Former Canuck Rick Rypien Found Dead
by Yankee Canuck on Aug 16, 2011 11:02 AM PDT
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PrintFormer Canucks forward Rick Rypien has been found dead at his home in Crowsnest Pass, AB. Rypien was 27 and last month signed a one-year, $700,000 contract with the Winnipeg Jets after playing only nine games with Vancouver last season.
It's too early to speculate as to how the center passed away at such an age; early reports suggest it's non-suspicious. Rypien sadly joins Derek Boogaard as the second young NHLer to pass away unexpectedly this summer.
Rypien wasn't a crucial part of the Canucks Cup run, but he played all 119 career games with the Canucks and was a fourth line staple for most of 2009-2010. He scored a few beauties (can't forget this one) along the way but will best be remembered for his fists and the 97 fights the 5'11'' forward had dating back to 2002.
RIP Ripper. It's far too soon to be writing that. Our thoughts are with his friends and family.
We'll keep you updated after the jump as more news trickles through.
8:13 PM PT: An official statement from the Canucks:
"It is with tremendous sadness that the Vancouver Canucks confirm the passing of Rick Rypien. Rick has been a beloved member of the Canucks family for the past six years. Rick was a great teammate and friend to our players, coaches and staff. We send our deepest condolences to the Rypien family at this most difficult time."
The official statement from the Jets:
"We are deeply saddened to confirm Rick’s passing. As many people are aware, he had strong ties to True North Sports & Entertainment, the Winnipeg Jets Hockey Club, the former Manitoba Moose Hockey Club and the Vancouver Canucks. We would like to express our sincere sympathies to the Rypien family as well as Rick’s friends. We also appreciate all of the support that has come pouring in from Rick’s fans. Rick was a talented player with an extremely bright future. His hunger for the game made him a valued team member both on and off the ice. This loss has impacted us as more than just a hockey team."
The organization will have no further comment at this time. We kindly ask the privacy of Rick’s family and friends be respected during this difficult period.
8:21 PM PT: There is a public gathering tomorrow Wednesday to remember Rypien at Rogers Arena. Check FB for more information: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111128482321330
8:25 PM PT: Arctic Hockey has a few more Rypien links, including some pieces by Gabriel Desjardins in other publications through the years.
8/16 8:29 AM PT: Dan Murphy has his take up on Sportsnet:
On the ice, Rick was all about his teammates. He loved to stick up for them. And you'd have to guess that's why the Canucks stood up for him over the last few years when he was trying to overcome his demons. The Canucks loved his work ethic, the way he battled and tirelessly fought to get back into top shape injury after injury.
One year, Rypien showed up at prospects camp even though I'm pretty sure he wasn't required to. Rypien set the pace in the drills and conditioning, setting an example to the younger players in attendance. He would crush the Grouse Grind in 37 minutes while the rest of the prospects were labouring in towards the 50-60 minute mark and then encourage them up. Thus supporting them while also showing them how hard they would need to work in order to get into proper shape.
Rick was a great teammate. Ask anyone. In fact two years back goaltender Josh Harding called Rypien the best captain he ever had (the two played together in Regina). Remember, Harding said this when he had already been in the NHL for a number of years. That is a great compliment.
I'll smile when I think of Rypien. It's tough not to when you look back on some of memorable moments with the Canucks. Like when he took on Hal Gill or Boris Valabik despite the fact he was giving up more than six inches and 50 pounds to each of them. Or when he went toe-to-toe with Cam Janssens last season. Or the memorable three fights he had with Brandon Prust in one game when Prust was a member of the Calgary Flames.
8/16 9:00 AM PT: Travis Hughes has a piece up now on the main SBN hockey page:
Rypien was adamant in that March interview that substance abuse was not his problem, and we can't know for sure, at least at this stage, whether or not his fighting caused mental problems that forced him away from the game. We certainly can't connect those issues with his death at this stage, either.
But it's all the chilling truth that tough guys in the NHL are perhaps some of the most misunderstood people in the sport of hockey, and given Rypien's personal issues, it's safe to lump him in that category. It's also safe to believe that his job had something to do with those issues, to an extent unknown.
