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Old 05-18-2017, 01:05 PM   #79
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada View Post
Man I have heard him in interviews in recent years and he sounded like a guy that had his life together and his alcoholism was a thing of the past. Damn shame to see this happen to someone with so much talent and reasons to live.
Agreed, pretty stunned to hear its a suicide. You would think in his 50's he'd have put a lot of demons behind him. I guess you truly never know what's going on in someone's head. So sad.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:

"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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