Quote Originally Posted by Mikkel_K View Post
Not sure if it belongs in this thread, but these things always gets me thinking.

I used to play handball (look it up) as a kid, and coming from a rather small town we were pretty much the same 10-12 boys on the team every year. One day at practice - we must have been around 13-14 - during warm up, one of our players just collapsed. He freaking became blue in the head, and watching a good friend like that is easily the scariest thing I have ever experienced. 10-12 years later and I can still see that face. He didn't make it to the hospital. They found out afterwards that he had been born with a certain heart condition, but some things just go unnoticed until it's too late, I guess.

Anyway, my heart is with Cherepanov's family right now.
I've read some unconfirmed reports that he was struck in the chest in an accidental collision with his teammate (former NHL star Jaromir Jagr), they say that Jagr caught him with an elbow to the chest, but they're all from Russian sources and thus unsubstanciated.