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RIP Derek Boogaard

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  1. mariebadee mariebadee is offline

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    May 14th, 2011 (5/14/2011 3:48am)

    http://1500espn.com/sportswire/forme...neapolis051311

    One of the nicest most genuine athletes I have ever met.
  2. kellykip kellykip is offline The Chosen One

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    May 14th, 2011 (5/14/2011 3:49am) in reply to mariebadee

    Holy shit. RIP -

    Dude was the truth with those fists.
  3. DBo Fo Sho DBo Fo Sho is online now Taking advantage of Official Threads

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    May 14th, 2011 (5/14/2011 3:49am) in reply to kellykip

    jesus, not a good week to be an athlete, rip
  4. heavyj80 heavyj80 is online now

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    May 14th, 2011 (5/14/2011 3:50am) in reply to DBo Fo Sho

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  5. LarsonLarsen LarsonLarsen is offline

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    May 14th, 2011 (5/14/2011 4:14am) in reply to heavyj80

    What a fucking blindside.

    Boogeyman was a favorite.

    RIP
  6. TMLMS13 TMLMS13 is offline

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    May 14th, 2011 (5/14/2011 4:17am) in reply to LarsonLarsen

    Sad day for all the NHL heavyweights out there

    (but inside might be a little happy)
  7. LarsonLarsen LarsonLarsen is offline

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    May 14th, 2011 (5/14/2011 4:22am) in reply to TMLMS13

    Something tells me Todd Fedoruck's face hurts a little extra tonight.
  8. allisswell allisswell is offline

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    May 14th, 2011 (5/14/2011 4:34am) in reply to mariebadee

    RIP sucks guys.
  9. mariebadee mariebadee is offline

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    May 14th, 2011 (5/14/2011 4:35am) in reply to allisswell

    Thread Starter
  10. tommpat2000 tommpat2000 is offline Chief Asshat

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    May 14th, 2011 (5/14/2011 4:54am) in reply to mariebadee

    WhaT the hell happened

    I'll miss you greenly
  11. Hateflops Hateflops is offline 7 over par. ship it!

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    May 14th, 2011 (5/14/2011 5:01am) in reply to tommpat2000

    just heard this? wtf

    He was a beast

    RIP
  12. whaler55 whaler55 is offline

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    May 14th, 2011 (5/14/2011 5:08am) in reply to Hateflops

    shitty hockey day for me. first I find out my thrashers are 98% on their way to winnipeg, then this.
  13. TMLMS13 TMLMS13 is offline

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    May 14th, 2011 (5/14/2011 5:30am) in reply to whaler55

     
    Originally Posted by whaler55 View Post

    shitty hockey day for me. first I find out my thrashers are 98% on their way to winnipeg, then this.

    Those were rumours started by a 17 year old kid from Winnipeg who was doing it for the lulz

    although them going to Winnipeg may happen.
  14. hockeywonk hockeywonk is offline

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    May 14th, 2011 (5/14/2011 6:36am) in reply to TMLMS13

    Very sad RIP. He was one of my favorites on the Wild for years.
  15. chancemcc chancemcc is offline

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    May 14th, 2011 (5/14/2011 6:56am) in reply to whaler55

     
    Originally Posted by whaler55 View Post

    shitty hockey day for me. first I find out my thrashers are 98% on their way to winnipeg, then this.


    welp if your just finding this out today i can see where atlantas problems lie. and i thought a whaler fan would be happy for us here...


    RIP BOOGARD specualtings stupid but im gonna anyhow and gonna guess this was a cocaine/prescription overdose.
     
  16. BigEarn7 BigEarn7 is offline 2010 Plattsburgh Award Winner

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    May 14th, 2011 (5/14/2011 7:40am) in reply to chancemcc

    RIP, sad day in hockey, guy was a machine.
  17. Defndrofangels Defndrofangels is offline

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    May 14th, 2011 (5/14/2011 8:09am) in reply to BigEarn7

    Do you think it had something to do with his concussion he got?
  18. Pker4Dummies Pker4Dummies is offline

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    May 14th, 2011 (5/14/2011 2:48pm) in reply to Defndrofangels

    WAY too young. My heart goes out to Derek's family and friends.

    RIP.
  19. rebelfd rebelfd is offline

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    May 14th, 2011 (5/14/2011 3:47pm) in reply to Pker4Dummies

    http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/con...4&event=NYR332
  20. SluggerWV SluggerWV is offline A picture is worth a thousand words.

