6 NHL Players Who Died During Their Playing Careers
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- The sad story of 6 NHL players who had their lives and careers cut short. Here are 6 NHL Players Who Died During Their Playing Careers
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Pelle Lindbergh of the Flyers.
Great dude
That's where I was going. I remember that night. It was a Saturday night and they just beat Boston. He did not start that game. So friggin sad
I Loved Pelle. I went to a lot of games back then. He was a GREAT Goalie..❤
Michel Brière was a superstar to be but died at 22, the Penguins retired his number. 🏒
Heartbreaking
Tim Horton played like 23 years
R.I.P. to all these players 🫡
There’s unfortunately a lot more such as Luc Bourdon of the Canucks, Michel Briere of the Penguins, Dan Snyder of the Thrashers and you could also argue Pavol Demitra and Ruslan Salei in that plane crash. Both were done their NHL careers at the time but were still playing professionally in the KHL.
Thank you for not forgetting Dan Snyder. This one will bother me for the rest of my life...as did todd bertuzzi trying to kill that youngster in retaliation for a hit on his teammate? I know what i would call it, but...I was a youngster when Teddie Irvine and Wayne Maki went at it like gladiators...that was really scary. And it's ok to mention Larry Cahan and Billy Harris regarding Ben Masterton. The hit was clean, but very unfortunate!
@GenLeeConcepts It is common for players to police the game. All Bertuzzi wanted to do was fight Moore. What happened was an accident. Moore should've just squared up with him, as is "code".
You might be right, Steve, and I saw some vicious fights during the late '60's/early 1970's. But it sure looked like hemeant to kill 'em. And his justification was more that of an uneducated bully than an accidental offense. What did you think about Dany Heatley and the rookie he killed while driving under the influence? rl@@steve8803
Damn, I still remember finding about the Snyder incident in the newspaper. And a few days after, a pic of Danny Heatly in crutches embracing the Snyders at the funeral.
no one cares about the KHL.
I know he never played a game with the leafs but R.I.P Rodion Amirov
Add Adam Johnson EIHA, Pittsburgh Penguins died aged 29 when plating for the Nottingham Panthers (UK) vs Sheffield Steelers cut his neck. This was a major tragedy for his family and the lovers of hockey in the U.K.
Yep it was devastating especially when you have watched him play before. I know this was a while ago but I cannot get him out of my head. Panthers have gone downhill ever since that happened we are bottom of the league but I really don't blame them.
@@Custom26621wow that was 3 months ago I remember it like it was yesterday most depressing day I lived in, in hockey. So sad man
always crazy when you remember helmets became mandatory only in 79 and even then players who played before that could opt out. Its honestly incredible only 1 player died from on ice hit to the head during all that time
Back then the game was a lot slower, as were the falls, so players had time to react accordingly. Of course helmets should have been mandatory during then too
Still. Impact the human body wasn't meant to take, and a frozen puck is a frozen puck
It wasn't a hit to the head. It was boarding.
@@coastaku1954 During then? Impressive wording.
Also, it should absolutely not have been mandatory, that's preposterous.
@@leeherpy8401 What do pucks have to do with this?
There are so many tragic stories such as this. RIP all ❤
I don't want to be that guy, but it's Masterton with a T, not Masterson.
Be that guy. Errors should be corrected.
His niece is a close friend of mine. She appreciates it being spelled and pronounced correctly. ❤
Pelle Lindbergh was a childhood hero of mine, and I was devastated by his death.
2011 we lost another Swedish goaltender in Stefan Liv. He didn’t have much success in his short NHL career, but in Sweden he was and still is a hero. He died 2011 in a plane accident that wiped out the entire Jaroslavl KHL team.
That sprung the joke, ''Stefan inte i Liv''.
For those that don't speak Swedsih, 'liv' means life/alive in Swedish, so it translates as Stefan not Alive.
@@incumbentvinyl9291 Well, if someone actually uses that as a joke, it’s the worst joke in human history.
One death that angered me greatly was Dan Snyder's of the Atlanta Thrashers, who died shortly after Dany Heatley was driving at excessive speed (I believe around 80 mph) through an Atlanta neighborhood on a narrow 2-lane road. Heatley lost control of his Ferrari and crashed.
I'm glad Heatley survived, though I remember he was seriously injured.
What's angering is that when Heatley returned, he received a standing ovation as if he was some sort of a hero. Never mind that his actions would've endangered anyone else who happened to have been in the same location.
