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Today another member of the hockey community passed away. Wade Belak joins Rick Rypien and Derek Boogaard as the third NHL enforcer to die this offseason. The details of Belak's death are currently unknown. Rypien death is presumed to be suicide as he was dealing with severe depression that had sidelined him for half of two full seasons. Boogaard died after overdosing on Oxycontine and alcohol.

A question I have now is, what do other leagues do to help there players? It is tragic that three fierce competitors have been forever removed from the game but these problems can not be unique to hockey.

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That's an interesting question to be posed.

I do wonder what other sports do, I know football players tend to go into depression upon retiring - especially when their body begins to quit (hard to walk, using canes, etc). But, I'm not sure why Hockey is prone to such things.

It just seems an odd pairing... NHL & Depression... what possible factors could contribute? It's got me thinking...

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Today a Russian jet carrying KHL hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl crashed just after takeoff Wednesday, killing 43 people, including head coach Brad McCrimmon, and leaving two others critically injured. The team was to play Thursday against Dynamo Minsk in the opening game of the KHL season. All players from the main roster plus four from the youth team were on board the aircraft, which caught fire and crashed shortly after take-off.

Some names that you might know from the NHL:

Pavol Demitra - Center

Stefan Liv - Goalie

Jan Marek - Center

Josef Vasicek - Center

Ruslan Salei - Defenceman

Brad McCrimmon - Head Coach

What a sad day. Rest in peace.

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Today a Russian jet carrying KHL hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl crashed just after takeoff Wednesday, killing 43 people, including head coach Brad McCrimmon, and leaving two others critically injured. The team was to play Thursday against Dynamo Minsk in the opening game of the KHL season. All players from the main roster plus four from the youth team were on board the aircraft, which caught fire and crashed shortly after take-off.

Some names that you might know from the NHL:

Pavol Demitra - Center

Stefan Liv - Goalie

Jan Marek - Center

Josef Vasicek - Center

Ruslan Salei - Defenceman

Brad McCrimmon - Head Coach

What a sad day. Rest in peace.

Man when i found out Demitra died I was so fucking mad goddamnit dude that guy was a beast fucking shit.

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