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    May 14th, 2011 (5/14/2011 3:54pm) in reply to rebelfd

    agree that is way too young

    prayers for family friends and fans

    RIP
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    May 14th, 2011 (5/14/2011 3:55pm) in reply to SluggerWV

    I'm guessing concussion/prescription drug mishap? Sad stuff, he was an absolute tank.
  22. TMLMS13 TMLMS13 is offline

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    May 20th, 2011 (5/20/2011 6:51pm) in reply to Scheps93

    http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/n...ory?id=6570143
     

    MINNEAPOLIS -- A medical examiner in Minnesota ruled the death of Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard was an accident, due to mixing alcohol and oxycodone.
    The Hennepin County Medical Examiner released Boogaard's cause of death on Friday. The medical examiner said no other data will be released.
    The 28-year-old Boogaard was found dead in his Minneapolis apartment last Friday, five months after he sustained a season-ending concussion with the New York Rangers.
    The 6-foot-7, 265-pound enforcer became a fan favorite in his years with the Minnesota Wild. He played in 255 games with the Wild from 2005-10.
    Oxycodone is a powerful painkiller that can be addictive and has been blamed in some overdose deaths.

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    May 20th, 2011 (5/20/2011 6:55pm) in reply to TMLMS13

    thanks for the update TML. Was just gonna research the autopsy at work.
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    May 20th, 2011 (5/20/2011 7:17pm) in reply to hostile

    ugh. i was half hoping it was an aneurysm.
  25. TMLMS13 TMLMS13 is offline

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    May 27th, 2011 (5/27/2011 8:54pm) in reply to twopairsofones

    Here is an article about what he was going through leading up to his death, it sounds like he was pretty depressed and was really upset he wasnt in Minny.

    It's pretty long.

    http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/n...ory?id=6598296

     

    On the afternoon of May 12, Derek Boogaard landed in Minneapolis tanned, rested and upbeat, giving every indication that the old Boogey was back. He dined on sushi that night, surrounded by a circle of his closest friends. The headaches that had confounded him and made the strapping, 6-foot-8 left winger so ill he abandoned cab rides for 60-block walks, just so his head would stop spinning, had abated. Boogey was home.

    And make no mistake, this was home. The New York Rangers signed his checks, but the Canadian's heart was always in the Twin Cities. In Manhattan, he could walk around for six hours and nobody recognized him. He hated that, the isolation he felt after he had signed with the Rangers this past summer. People close to Boogaard say he was bored and lonely in New York. When he suffered a season-ending concussion in December, things got even worse. He didn't leave his apartment for three weeks, shunning the light, and had containers of takeout food piling up on the counters.

    Edited By: TMLMS13 May 27th, 2011 at 08:55 PM
  26. 2Slick4u 2Slick4u is offline

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    May 27th, 2011 (5/27/2011 9:08pm) in reply to TMLMS13

    Alcohol + drugs + depression can be deadly. RIP.
  27. TMLMS13 TMLMS13 is offline

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    Jul 22nd, 2011 (7/22/2011 8:16pm) in reply to 2Slick4u

    Update

    http://espn.go.com/new-york/nhl/stor...s-player-death

     

    Twenty-four-year-old Aaron Boogaard was charged Friday with unlawful distribution of a controlled substance.

    Hennepin County's top prosecutor says the brother of the late NHL strongmen Derek Boogaard should have known better than to give his brother a narcotic pain pill the day after Boogaard was out of treatment.

    Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman tells reporters Derek Boogaard had gotten out of a drug rehabilitation center in New York the day before his brother gave him the pill that contributed to his death.

    Edited By: TMLMS13 Jul 22nd, 2011 at 08:17 PM
  28. Spiltbongwater Spiltbongwater is offline

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    Jul 22nd, 2011 (7/22/2011 8:44pm) in reply to TMLMS13

    Derek Boogaard should have known better then to take a narcotic pain pill the day after he was out of treatment imo.
  29. Mr. Blonde Mr. Blonde is offline Supreme Moderator

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    Jul 22nd, 2011 (7/22/2011 9:29pm) in reply to Spiltbongwater

    Im sure it wasnt one pain pill that killed him
     
  30. tommpat2000 tommpat2000 is offline Chief Asshat

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    Jul 22nd, 2011 (7/22/2011 11:00pm) in reply to Mr. Blonde

    just saw this in paper as well

    he better not fucking get jail time for this
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