Do you think an ordinary citizen would have received the same warm welcome after committing 2nd degree vehicular homicide? I doubt it.
He was drunk too, wasn't he?
Dan Snyder DOB Feb 23/78 died Oct 5/2003, six days after a single vehicle accident.
WOW !!!
What about Bob Gassoff? He was killed in a motorcycle crash May 24th, 1977. He was only 24 years old.
On Gary Unger's Farm
Wayne Mackie (Canucks)from cancer . Keith Magnusson (BlackHawks) from car crash (passenger) . Luc Bourdon (Canucks) motorcycle crash .Tim Horton's crash came from trying to out run the police . His wife called the cops after a "domestic" dispute .
Keith Magnuson died many years after he retired as player.
Keith Magnuson was 56 years old at the time of his death.
If there was a domestic dispute Tim's wife would have to have been at the game, or else the dispute was over the phone - because after the game Tim left Toronto for the drive home to Buffalo. No version that I've ever heard of the events that night included any mention of an in-person domestic dispute.
Could Tim's wife have talked to him via phone, realized he was drunk, tried to talk him into grabbing a hotel rather than drive and, failing that quest, called the cops to look out for him and stop him? Doubtful, but marginally plausible. He had certainly imbibed in some post-game drinks and was allegedly trying to outrun police when he lost control of the Pantera.
Sergei Zholtok (Playing career) 1992-2004 died on November 3, 2004 because of congestive heart failure. Zholtok was born in 1972 and was 31.
No disrespect to any of the older players from way back, but I'm surprise Pelle Lindbergh wasn't on this list. I'd say his death would at least deserving of a mention.
I was about sixteen or so when Tim Horton died. I vividly remembering watching the game against the Leafs the night before on HNIC. They kept going to close up shots of him because he was newly stitched up due to taking a shot to the cheek in practice the day before. Still bandaged up, but in true Tim Horton fashion, it was nothing to him. It was strangely eerie, in hindsight, at how many times they went to him and a close up of his face during breaks in the action. He was an awesome player and leader, and also mentor to young defensemen and all the guys, both veteran and younger players.
Watched that game too. Final score was 4-2 Leafs.
Sad to say, what a moron. Who the hell drinks vodka while driving?
Missed Don Ashby and Scott Garland
Rip Adam 🕊️
howie Morentz was actually the nhl s first super star and died due to complication from broken leg which happened during a game.
Many others are missing. Bob Gassoff of the St. Louis Blues died in a motorcycle crash in 1977
That’s a crazy story as well
"many"
Then lists one
I remember when that happened. Couldn't believe it.
What about handful of former NHLers who played for Lokomotiv in the KHL when the team plane had an engine failure and crashed in 2011, the former NHLers were Ruslan Salei, Pavol Demitra, Josef Vacecek, Stefan Liv and just to name a few these guys were still young between mid to late 30's at the time of their death of a horrific plane crash.
Plus their coach, Brad McCrimmon.
You forgot about Flyers goalie Pelle Lindbergh....car wreck, November 1985.
did you forget that flyer goalie named lindberg. died while racing his sport car mid 80's.
Pelle Lindberg was the best swedish goaltender when he past away.
He was hot-dogging/street racing/showing off in his Porsche 911.
@@grossgo yep. just like paul walker.
Dan Snyder would probably be on this list if longer
He was joyriding in Atlanta with Danny Heatley and the car flipped and crashed, Snyder died 6 days after. He couldve had a great career, and already had a great AHL and IHL. 20th anniversary of his passing is coming up in October. Every Chicago Wolves fan misses ya, Danny.
John Kordic of the Quebec Nordiques August 8,1992, after overdosing on drugs and being involved in a struggle with police at Motel Maxim in L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec, Kordic died of lung failure due to heart malfunction. He was 27.
Wade Belak of the Nashville Predators August 31, 2011 however, on March 8, 2011, Belak retired. He was found dead in a condo at the One King Street West hotel in Toronto. Police did not confirm a cause of his death, but Toronto Police treated it as a suicide. His death was the third in a series of NHL players found dead in a four-month span, following Derek Boogaard and Rick Rypien. He was 35.
Two things...
* The Maple Leafs won the 1962 Stanley Cup several weeks before Bill Barilko's remains were found, so the curse angle doesn't hold up.
* Terry Sawchuk and Ron Stewart, both divorced, were sharing the same house during the season. The dispute was over who was responsible for long-distance telephone charges. Sawchuk's career ended when the Rangers were knocked out of the playoffs by Boston. He was 40 years old at the time of his death. He was not going to play in 1970-71.
