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15 jr hockey players killed in crash

NorthernRedneck

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The whole country is in mourning now after a bus carrying a jr hockey team from Saskatchewan was struck by a transport that blew a stop sign coming on to the highway.

Quite the mess. More info at the link below.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/nipawin-humboldt-bus-crash-1.4609835
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pirate_girl

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That's truly sad .. very tragic.
Caught this.
I guess the woman was letting 3 of the players lost live with her family.
They called her Mom.
 

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NorthernRedneck

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Yes. A local player here told reporters how he came from Saskatchewan and used to play hockey with several of the guys on that team. He was good friends with the team captain who died. Very sad situation.

My theory of what happened is that the semi truck was coming off one of the many side roads and missed the stop sign and while crossing the highway the bus hit it full on broadside.
 

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NorthernRedneck

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Just read that the defenseman of the team just woke up from a 7 hour surgery on his back but is paralyzed from the waist down. He has already indicated that he can always play sledge hockey.
 

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Jim_S

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If You See Hockey Sticks Outside Take A Moment Of Silence
Posted at 6:30 pm on April 11, 2018 by Brad Slager

It is a sight that normally would not make you think twice, but if you notice hockey sticks propped up outside of doors this week it should make you pause for a moment. This past Friday a horrific crash took place in Tisdale Saskatchewan, Canada where the team bus carrying the junior league Humboldt Broncos to a playoff game collided with a semi-hauler.

The head coach and fourteen others, some of those players in their teens, perished in the crash. A total of ten players and two coaches were lost, as well as the team statistician, the team radio announcer and the bus driver. The tragedy has rendered the town of Humboldt, with a population hovering around just 6,000 citizens.

Over the weekend it has reverberated throughout the sport. Most NHL teams have honored the losses during pregame ceremonies, and the broader hockey community has been drawn together. As a sign of the way the sport bonds, a small gesture originally made in Humboldt is spreading across the entire continent.

A junior league TV broadcaster — play-play-play announcer Brian Munz — posted on Twitter a picture showing what a friend of his, who lives in Humboldt, was doing as a gesture to those lost.

This has swelled into a tribute to the fallen that has been seen all over Canada, and is now moving across the US as well. Countless people on social media — using hashtags #PutYourStickOut and #SticksOutForHumboldt — have posted pictures of their twigs resting outside their doors. A growing number of NHL players are also partaking in the solemnity.

As most know hockey is interwoven into the Canadian culture. Nothing may be more emblematic of this than the nature of Canadian junior hockey. Players in their high school years who endeavor on a pro career may choose to join a junior team in the hopes of developing their skills to earn a bid on a professional team.

This often involves moving away from their hometown and taking up residence with families in the town where the team plays. They end up going to school, and becoming a member of their adopted community. In Humboldt this is an even more intimate encounter, where the tiny town also directly supports the team by working at the arena or volunteering for the organization.

This has granted the players a far more professional playing environment than a small-town junior squad may encounter. By example, instead of a standard gymnasium-style rink common in the numerous junior leagues across Canada, the Broncos skate in an arena with seating exceeding 1,800.

It has also made the Broncos a far more beloved element of the Humboldt community. When residents call it “my team” it is more than a rooting fanaticism — the citizens feel a sense of ownership. When the shock of the accident hit the community it was not concerning the death of players; it involves the loss of family members.

A number of fundraisers are underway to help support the families of victims of the crash. Donations are being collected now. A GoFundMe page has been established where you can donate to the cause.

https://ca.gofundme.com/funds-for-humboldt-broncos

Skate until dark, boys…
 

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NorthernRedneck

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It's been a while since this tragedy. The truck driver, a newly landed immigrant who essentially stepped off the plane, got a commercial driver's license, took 2 weeks of on the job training before being sent off on his own with a transport, was sentenced to 8 years for each of the kids he killed. He is set to serve them all together before being deported back to India.

This is what I've been saying all along. They get off the plane and are given a truck driver's license. Because of this, provinces are starting to implement mandatory commercial driver's license training before they can even think about getting a license. That's a 5 week training program. I did it back in 2002 when I was laid off from the mill.


https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canad...d=sm:trueanthem:ctvnorthernontario:manualpost

Canadian eh!!!
 

NorthernRedneck

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It's been a while since this happened. I came across an inspirational story on one of the players who survived. He was paralyzed from the chest down in the accident. He didn't give up though. With intense physical therapy and rehabilitation, he began playing sledge hockey. Now he's traveling to Thailand to have spinal surgery to attempt to regain some motion.

https://trib.al/rekO7g8

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