The ultimate reason for the death of Rick Rypien won't be explained for days or even potentially weeks, but regardless of the explanation, a man who had to overcome some serious personal demons is gone. He attempted to reach out for help and was apparently on the road to recovery, with a new gig in a town that he seemed to hold deep affection for -- the town where he started his pro career in 2004.
Puck Daddy has a look at Rypien under the broader light of fighting in hockey:
But the more tragedies we witness, the more science tells us about CTE [chronic traumatic encephalopathy] and other brain damage, the more likely it is that the NHL will stop waiting for the culture to change and legislate most forms of fighting-for-show out of the game. Even if many of us feel it will fundamentally change the product.
Canucks.com has a new video out with some Rypien highlights.
8/16 11:03 AM PT: Rypien's roommate (and former Canuck) Jason Jaffray comments about how Ryp wanted to bring a Cup to Winnipeg.
Another friend and player Craig Schira commented on Rypien as well:
"For me he was so special because here I was this young kid and he was this guy who would take on the world for his teammates," said Schira, an Ottawa Senators prospect who played last season with Binghamton of the AHL. "I remember getting off to a slow start and was struggling with my confidence and he just took me under his wing. One game in particular I played well and he was the first one to come to me after and congratulate me. He was a guy I looked up to all year. Just the way he treated the young guys is something I've tried to bring to the teams I've played on. I'll never forget him for that."
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One of the best pound for pound fighters in the league, and maybe the most fun to watch. He had that great original style that probably came from his Dad being a golden gloves champion, and he was willing to fight anyone, including guys that were eight inches taller and 60 pounds heavier. He had some ability as a fourth line energy guy too. Just a guy who played a big game in an average sized body.
I’m not going to speculate on what happened to Ripper, but I think most of us assumed he had some sort of demon that resulted in his multiple leaves of absence from the team. He was the kind of guy you rooted for to overcome whatever it was that was standing in his way, and I think a lot of us were going to be rooting for him on the Jets, or on any other team he played for.
RIP
This stings a bit to read; written after Rip played his last game for VAN last November
The Vancouver Canucks aren’t concerned about losing Rick Rypien as a player. They’re trying to make sure they don’t lose him as a person.
Neither player nor club has ever explained Rypien’s months-long leave of absence two years ago, and it doesn’t appear any details will be offered this time, as coach Alain Vigneault refused this morning to discuss the latest leave. But Rypien’s “personal” issues are widely believed related to the 25-year-old’s mental health. The Canucks will be doing everything they can to help him.
General manager Mike Gillis delivered to NHL commissioner Gary Bettman an impassioned defence of Rypien a month ago after the Canuck grabbed a fan on his way to the dressing room in Minnesota. Bettman, aware of Rypien’s issues from two years ago, subsquently suspended the winger for six games — shorter than many people expected.
The Canucks stuck by Rypien then, and they’ll do so now. Renowned sports psychologist Len Zaichkowsky is a full-time member of the Canucks’ staff and a constant presence around the team. Rypien will get whatever help he needs and is willing to accept. Rypien was a healthy scratch the last three games and has been largely ineffective this season. He’s not a player the team needs right now. But he’s a person they badly want to keep in their organization.
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Says a lot about the man
He’s not a player the team needs right now. But he’s a person they badly want to keep in their organization.
He had his issues but he was clearly a good man and a good team mate.
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by Section 312 on Aug 15, 2011 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Sure was.
I will be watching that vulture McIntyre at the Sun closely too. His smarmy demand that the Canucks and Rypien open up and bare the poor young man’s sould for his and the fans that agreed with him made me sick then.
The way he went after both for “not being a role model for mental health issues” turned me off the man’s writing, and still gets my blood boiling.
It is obvious that he had issues he was still dealing with. Yes, he worked in a public venue, but that does not mean that the fans and media get to claim a piece of his personal life he was not ready to give.
I will miss watching the fearless athlete that chopped down guys a foot taller and 80 lbs heavier. But at a time like this, its more that the family should be just left alone until they want to comment. I hear that some people are going to rogers. Thats good. He was a public figure.
