Humboldt Broncos tragedy.

[cam_wmh]

Originally Posted by timbit

Such a good man!

I caught that pre-edit.

[Kybb79]

My nephew played with Boulet in Bantams. So damn sad!

[Dion]

Jamie Macoun‏ @JamieMacoun · 9h9 hours ago
Stanley wearing his jersey #JerseyForHumboldt

[transplant99]

Completely tone deaf.

A Quebec high school student who wore a jersey to school to show support for the victims of the crash involving the Humboldt Broncos says he was kicked out of class for his gesture.

Bernard Dufourd said officials at Augustin-Norbert-Morin high school believed the student, who he says has a history of dress code violations, wore the soccer top as a “pretext” to avoid the standard attire.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...t-victims.html

[killer_carlson]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskat...hinz-1.4617834

Hinz had Asperger syndrome, a high-functioning form of autism, but had a mind like a steel trap for numbers, with his family suspecting he had savant abilities. Strueby recalled her nephew, at a young age, could count into the thousands and as he grew older, he could toss out sport statistics dating back to the 1940s.

"It was just like a natural ability. He did not have to work at it," she said about the soon-to-be high school graduate, who was interested in a career in sports management.

Given that talent and a love for Humboldt's No. 1 hockey team, it was a natural fit for him to become the Broncos' statistician, and to join the team on its journeys.

In the last week, people have been sharing anecdotes about the boy who grew up volunteering for his church and teaching Sunday school, who would dress up as Santa Claus for the community soup kitchen's Christmas, and who was both a role model and friend to young children.

"And it's so heartwarming, touching, all of it," said Strueby of all the stories she has heard about him.

When she visited his school to gather his belongings, Strueby could see just how much of an impact her nephew had made.

As she and her brother prepared to leave, the principal stopped them and asked, "Hey, would you like to come and see something pretty special?"

Spoiler!

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by killer_carlson

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskat...hinz-1.4617834

I thought I had wept enough, dammit.
Apparently not

[Yamer]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Completely tone deaf.



https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...t-victims.html

I was thinking a bit about this. Regardless of the student's history with the dress code (and this being a soccer jersey) I just don't understand how they thought this was going to turn out well for them.

Of all the times to bite your tongue and let it slide.

[rotten42]

“If the student had chosen to wear a Broncos sweater, we would have understood his gesture was noble,” he said in a phone interview.


ya...because you can just walk into any store and pick one of those up.

[Scroopy Noopers]

Edit: nm not fair and not the place.

[Drake]

Johnathan Towes and Mark Chipman flew in this morning,, brought the game worn Winnipeg and Chicago jerseys with the Broncos nameplates to present to the families. Also, were invited by the family of Jacob Leicht to attend his funeral.

[Howie_16]

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

2 ugly moments of heartlessness this week and both of them stemmed from Quebec.

The "tonedeafness" is not exclusive to Quebec. A couple of individuals from Western Canada felt the need to criticize the Prime Minister for visiting the survivors in the hospital on Twitter.

[colbym72]

Originally Posted by Howie_16

The "tonedeafness" is not exclusive to Quebec. A couple of individuals from Western Canada felt the need to criticize the Prime Minister for visiting the survivors in the hospital on Twitter.

Those are dumbies who hate a politician so much that they would have a negative comment for literally any positive thing the politician does

[puffnstuff]

Erik Karlsson had a message

http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-...e-on-instagram

[schteve_d]

I get the sentiment of wearing the jersey's in honor of the victims but I find it a little odd all the pictures I am seeing of people lined up together, in jerseys, with big beaming smiles on their faces.
It's nice that they are doing what they are doing, but this is not a celebration. It's a showing of solidarity with the victims of a terrible tragedy. Not trying to be Mr. Stick-in-the-mud, but it does strike me as odd. People don't line up at funerals in their Sunday best and take smiling group photos.
I was also seeing a lot of "jersey'd" selfies on my facebook feed. I think some have forgotten why they are donning their jerseys.

[habernac]

We're celebrating their lives. I celebrate with a smile on my face.

[colbym72]

Originally Posted by schteve_d

I get the sentiment of wearing the jersey's in honor of the victims but I find it a little odd all the pictures I am seeing of people lined up together, in jerseys, with big beaming smiles on their faces.
It's nice that they are doing what they are doing, but this is not a celebration. It's a showing of solidarity with the victims of a terrible tragedy. Not trying to be Mr. Stick-in-the-mud, but it does strike me as odd. People don't line up at funerals in their Sunday best and take smiling group photos.
I was also seeing a lot of "jersey'd" selfies on my facebook feed. I think some have forgotten why they are donning their jerseys.

I think of my friend Tyler Bieber and what he would want, and he would love seeing everyone together honouring and remembering him in sports apparel. He was a goofy guy and I think its no big deal.

[Big Erned Nevergivn]

Originally Posted by schteve_d

I get the sentiment of wearing the jersey's ... People don't line up at funerals in their Sunday best and take smiling group photos....

I understand where your coming from but I'll share a personal story that may provide insight. My Cousin passed away 2 weeks ago way too early at the age of 37 from a sudden brain aneurysm. He was a huge oiler fan, so much so that he was buried in his signed Gretzky jersey, with his signed Gretzky rookie card, in a camo coffin covered in an oiler's flag. The Paul bearers all bought oiler's jersey's with his name and date of birth on the back. One of these paul bearers was my old man who is a giant flames fan. But these guys were not the only people in oilers jerseys, in fact 1/2 of the >100 people who attended the funeral wore Jerseys.

The point of this story is that it brought a lot of smiles to people's faces knowing that our brother, cousin, friend, Joe got the last laugh having all of canadians (most who despise the oilers) wear his team's jersey. Lots of pictures were taken, of proud, teary eyed, smiling people that day. I believe this helped a lot of people that day. Smiling and laughing in times of tragedy and grief is not something negative, nor does it mean the people are happy. All it means is that they are happy to support a cause, or they are proud to be wearing it.

And even if people are just jumping on a bandwagon for the hell of it, its still support and I believe there is no Ill will involved.

[Nyah]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Erik Karlsson had a message

http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-...e-on-instagram

Dammit. I think I've cried every day in the last week.

[IamNotKenKing]

Originally Posted by Nyah

Dammit. I think I've cried every day in the last week.

Yup - I know I have. Every. Day.

[midniteowl]

Originally Posted by Big Erned Nevergivn

I understand where your coming from but I'll share a personal story that may provide insight. My Cousin passed away 2 weeks ago way too early at the age of 37 from a sudden brain aneurysm. He was a huge oiler fan, so much so that he was buried in his signed Gretzky jersey, with his signed Gretzky rookie card, in a camo coffin covered in an oiler's flag. The Paul bearers all bought oiler's jersey's with his name and date of birth on the back. One of these paul bearers was my old man who is a giant flames fan. But these guys were not the only people in oilers jerseys, in fact 1/2 of the >100 people who attended the funeral wore Jerseys.

The point of this story is that it brought a lot of smiles to people's faces knowing that our brother, cousin, friend, Joe got the last laugh having all of canadians (most who despise the oilers) wear his team's jersey. Lots of pictures were taken, of proud, teary eyed, smiling people that day. I believe this helped a lot of people that day. Smiling and laughing in times of tragedy and grief is not something negative, nor does it mean the people are happy. All it means is that they are happy to support a cause, or they are proud to be wearing it.

And even if people are just jumping on a bandwagon for the hell of it, its still support and I believe there is no Ill will involved.

I'm out of Thanks, so gonna say it, Thanks for sharing, very touching.