Tragedy strikes, Cherepanov passes away
In last night’s Avangard Omsk/Chekhov Vityaz game, Rangers first-round pick Alexei Cherepanov collided with a teammate on a change and was knocked unconscious. Later, his heart stopped and he had to be taken to the hospital.
According to the Alexander Ovechkin blog, which is a great source for Russian hockey news, the player he collided with was Jaromir Jagr, who was crying and screaming for Cherepanov to wake up. You may remember that the two had forged a tight relationship early in their Avangard time together. Jagr was Cherepanov’s boyhood hero.
The comments on the article paint a particularly grim picture, with one saying Cherepanov has died. Really hoping that’s not the case.
Update: Sports.ru is indeed saying that Cherepanov has passed away.
Jesus Christ.
October 7th, 2012 at 6:25 pm
Brian4z from twitter here, very sad to read this story, what a tragedy! Today it is 10-7-12 and a hockey buddy of mine plays for a Rangers men’s team in Phoenix, I have never followed the rangers growing up, but this Rangers local men’s team loves the Rangers, I have been collecting items, I have a care package for the team captain of our league enemy,(LOL) The Rangers, I am putting together a Rangers care package today and bringing it to a Canadian Thanksgiving party today, I have a bunch of Rangers stuff for them, an old 1928 print ad of the New York Americans(Billy Burch), a custom framed and signed and certified photo of Jaromir Jagr, signed Peter Nedved photo and others, also old sportscards of 1559, 1967 and 1970 Rangers players. like Ed Giacomin, Jean Ratelle, Larry Cahan, George Sullivan, Phil Goyotte…I decided to research and google Rangers and came across this story, saw the Cherepanov and Jagr story and the Jagr words he screamed, and then on the bottom, Jesus Christ. My heart goes out to the fans, frends and family of all Rangers players and specifically those of Cherepanov, Jagr and that they would be comforted in this accident, it was an accident. God loves you Rangers, and I am heavy reading this also, but Christ can and will lift us up with his loving arms. God bless the New York Rangers! Brian Forsberg