Reminded me of Humboldt too; this could have been so much worse. I’ll never forget seeing so many homes with a hockey stick outside their front door for weeks after. Heartwarming and devastating.

Between the day of the crash and the public memorial I was in Iceland. While there, the man at the car rental place noticed I’m Canadian and showed me that he had a Canadian flag pinned to the inside of his jacket. He turned out to be involved in the local youth hockey association, and the news had reached them there. The gesture 100% made me cry.