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God rest his soul. :(
Very sad news.
http://www.startribune.com/sports/wild/121813554.html
Boogaard, who signed a four-year, $6.5 million contract with the Rangers last July after five seasons with the Wild, was limited to 22 games in New York because of a serious concussion. In March, he talked about how he never had experienced anything like it. He barely could leave his West Side apartment for weeks and had to wear sunglasses outdoors because he was bothered by sunlight.
He took solace in walks around Central Park.
In a text message to the Star Tribune last month, Boogaard said: “I did not want to have the year I had for my first year. I disappointed a lot of people. So I gotta work my (butt) off this summer so I can get back to what I was doing in Minny, you know?”
http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/Boogaard+found+dead+Minneapolis+home/4783628/story.html
Boogaard, from Regina, had spent the past week in Los Angeles with his brother, Aaron, a minor-league hockey player, who played two seasons for the Calgary Hitmen from 2002 to 2004. In a text message to the Star Tribune on Thursday, Boogaard said he had just met with a public relations firm and planned to start a Twitter account.
He was ecstatic to be returning to Minnesota, where he was going to be joined by his other brother, Ryan, a Royal Canadian Mountie in Saskatchewan.
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http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/slapshot/rangers_boogaard_working_with_doctor_7demqBno5Wz7ac7wJq9QtO
February 3, 2011 By LARRY BROOKS
Derek Boogaard is the forgotten man. Out of sight and out of mind. Beyond that, the concussed Rangers’ winger is out of New York as well. For the time being, that is.
The Post has learned that Boogaard, who has been sidelined since taking a Matt Carkner punch to the face during a fight in Ottawa on Dec. 9, is in Minneapolis, working with a doctor of osteopathic medicine with whom he has a previous relationship from his tenure with the Wild.
There is no timetable for Boogaard’s return, but sources have said the 28-year-old winger is making progress toward a recovery from the symptoms that had plagued him following the fight and leading up to the All Star break.
Posted: 1:39 AM, April 12, 2011
Derek Boogaard, who has not played since sustaining a concussion on Dec. 9, has been sent home by the Rangers, The Post has learned.
Boogaard had started to skate on his own and participated in several optional morning skates at the practice rink during the middle of March even though a return this year had been ruled out. General manager Glen Sather declined to elaborate on the out-of-the-ordinary decision to send the player home.