Former NHL player Jimmy Hayes has died at the age of 31, his alma mater Boston College announced Monday.
The Boston Globe's Matt Porter and John R. Ellement reported police and first responders pronounced Hayes dead at his home in Milton, Massachusetts on Monday morning. His cause of death remains unknown but "is not considered suspicious," per Porter and Ellement.
The Toronto Maple Leafs selected Hayes in the second round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft and he went on to play for the Chicago Blackhawks, Florida Panthers, New Jersey Devils and his hometown team, the Boston Bruins.