CBJ goalie dies at 24

[Moderator1]

Good lord, awful. 24??

 

[Songbird]

Minutes earlier he's living large without a care in the world.

Appreciate every second you have.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Terrible. Columbus Dispatch story says he was hit by a firework.

Blue Jackets goalie Matiss Kivlenieks dies after accident fall

 

[Scout]

RIP

Jesus, fireworks.

 

[MileHigh]

Appreciate every second you have.

This. As someone who has experienced suddenly losing someone -- or in my case, four someones -- appreciate it all.

Damn.

 

[Sea Bass]

Ho-lee ****.

 

[ChrisLong]

Dammit, so sad.

 

[HanSenSE]

SMDH ... RIP.

 

[Roscablo]

 

[Starman]

Yeee haw, muh freedum, nobudduh tellz me whut ta do, I just like blowing **** up, etc etc

 

[goalmouth]

Shades of Terry Shawchuk.

 

[Moderator1]

On my list of ways I don't want to go, that's pretty high up there. Unreal. Terrible.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

Blue Jackets goalie Matiss Kivlenieks dies from fireworks explosion at Novi holiday party

 

[tapintoamerica]

When News of the Weird turns tragic.
Also: When life imitates Billy Bragg's art. (Album title subdivision.)

 

[maumann]

The one time he shouldn't have smothered the rebound.

Seriously, RIP. What a terrible, tragic, senseless loss of a young life.

The initial "hit his head getting out of the hot tub" didn't match up with later reports. The coroner's report makes a lot of sense.

 

[Matt1735]

I think i saw on ESPN that he was at his coach's house for the party where this happened. That will be ****ed up.

 

[Jake from State Farm]

I think i saw on ESPN that he was at his coach's house for the party where this happened. That will be ****ed up.

Manny Legace, former Red Wings G and Jackets goalie coach