Former Toronto Maple Leaf enforcer Wade Belak was found dead in his Toronto apartment today. He was 35 years old.
The London Free Press has the story here.
Belak is the older brother of former Ice tough-guy Graham Belak - who became an RCMP officer.
Belak's death is the third such occurrence of an NHL enforcer/fighter type in the past three months. Derek Boogard died after an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in May while Rick Rypien committed suicide a couple of weeks ago. Rypien suffered from depression.
I'm not going to delve into it too much at this time but if you're not thinking twice about the after effects of head shots and ultimately, fighting, in the game of hockey, you should be.
Gregg Drinnan over a Taking Note (On the left) has been talking about those very same affects from fighting for some time now and has a ton of stories on the subject.
This one's not going away.....
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