I really should be excited about my team being at 5-0, but this is a horrible tragedy. 19 year old New York Ranger prospect Alexei Cherepanov died of a heart attack yesterday. He collasped on the bench after a shift during a game in Russia.
What really pisses me off is that not only the team, Avangard Omsk, did not have a stretcher availible, the AED wasn’t working!
Very careless for a professional sports team to even operate like that.
Its a damn shame that he will never skate the ice at the Garden. When I first heard him being drafted, I had thought the Rangers had a steal. Now we may never get to see his potential almost like Len Bias died after being drafted.
Please , for the love of a benevolent god, KEEP YOUR SHITTY POLITICS OUT OF THE NHL. The nation’s 4th most popular sport is not THAT desperate to get publicity.
A presidential candidate regardless of party should not inject their campaign into a NHL regular season game. When I watch hockey I want to keep my mind of such things. That is why sports is a good distraction from the presidential race.
I pray that Flyer and Ranger fans unite for one moment to denounce this. Of course afterward they can resume to beating the shit out of each other in the stands like they always do.
