Rangers' Prospect Cherepanov Dies

wow that's really horrible.....I wonder what could make a young guy like that just collapse

Rest in peace, Alexei... God speed.

That's awful. My thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, and teammates.

wow...sucks. RIP

Absolutely horrible news.... Wow.

Simple devestating news...RIP Alexei and my thoughts are with his friends and family. The Rangers just lost a great prospect.

DC Fury

An elbow from #68. Really tragic news! My thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, and teammates.

That's to bad....

Prayers go out to his family.

Gotta feel for Jagr if it was his elbow.

I read about this ... what a tragedy. My prayers go out to his family, friends, and teammates, and especially to Jagr if it was his elbow. Hate him if you like, but this wasn't his fault. I feel bad for him.

tarik,
how our the russian caps taking the news? were any off them close with alexei?

Paul Ashburn, Va

Not sure where you read that, but even if I really doubt it was an elbow that killed him, although he might have had an aneurysm or something that got ruptured when he was elbowed.

DC Fury

My wife read it on a Russian Sport website. They collided on a line change. Totally accident. Jagr was in tears "Screaming Wake-up Alexi!" I dont read russian but that's what it said...

may he Rest in Peace. this is too sad.

Bad news.....RIP...

Hope it doesn't ruin Jagr.

DC FURY

See:

http://alexovetjkin.blogspot.com/2008/10/alex-cherepanov-was-sent-to.html

I give me heart out to family friends and hockey teammates from my heart RIP.

Tragic. He was a very good player. Played in Sweden vs Luc B. in 2007 World Jrs. Think he got tournament MVP or best forward.

Why wasn't the ambulance there? That is their job to be on site. Too late now.

This is a wake up call to all ice rinks and teams to always be prepared.

Condolences to his family.

Wow absolutely horrible news for a player who's career was just beginning. He had soo much potential to play well in the NHL. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.

TSN.ca claims the event had nothing to do with any on ice play.

http://tsn.ca

Paul Ashburn, Va

Jesus....that's heavy stuff right there. I wonder how Jagr will handle it

DC Fury,

Yeah I cant even begin how to handle that. Even though I am not a fan of #68 my heart goes out to him. I hope the Cap's head office has caught wind of this and we can give a "moment of silence to him tonight" I know a few of our Players admired this young man as did I. A great loss to the sport.. and his friends and family.

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Steve:
I hate to say it, but Jose played WORSE than Olie on Fri night!! (Does that make me not only a Semin hater, but an Olie hater AND a JT hater?!?)

Jim:
I'm with ya ... maybe saying 'hate' is like saying 'bad' but meaning 'good'?!? :-D

Leeguru:
The bobblehead on YOUR dresser? I thought you wanted that for your girls? ;-)

hard to believe - that's so sad ...

My apologies for the re-post - I posted before I read. I didn't mean to be insensitive; that really is sad news.

Boo! As you can see from my story, my girls DO enjoy it!

It's always sad when one so young goes so early.

Wow...life is so fragile. My GOD be with him and his family. Hope we can have a moment of silence before the game to pay our respects to him and his family. I am sure our russians knew him very well.

http://www.beyondtheblueshirts.com/2008/10/the-siberian-express-1989-2008/

A blog that Cherepanov wrote 4 days ago, incredibly sad read, it is always sad to see such a young man full of love and life lose his.

Incridible sad news. RIP Alexei.

I was hoping the Caps would draft him when he slid to the middle of the first round that year instead of a top 5 pick as most of the draft experts forcasted.

This kind of news just makes you a bit numb to come home from work and read about it for the first time.

Simply echoing everyone here, but this is indeed tragic. It must have been some kind of defective valve, or an aneurism. So sad.

Mauree, do we have the reflector for this Game?

anybody have any idea what channel the game is on? CSN has DC United and CSN+ has football

its on versus

GGOOOOAAALLLL!!!!!!!

Right on! Semin goal. It sucks for me to be a Semin hater right now. Thanks for the funny feedback Boo!

The news for such a young player to die is simply tragic.

Did Vancouver just score on their first shot??? These goalies need to come ready to play -- come on!

wow those were some pretty awesome shifts from the caps

Caps looked good, except on the PP. A little discombobulated there.

if anyone is still wondering, i found an online stream of the game on JustinTV, it is ok, blurry at full screen and the audio is really really quiet. turn your volume all the way up to hear it.

horrible news though. very sad that the rink didnt have proper EMS. This may lead to fewer players going to the KHL (aside from the money dropping away), i would be very worried playing there not knowing if i am going to get proper emergency treatment.

Nice to see Green score (3rd already, wow)

Fedorov was just softening him up for Jurcina

jurcina was just softening him up for semin

Interesting strategy by BB. Put 4-5 guys up front and hope that no stray pucks go back to Brent. It's working.

Normally, it takes 40 shots to beat Luongo.

Hello All!

Yeah, just reiterating the tragic news. I'm sure Jagr just happened to be the last player involved with Cherenpanov in any way before whatever it was that took his life. We can say that all day long but I'm sure Jagr is inconsolable. Like most of you, I'm no fan of #68 but times like this makes me want to jeer at no one.

Mild can't believe that people used this thread as the game thread, but whatever.

wow, I can't believe the game stats. The Caps are just dominating. I can't wait to watch this later.

BernieWolfeFan:

I'm guessing that you are right and contact with Jagr was no direct cause of the tragedy.
Nonetheless, (and you probably won't ever hear me say this again), I feel bad for Jagr as well as for Cherepanov's family, friends, & teammates.

I am not a doctor or have any medical knowledge outside of what I read in the newspaper.

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy sounds like it's the likeliest suspect. It's the leading cause of cardiac arrest in young athletes and is what killed Reggie Lewis.

Has there been an updated COD for Alexi? It's so sad to hear someone so young has lost their life, especially when it's so sudden. The last I heard was a heart attack...and at his age, if that's the truth, it was probably due to an enlarged heart. Which is exactly what the person above me said. Either way, it's so sad and my condolences and thoughts are with his family and friends. Отдых В Мире

I found out about this when one of my best friends, a Rangers fan IMed me. I was hoping that it wasn't true. I'm absolutely shocked. I just watched him play a few times recently through the links posted on the Russian Hockey blog. Cherepanov was a great kid and was off to a great start in the KHL this year. He scored a goal in this, his last game ever to continue his goal streak that reached 8 straight. Who could have possibly thought that his goal and point streak would be stopped by death at 19?!

Just how good was he? In his rookie season in the top Russian league (then the Russian Superliga) he scored more goals than Pavel Bure and had more points than Ovechkin, Malkin and Kovalchuk when they were rookies!

My condolences to his family.

P.S. Using this thread for game updates is insensitive and inappropriate.

if anyone is interested... Alexei did have an enlarged heart, as well as a chronic condition where his heart and other vital organs were not getting as much blood as they should. but there were many other contributing factors, including negligence on the part of the emergency responders, according to reports. some are saying he shouldn't have even been on the ice to begin with. either way, it's very sad and doesn't change the fact that he was taken way too soon.

Just read an article on Sovietsky Sport newspaper website. The autopsy results on Cherepanov showed that he had a heart condition. His heart was 3 times the normal size! He should not have been allowed to play professional sports.

Here's a Wikipedia entry describing what it turned he had:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ischaemic_heart_disease