The NHL, Canada and the world reacted Saturday to the crash Friday night in Saskatchewan that killed 15 people on a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos, a team in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.
According to the latest reports, seven players, the head coach/GM, assistant coach, a radio broadcaster and team statistician were among the dead, and many of the survivors suffered severe injuries.
For the Rangers coaching staff, the accident brought back painful and personal memories of another bus crash that killed four junior hockey players in December 1986. One of the players killed in that crash was 16-year-old Brent Ruff, the younger brother of Lindy Ruff, now an assistant on the Rangers’ coaching staff.