On Thursday, June 5, Derek DiGregorio died at home in Princeton. He was 27.

The Denver Gazette presents a three-part investigative series on health after hockey for NHL players. Part I examines the ...

Thirteen years have passed since NHL player Derek Boogaard died of an accidental overdose at age 28, evidently the related consequences of a hockey career spent fighting, absorbing countless brain ...

Derek Boogaard's shocking death came with a great deal of mystery. A 6-foot-7 hockey tough guy, Boogaard was a fan favorite with the Minnesota Wild and the New York Rangers before he died at age ...

The family believes that the NHL is directly responsible for brain damage Derek Boogaard suffered throughout his career You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you ...

His funeral was attended by both teammates and ... After that, nobody wanted to fight Derek Boogaard. The guy they called the "Boogeyman" stood a towering 6'7" and weighed in at 265 lbs.

That group includes ex-NHLers Derek Boogaard, Reggie Fleming ... some friendly neuropathologists in Chicago and found a funeral service team to extract the brain fresh. From there it was shipped ...

were still high on ecstasy the next day on the plane to teammate Derek Boogaard's funeral. Avery laments the uncaring business side of the NHL that forced an injured and broken Boogaard to be gone ...

From Avery, after the 2009-10 season: Avery also writes about his late friend Derek Boogaard, the enforcer ... from GM Glen Sather to attend the funeral in Regina. But Avery was informed by ...

On the fourth anniversary of enforcer Derek Boogaard’s death, we present this column, which later appeared on SI.com on June 18, 2012, about the troubling issue the tragedy raised. UPDATE ...

TORONTO – When the Minnesota Wild paid tribute to Derek Boogaard following the NHL enforcer’s death, the four-minute 45-second video showed the six-foot-seven 265-pounder making hits ...

For a brief and bloody time, Derek Boogaard was among the most feared players in the NHL. He spent nearly all of his six years in the NHL with the Minnesota Wild. He died of an accidental drug ...