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Bakersfield Condors forward Colby Cave, a prospect in the Edmonton Oilers organization, remains in a medically induced coma after undergoing emergency surgery to remove a colloid cyst on his brain.
"Colby is still in a medically-induced coma. This is giving his brain time to heal and rest from all he's been through. We would like to thank the Oilers organization, the entire hockey community, all of our friends, and family, and everyone who has shown us love and support," Cave's family said a statement Thursday.
"We would like to send a big thank you to Colby's critical care team, neurosurgeons and nurses at Sunnybrook Hospital.