Broncos release statement - Humboldt Broncos
The tragedy sent shock waves through the hockey-loving nation and engulfed the home of the Humboldt Broncos ice hockey team, a small farming town of fewer than 6,000 people, in grief. The bus was t-boned by a tractor trailer.
"Brody had recently joined our Golden West family, mentored by Tyler and the Bolt FM team", Lyndon Frieson, president of Golden West Radio, said in a statement posted on the station's website. There is a stand of trees on the southeast corner of the intersection, limiting visibility of the approach on both roads.
Police said a lot of issues have to be investigated, including weather conditions at the time and any mechanical issues with the vehicles.
Humboldt's head coach, the team captain and the team's play-by-play announcer are among the casualties of the unthinkable tragedy. "It's too early to comment on the cause of the collision".
The victims were dispatched by helicopter and ambulance to care centres in nearby Saskatoon.
"He liked sports, but at times I think he tolerated sports so he could be a teammate", said Thomas. "Again that connection that all hockey players have together, they go through that idea of travelling as a team, being part of a team".
Friday's crash brought back memories of another highway accident that claimed the lives of hockey players in Saskatchewan. "This was either personal because you knew someone or personal because you could really relate to it".
"Our thoughts and prayers are extended to the families of our staff and athletes as well as to all who have been impacted by this disgusting tragedy", said Broncos President Kevin Garinger.
A Humboldt Broncos team jersey is seen among notes and flowers at a memorial for the Humboldt Broncos team leading into the Elgar Petersen Arena in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada April 7, 2018.
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Kennedy said this situation made him think about the Swift Current Broncos crash in 1986 when four of his teammates were killed. CST Friday night. "We are heartbroken and completely devastated by the tragedy that occurred yesterday", Garinger said .
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"It has hit us hard".
"In talking to him, he spoke at length of his time in rinks with his own family and now how much he enjoyed being able to take and watch other teams from minor, to senior to SJHL to their hockey games", the Kinistino Tigers wrote of Doersken, who drove their team to and from playoff games.
Many people wandered in and out of the arena during the day.
The Leafs and Montreal Canadiens wore Humboldt Broncos decals on their helmets while playing each other in Toronto Saturday night, as did the Oilers and Canucks, who also wore Broncos-coloured green and yellow lapel ribbons in Edmonton.
The mayor said he talked on the phone with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who passed along condolences from world leaders. "I can't say enough good things about them", Schatz said. "We try to support them the same way we try to support the other families".
Update: The GoFundMe account created to assist victims of the Humboldt Broncos tragedy has now raised more than $2 million.
The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League is a junior "A" hockey league under Hockey Canada, which is part of the Canadian Junior Hockey League.
The crash has cruel echoes of 1986, when the Swift Current Broncos team bus slid off an icy highway and crashed in late December, killing four players.
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