3rd death of a hockey player this off season :(

[Happy82]

Derek Boogard, Rick Rypien and now former NHLer Wade Belak has hung himself in his hotel room

Not a good year for hockey so far

[Lordbenny]

Is that 'Ice' hockey?

[Happy82]

Yep

[BalhamBadger]

Any idea what's behind it? Struggling to create a fulfilling existence I suppose.

[Russ35]

Very sad news coming out of Russia that a plan has crashed on take-off. The plane was carrying the entire 37-man squad of KHL team HK Lokomotiv who were travelling to Minsk for the first game of the new season tomorrow night.

The plane was carrying 42 passengers and only 2 have survived.




https://rt.com/news/passenger-plane-russia-reports...

Edited by Russ35 on Wednesday 7th September 16:29

Edited by Russ35 on Wednesday 7th September 16:30

[Happy82]

I think there's only one survivor now (one of the flight crew) but they're looking unlikely to come through.

[fullgear1]

As horrible and tragic as all these NHL deaths are, no one really pays attention, as hockey is not that widely popular as say the NBA or NFL. By comparison to other major sports, hockey players seem to make the least amount of money. Its a tragedy and shame anyway you look at it.

[Dominic H]

Copied from 'Russia Today'....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skjCrstMNWc


"A heart-stirring requiem mass has taken place at the Minsk ice hockey arena, where this evening local side Dynamo were supposed to take on Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, the team which tragically died in Wednesday's plane crash. All tickets for the game had been sold long before the tragedy. Soon after the sad news spread worldwide, the game's organizers decided to arrange a mass at the arena, honoring the legacy of the team. Not a single ticket had been returned as the ceremony was held in the packed arena. Each spectator brought flowers. All the Belarusian leadership, including President Aleksandr Lukashenko, were present at the event. Never was the arena that silent as 37 huge portraits of the players and staff were placed on the ice. A requiem mass was performed by an orchestra, while portraits of the departed Yaroslavl friends and icons appeared on the scoreboard. Each picture was met with a storm of applause, after which the Dynamo players scored a puck each in their own net. Similar ceremonies were held on Thursday evening in a dozen Russian and CIS cities."

[Tiggsy]

fullgear1 said:

As horrible and tragic as all these NHL deaths are, no one really pays attention, as hockey is not that widely popular as say the NBA or NFL. By comparison to other major sports, hockey players seem to make the least amount of money. Its a tragedy and shame anyway you look at it.

Team cap is £60m and individual cap is £12m....so many of them do ok!

[Happy82]

Tiggsy said:

fullgear1 said:

As horrible and tragic as all these NHL deaths are, no one really pays attention, as hockey is not that widely popular as say the NBA or NFL. By comparison to other major sports, hockey players seem to make the least amount of money. Its a tragedy and shame anyway you look at it.

Team cap is £60m and individual cap is £12m....so many of them do ok!

I'm pretty sure that NHL players were the best paid sportsmen in the world at one point?

[Puggit]

Happy82 said:

I think there's only one survivor now (one of the flight crew) but they're looking unlikely to come through.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14879198

[Happy82]

Cheers, although with 90% burns I guess it was only a matter of time