Alexei Cherepanov has died

[bad_philanthropy]

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=252547&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main

Crazy stuff. The kid was a top prospect and I remember watching him in the World Jr tournament a few years back.

[nyisles16]

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Was reading somewhere that it happened when he collided with a teammate as they were changing lines. Don't know if that is true or not, but a sad story indeed.

(The team is the one Jagr plays on).

[bad_philanthropy]

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Was reading somewhere that it happened when he collided with a teammate as they were changing lines. Don't know if that is true or not, but a sad story indeed.

(The team is the one Jagr plays on).

Word is that it was Jagr and Jagr completely freaked out. Not that I blame him.

[catcatch22]

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I heard this an hour ago. Shocking!

[nyisles16]

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Word is that it was Jagr and Jagr completely freaked out. Not that I blame him.

Wow- I didn't notice that part....

[nyisles16]

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Here's another article...

http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2008/10/13/rangers-prospect-alexei-cherepanov-dies/

[Donovan]

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Unbelievable. 19 is so young, and the kid was a blue chip prospect with the world in front of him. I remember being pissed when the Oilers skipped him in the draft and took Alex Plante, a big slow defenceman who will never pan out instead of Cherry, who was listed as the most skilled (but one of the rawest prospects) in that years draft. Terrible.

[Qb]

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Just saw this on the NHL Network ticker within the past hour. Always sad when someone dies that young, no matter what walk of life...

[Sandman42]

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Damn. That is horrible.

This part was interesting in the TSN report.

Sources in Russia tell TSN that the ambulance that is normally at all games had already departed and had to be called back.



It is not clear exactly how long it took for Cherepanov to be transported from the rink to the hospital but one source in the arena told TSN it was, "probably 15 or 20 minutes."


There are also questions as to whether defibrillators at the arena were in good working order, though no further details are available.

[Lintyfresh85]

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Died on the bench of a heart attack... the coach said he didn't see anything on the ice that would make him think it was a hit... I'm assuming the guy had a previously undiscovered heart condition? RIP either way. Way too young.

[bad_philanthropy]

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The video. You can see Jagr just standing there feeling helpless. Unbeleivable video of the players and trainers taking his body away.

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[Sandman42]

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The Russian Web site Allhockey*** reported the cause of death as cardiac arrest.
According to the Russian daily Sport-Express, Cherepanov’s collapse was not preceded by a collision with another player or blows to the head or chest. The newspaper reported that doctors were able to resuscitate Cherepanov for only about two minutes during their efforts.



The newspaper reported that Jaromir Jagr, the former Ranger who joined Avangard this season and was seen as a mentor to Cherepanov, was distraught and in tears after the game.

http://slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/20...s-during-game/

Looks like there was no hit from Jagr.

[mkharsh33]

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just saw this on espn.com a few minutes ago...really sad.

there will be a LOT of scrutiny toward the team regarding medical care, and i'd expect a lawsuit by his family down the road. it may give players pause when thinking about playing in those conditions.

i read a great article a few weeks ago (it was very in-depth) on the columbus dispatch regarding the training that the medical staff goes through with the blue jackets...i didn't know a lot of those things and i was really amazed at how professional and prompt they work at things.

[Speedy]

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just saw this on espn.com a few minutes ago...really sad.

there will be a LOT of scrutiny toward the team regarding medical care, and i'd expect a lawsuit by his family down the road. it may give players pause when thinking about playing in those conditions.

i read a great article a few weeks ago (it was very in-depth) on the columbus dispatch regarding the training that the medical staff goes through with the blue jackets...i didn't know a lot of those things and i was really amazed at how professional and prompt they work at things.

I would imagine there's only so much medical personnel can do in such short amount of time they have to work with. There's only so many minutes the brain/heart can be disfunctional...

I bet it's very disheartening for the NYR team and especially management losing such a promising player...Many thoughts and prayers with the family

[mgoblue]

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This sucks, wow...that video is just chilling.

I remember when it happened to Jiri Fischer on the Wings, and they were luckily able to get his heart started again. Sadly it seems here that there wasn't the time or resources