Toronto's curse is years of bad management, bad trades and being a team where good goalies go to die. I was lucky enough to live in Edmonton during the good years. That was great scouting; Grant Fuhr was drafted 8th (goalies almost never go in the 1st round), sheer luck that no one drafted Gretzky and Sather was a great motivator. Warren Moon went undrafted as well, now the cameras can't show all the empty seats in Commonwealth stadium. Every year I make a tin foil Stanley Cup out of soup cans for my wife because THIS COULD BE THE YEAR! or not
its crazy to think what could have been
I swear CZcamsrs mispronounce names just to get engagement in the comments (it worked this time)
Bob Gassoff St. Louis Blues kill in crash
Luc Bourdon, Pele Lindbergh, Matiss Kivlenieks
Tim Horton died on February 21, 1974, His funeral was the 24th
They should have added Michel Briere to the list.
I saw Michele Briere play a few games. He was a very talented player.
Agree to disagree
I was the boarder for the Boogeyman in jrs and he was a good man :( RIP Boogeyman
Pelli Linberg the great flyers goalie died in a car crash too.
Great video but you could also add Rick Rypien to this list. After six seasons with the Vancouver Canucks, he signed a deal with the Winnipeg Jets in 2011, but never got to play a game because he passed away in August
You missed Pelle Lindbergh
The fact they were debating helmets after a player died on the ice after a head injury cause he wasn’t wearing one…
🎵...I stole this from a hockey card.. I keep tucked up under... 🎵
Why did you leave out Colby Cave and Rodion Amirov?? RIP both of them.
Rodion Amirov wasn't an NHL player
@Hecker12storm it's in NHL news, just that tell you something
@@Hecker12storm still he should be remembered even if it was brief
The channel is called Top 6 Hockey. He chooses 6.
Biggest one, Pelle Lindbergh.
Tim Horton died driving drunk.
I heard he lost control doing doughnuts in his car
Thank you for the video. In the interest of helping to bring a higher quality to your videos, please allow me to suggest a few pronunciation corrections. For Bill Masterton, his last name is pronounced Master-TON, not Master-SON. For Tim Horton, his last name is pronounced Hor-TON, not Hor-DONE. Derek Boogard's name is pronounced BOO-gaurd, not BOW-guard. Additionally, the phrase "across all teams" is unnecessary. You could have written the phrase: 'mandatory use of helmets for all NHL players,' instead, which would have made your video sound more believable. I have made these suggestions in order to try to help, as I know how difficult assembling and narrating videos can be. Thanks again. It was worthwhile listening. I wish you well.
Whenever I hear Bill Barilko’s name, my brain immediately starts singing “Fifty Mission Cap” by the Hip
Bill Barilko disappeared that summer
He was on a fishing trip
The last goal he ever scored
Won the leafs the cup
BUP BOW BUP BOW BUP BOW BUP BOW
Missing Vladimir Konstatinov and Luc Bourdon.
Vlad isn't dead. Just badly injured in the limo crash.
@@rmick5173 oh damn that's right he was paralyzed, right?
In a wheelchair, but i think he made some recovery with therapy. Limo driver was killed I believe and their trainer/masseuse Sergei Mnamestakov I think(not 100% sure of the spelling there) The Wings wore a VK/SM patch the following season.@@joshdoldersum9132
@@joshdoldersum9132Yes.
Vlad didn't die from his injury
You missed quite a few, not the least of which are Howie Morenz and Georges Vezina
You missed Michel Briere of the Penguins who died in 1971 from injuries sustained from a May 1970 car accident.
Bill balreco has song named after him by the tragely hip
John Kordic is another player
Derek Boogaard so sad 😢
*50 mission cap intensifies*
I worked it in to look like that
Michel Brìere, 1970.
Can anyone remember the last NHL player that didn't have to wear a helmet under the grandfather clause ?
Craig Mactavish
Andy Brown was the last goalie to play without a mask until 1977. My head is so big I have to shave the foam liner inside my extra large helmet with a safety razor. A big head doesn't mean a big brain. It was only ball hockey but super competitive with that hard orange ball. I ditched the helmet & mask and got cut over my eye for 11 stitches, 4 deep and 7 more. What a moron.
I don't remember his name.a goalie for the Flyers died when he crashed his car into a wall (I believe near the start of a season) and also Floyd Smith was under the influence (because he had just been fired as coach
The many concussions that Derek Boogaard had received during his career had a LOT to do with his death.
