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 ...

A federal U.S. judge on Monday dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed by former NHL player Derek Boogaard's parents, who blamed the league for their son's brain damage and addiction to ...

Former NHL enforcer Derek Boogaard reportedly failed 14 of 19 drug tests in the last six months of his life and was still allowed to play hockey by doctors who administered his care. This report ...

But Len Boogaard is continuing his often-solitary quest to find what extenuating factors might have led to his son’s death, knowing full well, he says, that Derek “was an addict.” ...

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 ...