goal of making the Canadian Paralympic team one day.

With a report from CTV Saskatoon鈥檚 Pat McKay