Turgeon tragedy
Really sorry to pass on tragic news: According to reports, Pierre Turgeon's 18-year-old daughter Elizabeth was killed in an automobile accident. (h/t Eric Hornick noting the news.) She was a Team USA U-18 player and headed toward U. of Minnesota. She was also one of four children -- and a twin.
Words aren't enough for a tragedy like this. But I know Elizabeth's father was a favorite of many here and certainly a favorite of mine, so I thought it worth posting here for your sentiments.
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Sad. Terrible. Something no parent should ever have to deal with.
John Tavares=The Franchise, The Future, and still only 20yrs old, SO GIVE HIM SOME F**KING TIME TO MATURE CRITICS! Not everyone is Wayne Gretzky(although Tavares did break some of his records....tee hee)
Just reading about it at Eric's site
Horrible news – right before the holidays too. Gutted. So sorry – prayers for Pierre and the whole family.
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Terrible
It’s horrific to lose such a promising young woman. My heart goes out to the family. Just awful..
I know quite well how a parent can be affected when their child is gone before them.....
…..my mother’s present and tragic circumstances can be linked in no small degree to my brother’s death from cancer a decade ago…..not sure how much difference, if any, there is with such a sudden loss…..
Can not even imagine their pain.
For anyone who believes in any fashion of prayer, the Turgeon family should be included.
very terrible news
Living in Caps land these days, I’m sure they are happy… they celebrate dale hunter like he’s a god.
I'm a mets, jets, islander, and terps fan. Also known as a glutton for perennial punishment.
beg pardon?
Do you really think that they would wish the man’s daughter a horrible death based just on what happened in a hockey game they played when she was still a toddler? Grow up.
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Hopefully the team will do something for him and his family at the game on Sunday
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nothing worse than losing a child. There might be, but I haven’t seen it yet… Thoughts and prayers for the family.
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by burpchelischili on Dec 24, 2010 3:58 PM EST reply actions
So terrible...
All thoughts and prayers to #77 and family.
This is not 'Nam, Smokey. This is hockey. There are rules.
Just plain terrible.
Utter tragedy for a man I admired not just as a player but as a man.
Heart breaks for him and his family.
To have such a thing happen is bad enough in and of itself, but at this time of year is just terrible beyond words.
Pete and his family have my most sincere condolences and my prayers.
Hey, Quebec, STAY THE HELL OUTTA THIS!
Horrible
I remember being 12 years old and I had the opportunity to go down to the isles locker room after a game in 1993. I remember him and his wife each holding a little infant daughter as they left the building. It is so awful to think one of them is gone, especially as the father of a two year old daughter. I can’t imagine the horror of this. My sympathies to Pierre, his wife, and family.
This is just horrible news
especially during Christmas…My prayers go out to the Turgeon family…I could begin to know how much pain they are going through…
by KO21 on Dec 25, 2010 1:09 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Few more links
CP write-up w/ a little more, quote from Houle.
Profile of Pierre from a month ago. (not related to this, but obviously we’re a bunch of #77 fans here)
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I should also note
There was another young woman, a passenger in Elizabeth Turgeon’s truck, who suffered “life-threatening” injuries according to the last. So thoughts and prayers that she makes it through.
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should be: "according to the last report I saw."
Lighthouse Hockey: And you shall know us by the fraying of our hips.
Such a sad news...
All my thoughts are with Pierre and his family, and I hope it turns out well for the passenger.
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