wildstorm 265 Posted November 12, 2022 On 10/08/2022 at 08:31, arghton said: Börje Salming, Hockey Hall of Famer, Centennial All-Star Team player, named in the NHL's 100 Greatest NHL Players list has ALS. https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/475ARV/borje-salming-har-sjukdomen-als English source: gets a standing ovation on return to toronto. recieves some assistance waving to the crowd, but otherwise still seems in the early stages. poor guy still has an awful journey ahead. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chel 283 Posted November 16, 2022 The legendary Spartak and USSR national team forward, participant in the 1972 USSR-Canada Super Series, twice world champion (1971, 1973) with the USSR national team and three-time champion (1967, 1969, 1976) with Moscow's Spartak, Alexander Martynyuk, died at the age of 77 after a long illness. https://spartak.ru/news/history/skonchalsya-aleksandr-martynyuk/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CastAway 436 Posted November 24, 2022 On 12/11/2022 at 16:54, wildstorm said: gets a standing ovation on return to toronto. recieves some assistance waving to the crowd, but otherwise still seems in the early stages. poor guy still has an awful journey ahead. Börje Salming has died aged 71 only a few months after the announcement of his ALS 3 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HDS 202 Posted November 24, 2022 32 minutes ago, CastAway said: Börje Salming has died aged 71 only a few months after the announcement of his ALS Well that concluded much faster than I was expecting. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildstorm 265 Posted November 30, 2022 Penguins defenceman Kris Letang suffers a stroke not career threatening (let alone life threatening), but seeing as this is his second one, he’s worth keeping an eye on in the future 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 2,771 Posted December 11, 2022 On 18/12/2019 at 18:17, Banana said: Chris Snow, assistant general manager of the Calgary Flames was diagnosed with ALS. Chris Snow on ventilator: https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/flames-assistant-gm-chris-snow-on-ventilator-1.6189084 He is awake. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmon Mousse 393 Posted December 11, 2022 1 hour ago, alt obits guy said: Chris Snow on ventilator: https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/flames-assistant-gm-chris-snow-on-ventilator-1.6189084 He is awake. The "if he'll get better" doesn't inspire confidence 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 2,771 Posted December 18, 2022 Abakar Kazbekov, a player with the Ontario Hockey League's London Knights major junior team, has died. He was 18. Kazbekov fell to his death from an apartment. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/35272348/london-knights-center-abakar-kazbekov-dies-18 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildstorm 265 Posted December 21, 2022 former captain of the bruins, Don McKenney, died over the weekend at age 88 he scored 237 goals, totalling 582 points, in 798 NHL games. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 5,681 Posted December 24, 2022 Steve Wochy will be 100 on Christmas Day. Second NHL player to make it to 100 as far as I know (after Al Suomi) and looked great around October: 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 2,771 Posted January 4 Kevin Schamehorn, who played ten NHL games over three non-consecutive seasons with two different teams, died December 8th. He was 66. https://detroithockeynow.com/2022/12/10/the-daily-cancer-claims-ex-red-wings-forward-schamehorn-bieksa-calls-chara-a-liar/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 2,771 Posted January 4 Barry Cullen, who played 219 NHL games cumulatively with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings, died December 16th. He was 87. https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=1186 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 2,771 Posted January 4 Sergei Bautin, a Russian-born hockey player who played in his home country and 132 NHL games combined with four different teams, has died. He was 55. https://detroithockeynow.com/2023/01/03/former-red-wings-d-bautin-dead-at-55/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tracy 1,567 Posted January 15 Gino Odjick dead at 52 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 6,694 Posted January 15 6 minutes ago, tracy said: Gino Odjick dead at 52 He was quite the cult pick in the 2015 DDP. LotM, hasn't been picked since 2020. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildstorm 265 Posted January 24 Bob Jones, assistant coach for the Ottawa Senators, diagnosed with ALS 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 5,681 Posted January 28 On 25/01/2022 at 13:08, arghton said: https://www.is.fi/jaakiekko/art-2000008564507.html Curt Lindström, Swedish ice hockey coach who coached Team Finland 1993-1997 to Finland's first Ice Hockey World Championships Gold in 1995 has been diagnosed with polyneuropathy. Unable to drive a car anymore but can still walk short distances without assistance. Curt Lindström update, one year later: https://www.is.fi/jaakiekko/art-2000009354431.html His illness isn't progressing as fastly as I thought but he's now slowly becoming blind and losing his ability to walk. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 17,488 Posted January 28 On 03/01/2022 at 02:39, Banana said: Bob Chrystal 132 GP 0 April 3, 1930 Report that Canadian player for among others the New York Rangers, Bob Chrystal, has died: 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildstorm 265 Posted January 30 early reports that Bobby Hull has passed away. a storied hall-of fame player, Stanley Cup champion, voted as one of the best 100 players in NHL history, and lots of hardware and all-star appearances to show for it. outside of hockey he was not particularly known for his humanitarian efforts or general good conduct. 5 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sleeper 1 Posted January 30 https://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20230130/former-blackhawks-great-bobby-hull-dies-at-84 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 2,664 Posted February 2 Jozef Čapla, Slovakian player has died aged 84. Obit (In Slovak). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 9,361 Posted February 7 DDP obit punt Mike Sertich, B-list ice hockey player and coach, here looking a little roughed up by his pancreatic cancer treatment, but not at death's door yet: https://www.startribune.com/mike-sertich-minnesota-duluth-hockey-brett-hull-bobby-hull-patrick-reusse/600248451/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,437 Posted February 9 Arto Heiskanen was a Finnish player who died on 8/2 at the age of 59, played 487 games in the Finnish league, also played England, Poland and France https://www.is.fi/sm-liiga/art-2000009381099.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,437 Posted February 22 Don Blackburn was a Canadian ice hockey player who died on 2/17 at the age of 84.played for the following teams: Philadelphia Flyers new york rangers New York Islanders Minnesota North Stars new england whalers https://www.nhl.com/flyers/news/flyers-family-mourns-don-blackburn--philadelphia-flyers/c-341268554 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildstorm 265 Posted March 4 assistant coach for the Anahiem Ducks, Mike Smithers, being treated for stage III melanoma on the lymph nodes, according to NHL reporter Chris Johnson on twitter 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