Also missing Dimitri Tertyshny of the Flyers
Here's a name in hockey and gone too soon Rick Rypien, and one more Roman Lyashenko.
The video says "6" you DOLT
@@travzimmerman1340 I, like many other people who have commented, were just pointing out others who were not on the list. But it is always nice to see keyboard warriors like you trolling the internet.
The Boogie man....😢
Inexperienced pilot, overloaded aircraft, adverse weather…what could go wrong?
I never realized that Tim Horton was intoxicated during that drive home. Heard plenty of accolades on his career but my thoughts now say that he didn’t know when to retire, and played too long, in pain. Fantastic player and legendary strong man.
Fun fact I’m friends with terry sawchucks great grandson
Who cares?
0:11 or more accurately, life gets out-of-the-way
master TON
The Tragically Hip wrote a song involving Barilko's disappearance and how his remains weren't discovered until after the Leafs' next Cup win. I came up with a theory that Barilko's location was kept hidden and wouldn't be revealed until the Leafs could win another Cup, as that was what would happen in 1962. This was just speculation and has no evidence to back it up, however.
Masterton....not Masterson . Big difference
If he correctly said Masterton, he’d call him Phil.
Vladimir Konstantinov, Pelle Lindbergh, Dan Snyder
Vlad is still alive, you dolt!!!!
5:30 - That's Jordan Staal. What are you doing...?
Did you steal that from a hockey card...Tragically Hip !
The man's name was Tim Horton not Hordon
What's really sad is that most Canadians under 50 have no idea who Tim Horton is. A lot of comments here about Pelle Lindbergh, I'll try and fill in the blanks. The Porsche 930 Turbo, aka The Widow Maker, was a barley street legal race car with none of the super sticky tires or computerized traction and stability controls we enjoy now. Pelle should have taken high speed driving lessons and started with a Corvette, that car was an overpowered monster. At least his family donated his organs, the only good thing about a terrible tragedy. Why was Tim Horton still playing at 44? Cheap NHL owners?
Billy-B scored that Cup winning goal, despite having a fractured leg. Did he not?
You're probably thinking of Bobby Baun, who scored a Cup-tying OT winner with a fractured ankle in 1964.
Yeah... that sounds right... thanx p@@grahamdamberger7130
No, but Barilko did suffer a broken nose in a game versus Boston in the semifinals.
that was Bob Baum
Brian Spencer!!
C’MON MAN. I watched this video for Pelle Lindbergh, who was not even mentioned. I have his hockey card and a replica of his goalie mask. I have fond memories of him playing.
Sounds like he's say Tim Hordon instead of Horton
Howie morenez
John Kordic
Luc bourdon
Colby Cave!!
Could you at least pronounce Masterton's last name correctly?
Does Ray Emery count?
MasterTON. Not son.
Sorry, but you’re a hockey channel. There’s literally a trophy named for the guy. Getting his name right seems a low enough bar to clear.
I had a Counselor, he played hockey during the original 6. He didn't make it to the show, his wife divorced him. To top all that off, he had lung cancer. He was so depressed, he became a drunk. He took his car & jerry can of gas, he went out in the middle of nowhere. Lit himself and car on fire. Sometime later, someone came and pulled him out of the car, saving his life, but burned badly. After all that, sitting in the fire, cured his cancer. The following year or 2, more teams were added to the NHL. He could of made it then.
Don't smoke crack before you post
Michel Brière
Pelle Lindbergh
It's Boogaard not Bogard
Roman Lyashenko
Ontario Street in St, Catherine's, near the Buffalo border. HAHAHA! Who writes this BS? Please let me do it. I'll do so much better...and I could use the cash. I'm on a fixed income...and this site needs to be fixed.
Actually he hit the "old' Lake Street underpass.They were chasing him since Burlington that night WHAM!
No Colby Cave. Dam :(
Michel Brière, car accident
“Outmost”? Do you mean utmost?
Pelle Linburgh?
Boo boo boo gard not Bogard. You even have it spelled correctly in the video.
Pelle Lindberg?
Jimmy hayes, brother of kevin hayes. Colby cave
john kordic and wayne maki not on this list?
Then Boogard's family sued the NHL over their cokehead son's death.
It was thrown out, rightfully so.
Ok let's get some items straight. The name is HORTON, not HORDON. Pronounce his name correctly or don't say his name at all. Also, he was on his way to Toronto after a game in Buffalo. Lastly, St. Catherines is nowhere near Buffalo. Geez man....do your homework before you post!!!