Humboldt Broncos tragedy.

[Drake]

Matthieu Gomercic and Nick Shumlanski were at the vigil in Humboldt last night.

[Sylvanfan]

Driving home today in Edmonton and they had Chris Joseph talking about his son Jaxon. That was hard to listen to. I never want to know how hard it would be to be the person talking about this.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by DoubleK

I saw this earlier. I think there were 29 or 28 on the bus?

So two have been released from hospital? Is that right?

Yes, two have been released.

[transplant99]

Brett Kulak’s mother called Monday morning to deliver the gut-wrenching news.

Kulak was raised in Stony Plain, Alta., a small town now mourning the loss of one of their own after a misidentification in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash.

Eighteen-year-old goaltender Parker Tobin was initially listed among the survivors of the terrible tragedy but the coroner apologized Monday, revealing he was among the dead and that another player, Xavier Labelle, was in fact fighting in hospital.

“My parents were good friends with his parents, so I can’t even imagine how they’re feeling. It’s just horrific,” Kulak said Monday at the Saddledome, where the 24-year-old defenceman and his Calgary Flames teammates cleaned out their locker-stalls after a playoff miss.

“You can’t take your mind off of it. You keep circling back to it in your thoughts. It’s unthinkable what happened.”

Kulak played minor hockey for a few seasons with Tobin’s older brother, Kaiden.

“I can remember going over to Kaiden’s house when we were younger and playing mini-sticks downstairs with his brother. (Parker) was really young at the time,” Kulak said. “He was always a happy kid, a laughy kid, always smiling and playing with us.”

http://theprovince.com/sports/hockey...d-f7bf92e9a527

[PugnaciousIntern]

I just want to post on the misidentification, from a health practitioner's perspective. It's just a terrible situation to begin with, and everybody understands that this adds a whole other level of emotional strain to the community and to families. Anybody involved in these trauma situations inherently understands the emotional impact of identification and notifying families. Without going into details, identification can be very difficult, even with living patients. Especially in the acute stage of a trauma situation, your focus is on applying every ounce of your time and resources on helping the injured. I have not been involved in a code orange yet, but I can only imagine that the experience would be overwhelming to anybody, regardless of training. I am sure that the premature identification was a product of the resource strain and general difficulty of the task in situations like this, and not a result of carelessness or lack of competence.

In health care, every mistake that causes suffering lingers in your mind. Normally you worry about how those mistakes affect the patient, more than the family. We all think about the players and their families first, as we should, but now that this has marinated in my mind for a few days, and from the perspective of my profession, I also worry for the mental effect on first responders and anyone else involved in the care of these boys. I am grateful that these providers did their best that day, and that we have a health system in Canada that can provide acute care to so many people after an accident in such a remote location. The quality and availability of care provided here is not universally provided around the world. The mistake is a terrible situation, but I remain fiercely proud of everybody involved in providing care throughout this tragedy.

[Lubicon]

Originally Posted by PugnaciousIntern

In health care, every mistake that causes suffering lingers in your mind. Normally you worry about how those mistakes affect the patient, more than the family. We all think about the players and their families first, as we should, but now that this has marinated in my mind for a few days, and from the perspective of my profession, I also worry for the mental effect on first responders and anyone else involved in the care of these boys. I am grateful that these providers did their best that day, and that we have a health system in Canada that can provide acute care to so many people after an accident in such a remote location. The quality and availability of care provided here is not universally provided around the world. The mistake is a terrible situation, but I remain fiercely proud of everybody involved in providing care throughout this tragedy.

Timely article on the CBC Saskatchewan website addressing this exact thought.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskat...onse-1.4612397

[MRCboicgy]

https://twitter.com/user/status/983759772720787457

[Cole436]

This may have been answered already, but are any of the players from the Calgary or Vancouver areas?

[Lubicon]

Two that I am aware of:

Ryan Straschnitzki, Airdrie
Graysen Cameron, Olds

[Minnie]

Originally Posted by Cole436

This may have been answered already, but are any of the players from the Calgary or Vancouver areas?

Full team roster: Green - Sask, Red - Alberta, Blue - BC, Purple - Manitoba, Black - US

