The bus crash last Friday in rural Saskatchewan involving a junior hockey team and a tractor-trailer has shaken the hockey world, with 15 lives lost and plenty of tears shed.
Penguins captain Sidney Crosby is no exception.
“It’s a terrible tragedy,” Crosby said after Monday’s practice at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. “It’s hard to imagine what those kids and the families and entire community is going through. We’re certainly thinking about them.”
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau traveled to Humboldt, Sask., on Sunday for a memorial service.
Already the GoFundMe account set up for the survivors and victims’ families has become the company most successful Canadian fundraiser, with more than $4.