But lets hope that the other aspects of this story don’t quickly spiral down the toilet in that same insatiable desire for the “public needing to know”. Its none of my fucking business of the details.
Rest in Peace Rypper
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It’s none of anyone’s business but I think we will now finally find out what his problem was and that isn’t a bad thing. It will hopefully help someone else who is going through the same thing rather than satisfy some idiot reporter’s curiosity/need to make money off a story. Although, the latter is also a possibility of course
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by Sean Zandberg on Aug 15, 2011 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh, totally
The tragedy can hopefully help others.
The thing with this kind of thing is, its entirely possible that some idiot reporter and his asinine position was another thing on the poor young man’s shoulders.
That is why I said at the time that it was wrong. But if the story now can help someone, I get it I guess…
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RIP Rypper
Still remember his fight against hal gill and tommy larschied calling him a little bulldog, that was something else…
by kiyotok on Aug 15, 2011 8:12 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Celebration of Life for Rick Wednesday
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111128482321330
To celebrate the life of Rick Rypien we would like to invite all Canuck Fans to meet at the Roger Nielson statue outside of Rogers Arena on Wednesday, August 17th at 2:00pm. We’ll stick around all day so feel free to drop by anytime. We plan to bring a big book for everyone to write their condolences in and hopefully we will get the book to the Rypien family.. Please feel more than free to invite other members to the event. Hope to see you all there.
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I’ve added this to the main post above, thanks Waach.
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by Yankee Canuck on Aug 15, 2011 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions
np
once I have had a chance to make some sense of all this, I will be putting together a little piece. Not tonight though, I am just wiped and it hurts too damn much
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One of his last canucks.com features
http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=543623
I like the Wendel Clark shoutout.
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So Sad
What a shame that such a great battler on the ice had to battle things off the ice as well.
Seems strange that he only played 119 games for the Canucks. Maybe it’s because the per capita memorable moments are so high. Fights, goals, grit, hits, heart.
Forever a Canuck, indeed.
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Commadore: RIP Rick Rypien. He was a warrior. Hit me so hard my eyes couldn’t focus for 30 secs. Not sure if it was a left or right.
Parros: Damn… Rick Rypien will be missed. He was the nicest guy, hung with him a few times in VAN…tough as all hell too. Thoughts to his fam
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Jets Statement
http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=586122
True North Sports & Entertainment and the Winnipeg Jets Hockey Club would like to issue the following statement in regards to the passing of Rick Rypien:
"We are deeply saddened to confirm Rick’s passing. As many people are aware, he had strong ties to True North Sports & Entertainment, the Winnipeg Jets Hockey Club, the former Manitoba Moose Hockey Club and the Vancouver Canucks. We would like to express our sincere sympathies to the Rypien family as well as Rick’s friends. We also appreciate all of the support that has come pouring in from Rick’s fans. Rick was a talented player with an extremely bright future. His hunger for the game made him a valued team member both on and off the ice. This loss has impacted us as more than just a hockey team."
The organization will have no further comment at this time. We kindly ask the privacy of Rick’s family and friends be respected during this difficult period.
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Oh wow. Far too young.
RIP.
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So sad to come home and see this
Tough to swallow seeing a guy you’ve rooted for night in and night out up and gone just like that. Thanks for your heart, grit and some of the best scraps around, Rick.
RIP Rypper
I always thought pound for pound he was our team’s best fighter ever. And his techniques – yes it was more boxing than hockey fight but I’ve seen Tiger Williams and Gino, Hunter and Momesso and no one had his technique – he was a hockey pioneer in that sense of crossing over from boxing. RIP Rypien, gone too soon.
RIP Rypper
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Aug 15, 2011 9:31 PM PDT reply actions 6 recs
He had a hell of a shot
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Aug 15, 2011 10:05 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 16, 2011 5:15 AM PDT up reply actions
Rest in peace, Rick!
Summer 2011: Boogaard, 28, Rypien, 27. Something is rotten in the state of the NHL
What do you mean “in the state of the NHL?”
