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Canucks defenceman Luc Bourdon killed in a motorcycle crash

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Huggy, May 29, 2008.

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  1. Huggy

    Huggy Well-Known Member

    21 years old....didn't see much of him as a pro but he was a damn good junior d-man.

    http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=239196&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_main
     
    Huggy, May 29, 2008
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  2. hockeybeat

    hockeybeat Guest

    That is terrible.

    RIP
     
    hockeybeat, May 29, 2008
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  3. Claws for Concern

    Claws for Concern Active Member

    Awful news. RIP
     
    Claws for Concern, May 29, 2008
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  4. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    Damn, that's awful.
     
    JR, May 29, 2008
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  5. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    In the middle of the day, ugh.

    RIP
     
    93Devil, May 29, 2008
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  6. forever_town

    forever_town Well-Known Member

    Terrible news.

    RIP.
     
    forever_town, May 29, 2008
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  7. MacDaddy

    MacDaddy Active Member

    Reports out today said he got his motorcycle license just two weeks ago.
     
    MacDaddy, May 30, 2008
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  8. JR

    JR Well-Known Member

    This is probably the best thing I've read on the terrible accident--from Mirtle's blog:

    http://mirtle.blogspot.com/2008/05/shippagan-loses-its-star.html

    This just about tears your heart out:

    His family, understandably, has remained quiet, but one friend left a message on a blog explaining the incident, saying that Bourdon's girlfriend watched the accident unfold in a car trailing his newly purchased bike
     
    JR, May 30, 2008
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  9. MacDaddy

    MacDaddy Active Member

    Wow. Thanks for the link, JR.

    The death rates on newly purchased motorcycles ridden by people in their late teens or early 20s who have no training are astronomical; this seems to be a sad reminder of that.
     
    MacDaddy, May 31, 2008
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  10. Elliotte Friedman

    Elliotte Friedman Moderator Staff Member

    Gary Roberts said yesterday that Letang talked to him three days ago about buying one himself. (That's the same day Bourdon reportedly bought his.)

    Roberts talked him out of it, "Saying that's something you buy when you're 40, not 20 -- and when no one's paying you to play."

    Eerie stuff.
     
    Elliotte Friedman, May 31, 2008
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  11. beardpuller

    beardpuller Active Member

    Ya beat me to this, JR. But I'd like to thank you or whomever mentioned Mirtle's blog in a previous post -- I knew nothing about it, but it's pretty darned good.
     
    beardpuller, May 31, 2008
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  12. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    Looks like a beautiful place to have lived.
     
    Simon_Cowbell, May 31, 2008
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