Ex-NHLer Richer: 'I tried to kill myself'

Richer once fired a shot during warm up that was so hard it shattered Brodeur's cup.

I wonder how many other players have faced demons like this.

I'm guessing this is not hockey related?

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Originally posted 08:58 AM ET  02.09 by Schad - Notorious Deadbeat

I wonder how many other players have faced demons like this.

More than will probably ever know...

Ex-NHLer Richer: 'I tried to kill myself'

I'm getting old so I don't remember him being traded to the Leafs.

QUOTE(#3):

Originally posted 09:01 AM ET  02.09 by Spiny Norman

I'm guessing this is not hockey related?

after the 3 deaths this summer and continuing research about concussions - severe depression is a related symptom - so it could be hockey related.

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Originally posted 09:14 AM ET  02.09 by Canuck eh?

Ex-NHLer Richer: 'I tried to kill myself'I'm getting old so I don't remember him being traded to the Leafs.

Now now, let's not be mean here...
The Leafs were good in Richer's prime, remember?

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Originally posted 09:17 AM ET  02.09 by BrownsBucksBlueJackets

after the 3 deaths this summer and continuing research about concussions - severe depression is a related symptom - so it could be hockey related.

the "experts" will try like heck to connect this, but to my amateur eyes, those three weren't really connected, except that they were all tough guy hockey players. They all faced different issues that i think while exacerbated ( maybe...) by their chosen profession, were certainly nat caused by it. We tend to like things tied up in a neat little package, like a tv cop show, but real life doesn't work like that.

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Originally posted 09:24 AM ET  02.09 by Spiny Norman

We tend to like things tied up in a neat little package, like a tv cop show, but real life doesn't work like that.

You said it, brother.

It's a guy coming clean about depression. It's a hot topic right now, and he played hockey, so it is hockey related. If the story helps someone else address like issues, it's a good thing.

QUOTE(#5):

Originally posted 09:14 AM ET  02.09 by Canuck eh?

Ex-NHLer Richer: 'I tried to kill myself'I'm getting old so I don't remember him being traded to the Leafs.

You're old enough to remember when hockey was played on grass without skates, using sticks with nets..............................used to be called lacrosse! Went out to dinner to a cave, dragging your date by her hair. Dang! You are old.

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Originally posted 08:58 AM ET  02.09 by Schad - Notorious Deadbeat

I wonder how many other players have faced demons like this.

Derek Boogaard, Rick Rypien and Wade Belak.

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Originally posted 09:24 AM ET  02.09 by dannylimes

Now now, let's not be mean here...

The Leafs were good in Richer's prime, remember?

But it's my signature move....;-)

QUOTE(#11):

Originally posted 09:45 AM ET  02.09 by Slapshot

You're old enough to remember when hockey was played on grass without skates, using sticks with nets..............................used to be called lacrosse! Went out to dinner to a cave, dragging your date by her hair. Dang! You are old.

So old I remember when they called it Baggataway.

QUOTE(#8):

Originally posted 09:24 AM ET  02.09 by Spiny Norman

the "experts" will try like heck to connect this, but to my amateur eyes, those three weren't really connected, except that they were all tough guy hockey players. They all faced different issues that i think while exacerbated ( maybe...) by their chosen profession, were certainly nat caused by it. We tend to like things tied up in a neat little package, like a tv cop show, but real life doesn't work like that.

agree - concussion(s) does not equal depression, and there is no 1 to 1 link to causality. Plus there is no mention of concussions for Richer's story bit here.

I mention it only as a topic, as M Savard, and the 3 from this summer had previously reported the depression - and in Savard's case, possibly a symptom of the head traumas.

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Originally posted 09:42 AM ET  02.09 by Daffy Duck

It's a guy coming clean about depression. It's a hot topic right now, and he played hockey, so it is hockey related. If the story helps someone else address like issues, it's a good thing.

perfectly written ...

QUOTE(#10):

Originally posted 09:42 AM ET  02.09 by Daffy Duck

It's a guy coming clean about depression. It's a hot topic right now, and he played hockey, so it is hockey related. If the story helps someone else address like issues, it's a good thing.

anything that helps people deal with it is good, but let's hope that people don't try to put a little bow on it and say it was from playing hockey

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Originally posted 09:57 AM ET  02.09 by Canuck eh?

So old I remember when they called it Baggataway.

As Johnny Carson used to say "I did not know that", and I'm old too.

QUOTE(#18):

Originally posted 10:28 AM ET  02.09 by Slapshot

As Johnny Carson used to say "I did not know that", and I'm old too.

Johnny didn't have Google but you do. ;-)

QUOTE(#19):

Originally posted 10:30 AM ET  02.09 by Canuck eh?

Johnny didn't have Google but you do. ;-)

Hahahahahahaha