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by Sean Zandberg on Aug 15, 2011 11:30 PM PDT up reply actions
The original is “in the state of Denmark”: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/hamlet/hamlet.1.4.html
And, from my point of view, if the NHL is a “country”, it’s failing its young citizens.
Elite athletes aren’t supposed to die at that age.
Oh, so you're referring to
It also remains to be seen how much of a choice these people are making. Millions of dollars is enough to make a lot of people to a lot of things, and by allowing fighting, the NHL is supporting it. The league is culpable in allowing the enforcer to become a legitimate job in the NHL.
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by Sean Zandberg on Aug 16, 2011 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions
I don’t agree with that at all BTW, the quote or that part of the article. But let’s save this conversation for another day, or through email perhaps. Just feels too soon.
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by Sean Zandberg on Aug 16, 2011 10:23 AM PDT up reply actions
sorry
this kind of knee jerk over reaction is neither necessary or accurate. Boogard died because he mixed drugs and alcohol poorly. Rypien died for some other reasons we’re not privy to yet. Would either of these not happened if they weren’t ‘fighters’? I doubt their role’s on their respective teams had anything at all to do with their particular ailments or issues.
I find it ridiculous and asinine that anyone would search to blame the NHL for these tragedies… if our everyday work places had 1% of the support programs the NHL does for it’s players, we’d all think we’d hit the benefit jackpot. Hockey is a dangerous game. Everybody who’s ever put on a pair of skates and taken a hit knows that. These kids know they risk injury or worse by stepping out there, it’s part of the industry. Hockey is most definitely NOT the only industry that carries an element of risk in the day to day grind (try working, uh…let’s say the oil rigs, construction site, emergency services, most sports, garbage man, nuclear physicist, yahoo comment moderator for a week or two and then talk about dangerous work environments), but at the NHL level it probably has a relatively miniscule serious injury rates of any equally dangerous gig (pure conjecture that, but I’d say it’s accurate).
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by Twitchy2010 on Aug 16, 2011 10:37 AM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
OK you went there. And I appreciate it because I agree 100%. Well said, Twitchy
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by Sean Zandberg on Aug 16, 2011 12:09 PM PDT up reply actions
It's a tragic thing.
To me it hits me pretty hard due to various reasons I won’t get into. To turn this needless loss of life into a rallying cry for the anti-bettmanites would be an even bigger tragedy, and worse, it would cheapen Rypien’s (or Boogaard’s) life and instead of giving this horrible thing validation, it would completely misuse the kid’s death as a weapon against the wrong enemy. Sorry for going there, but that comment really raised my hackles.
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by Twitchy2010 on Aug 16, 2011 12:49 PM PDT up reply actions
It raised mine too
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by Sean Zandberg on Aug 16, 2011 6:58 PM PDT up reply actions
I offer my deepest sympathy and condolences to everyone here and everyone who knew Rick. It is terrible he is gone at such a young age. I know nothing brings comfort at this point, but know that we know the pain you feel tonight. Hockey, fighting, all of it aside… you lost a human being tonight. For that, I offer my deepest condolences and heartfelt sorrow to each and every one of you, Rick’s family, friends, and teammates.
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RIP Rick Rypien
I can’t believe I just typed that, he was way too young. Condolences to the family and friends.
RIP Rypper
I’m a little stunned right now. Same feeling as with Luc Bourdon. Thoughts and prayers to his family, friends, and teammates.
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Be at peace, Mr. Rypien
I couldn’t believe I was hearing this when it was announced on the news. I just kept breathing in, and in, and in. It’s so sad. I don’t know what else to say. I’m going to go try to sign the book tomorrow. I hope it will be of some comfort to the family, some day.
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I hate to say it but I was worried about this happening with him so in a sense I am not totally surprised. But I mean no disrespect.
RIP Ripper. This is tragic. Condolences to his friends and family. He sure provided some terrific memories for Canucks fans and will never ever be forgotten.
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RIP Rick Ryp
I heard about this when I ran into a friend at the gym tonight and I did not believe it. Wow. Some fantastic hands and speed for a vicious NHL fourth-liner.
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Forehand..backhand
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by Sean Zandberg on Aug 15, 2011 11:52 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
haha rec'd
the best player in the league and going forehand-backhand… without a stick!