Logan Schatz, SASK: Allan, Age 19

Brayden Camrud, SASK: Saskatoon Age 19

Kaleb Dahlgren, SASK: Saskatoon Age 20

Bryce Fiske, SASK: La Ronge Age 19

Nick Shumlanski, SASK: Tisdale Age 20

Evan Thomas, SASK: Saskatoon Age 17

Jacob Leicht, SASK: Humboldt Age 18

Xavier Labelle, SASK: Saskatoon Age 17

Morgan Gobeil, SASK: Humboldt Age 17

Layne Matechuk, SASK: Colonsay Age 17

Tristan Elder, SASK: Kinistino Age 19

Reagan Poncelet, SASK: Humboldt Age 18

Antonio Di Paolo, SASK: Saskatoon Age 18

Cole Young, SASK: Saskatoon Age 19

Blake Berschiminsky, SASK: Humboldt Age 17

Zach McIntyre, SASK: Rhein Age 16

Carter Woodside, SASK: Asquith Age 16

Adam Herold, SASK: Montmartre Age 16

Boston Maxwell, SASK: Saskatoon Age 15

Caleb Cherry, SASK: Saskatoon Age 16

Kade Olsen, SASK: Saskatoon Age 16

Trey Stocker, SASK: Stoughton Age 17

Mitchell Girolami, SASK: Humboldt Age 17

Jacob Wassermann, SASK: Humboldt Age 17





Jaxon Joseph, ALTA: Edmonton Age 19

Conner Lukan, ALTA: Slave Lake, Age 20

Logan Hunter, ALTA: St. Albert Age 17

Derek Patter, ALTA: Edmonton Age 19

Stephen Wack, ALTA: St. Albert Age 20

Logan Boulet, ALTA: Lethbridge Age 20

Ryan Straschnitzki, ALTA: Airdrie Age 18

Tyler Smith, ALTA: Leduc Age 19

Graysen Cameron, ALTA: Olds Age 18

McKullen Astill, ALTA: Edmonton Age 19

Sam-Jaxon Visscher, ALTA: St. Albert Age 18

Zane Avery, ALTA: Spruce Grove Age 18

Cale Cripps, ALTA: Grand Prairie Age 17

Parker Tobin, ALTA: Stony Plain Age 17




Jordan Bogress, BC: Delta Age 18

Quinn Schneidmiller, BC: Penticton Age 18

Austin Anselmo, BC: Trail Age 20



Matthieu Gomercic, MAN: Winnipeg Age 20


Matts Thielemann, CO: Highlands Ranch Age 19

Jakob Besnilian, CA: Whittier Age 18


Deceased:

Parker Tobin
Logan Schatz
Jaxon Joseph
Adam Herold
Stephen Wack
Logan Hunter
Connor Lukan
Evan Thomas
Jacob Leicht
Logan Boulet
Darcy Haugen, Head Coach
Mark Cross, Asst. Coach
Brody Hinz, Statistician
Tyler Bieber, Announcer
Glen Doerksen, Bus Driver

[Flashpoint]

GoFundme now approaching 8 million. It's nice that with today's technology people can do something meaningful for the survivors and families.

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

[Bunk]

Our company donated $100,000 today. We have a big presence in Saskatchewan.

[MoneyGuy]

Heard yesterday at this time that the gofundme drive was the fourth largest in GFM history, with the others all related to U.S. shootings (Vegas number one at $11.8 million). I wonder if this one tops that before it's done. It's two-thirds there in four days.

[Minnie]

Originally Posted by Flashpoint

GoFundme now approaching 8 million. It's nice that with today's technology people can do something meaningful for the survivors and families.

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

A day or two ago when it was a little more than $2M, I looked at my husband and said "You know this is going to hit $10M, right?" and he agreed. I think it's amazing and wouldn't be surprised to see it exceed $10M.

[direwolf]

Posted on Facebook by Vancouver poet & spoken-word artist Shane Koyczan.

We have no hockey sticks to put outside, so I wrote this:

Hockey Family

We were a hockey family
though we rarely
watched the games
it hardly mattered

we could hear
the neighbors next door
every time their team scored

every time their goalie
made the kind of save
the world needs right now

you could tell what was happening
through bass and treble

bass was the sound of the other guys pulling ahead
treble was the sound of our guys
catching up

you can hear the sound hope makes
when a hockey game is played

and we are a hockey family

having driven through
small Canadian towns
who have little more than a bus load of dreams
and a gas station for the Zamboni

we are a hockey family despite having rarely played

we remember the welt
the slap shot made

so thick it looked like it would never leave

we remember thinking
some of us
are meant for dice and trivia

some of us are too soft
for ice, wood, steel
and the kind of speed
that makes those things dangerous

some of us take the hits
some of us watch the hits being taken
some of us hear our neighbors weep through walls meant to cage the agony of loss

but we all
swallow our breath
in respect of the pain

we all know
it hurts

we are a hockey family.

Shane L. Koyczan

[transplant99]

Tom Cochrane does a special rendition of "Big League" in memory of those lost.

Warning, have a kleenex at the ready.

https://www.tsn.ca/video

[Drake]

@TSNRyanRishaug:
Happy to report Brayden Camrud was released from hospital today.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Tom Cochrane does a special rendition of "Big League" in memory of those lost.

Warning, have a kleenex at the ready.

https://www.tsn.ca/video

Can't access from the US. sigh...

[Violator]

Turns put the trucking company is calgary based as well as the driver of the truck

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...pany-1.4613594

[Northendzone]

^ i am starting to wonder how much longer it is until the drivers name gets out thanks to some internet detectives.

i hope the driver does not have any social media accounts, as i would assume that there are some warriors out there who would not hesitate to post terrible things.