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by SteveNux on Aug 16, 2011 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
He had so many moves in his fighting arsenal. He had his father to thank for that. I will never forget him fighting with his one arm up to block. Fuck, And his opponents didn’t know what to do while he unloaded on them.
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by Sean Zandberg on Aug 16, 2011 12:36 AM PDT up reply actions
Bitch, better have my money!
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It goes without saying, i hope, that no matter how much we dislike another team, that we never want to hear this news.
God bless, Rick Rypien. Sorry for your loss Nucks fans.
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by anActiveStick on Aug 16, 2011 12:10 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
well said and thanks for that
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by Sean Zandberg on Aug 16, 2011 12:50 AM PDT up reply actions
RIP Rypper.
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RIP Rypper
I cannot believe this. I had hoped he had put his dark times behind him. I loved his tenacity and passion.
Rest well Rick. This Canucks fan will miss you more than words can say.
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So sad, so tragic.
RIP Rypper.
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by PensFanInDenver on Aug 16, 2011 6:51 AM PDT reply actions
Such tragic news
Condolences to his family, friends, and the fans.
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RIP Rypper
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by Ghetto Defendant on Aug 16, 2011 8:09 AM PDT reply actions
What sad news to wake up to.
Rypper was such a fan favorite for so many reasons; this hit me personally in a way that no other news this post season/off season did. Such a tragedy. :(
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That dan murphy article
is really good…written by a friend instead of a pundit, it feels like. Props murph.
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I agree
It’s really too bad this happened before Murph got to tell Rick’s story. The fact that he was ready to tell people what he was going through makes this even more sad
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Horribly sad. I’m going to donate money to Canuck Place in his memory, and I urge others who are able to do the same.
I had been hoping we wouldn’t have to hear something like this since he took time off this past season. RIP.
by sunshine and lollipops on Aug 16, 2011 11:35 AM PDT reply actions
reading this thread brings tears to my eyes
i have never felt this pain over a death outside the family. fuck it, he was a part of my family, and your family to. he was part of the canucks family and it hurts so bad to lose my brother
RIP RICK YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN
Similar?
I just wanted to point out how Burrows tribute to Bourdon reminded me of something else…
Rypien going toe-to-toe (or moreso head-to-navel) with Hal Gill. He almost has the same pose as Burrows.
I will always remember Rypien for this fight. Two young players in Rypien & Bourdon taken much too soon. Rypien is the same age as me. RIP buddy…
by splnwezel on Aug 16, 2011 1:17 PM PDT reply actions 5 recs
this needs to be recd
for great justice
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Hal Gill is admiring that punch.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Aug 17, 2011 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions
:(
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More #Canucks Mike Gillis on Rypien. “There were a lot of young players on our team helping him, I don’t know how they are going to react”
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Ugh
Aren’t they announcing 2012 promotions in the next week or so? You have to wonder if Ryp makes an appearance in some fashion. I assume so.
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by Yankee Canuck on Aug 16, 2011 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
anyone have a link
to the gillis presser?
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yeah
saw that one. So sad.
"Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind."
Dropping F-bombs since the early 70's.
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wow.
@WalkerBigTalker: Regina Pats confirmed Rypien’s girlfriend died in a car accident coming to see him play in junior.
:(
Yep, and now we start seeing pieces of the puzzle
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by Sean Zandberg on Aug 16, 2011 7:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn
That’s terrible
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RIP Rypien...
Very sad day for hockey…
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Damn
I don’t remember the last time I read of a death that upset me. The Ryper was my 2nd favorite Canuck ,after Kes-Lord, of the past 5 or so years. I know he had issues with depression but I was really happy that he was getting a second chance to prove himself with the Jets. You won’t be forgotten Ryper. Rest in peace, brother.
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Felt the need to stop by and offer my condolences. I didn’t know much about Rick Rypien, but it is obvious that the man was loved by his teammates, fans, and those around hockey who knew him. I know how I felt when I heard that Derek Boogard had died too young. Wild fans wish you well, and hope that Rick has found a pick-up game somewhere out there.
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