NJTank Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/6914665/former-nhl-player-wade-belak-found-deadNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Wade Belak, an enforcer who had played with five NHL teams before retiring in March, was found dead Wednesday in Toronto. He was 35.Belak is the third NHL enforcer found dead since May.Toronto police spokesman Tony Vella said officers found a man dead when called at 1:40 p.m. ET Wednesday at a hotel and condo complex. Vella said "foul play is not suspected in the ongoing investigation" into Belak's death. www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsfan1 Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Belak is the third NHL enforcer found dead since May.I pray and hope that nothing happens to George Laraque. In the meantime, RIP Wade Belak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac the Knife Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Belak is the third NHL enforcer found dead since May."Star Chamber: Victim's Revenge?"/obscure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Meningocele Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 The referees don't police the game like they need to, though, that's the thing. They did in the first season back from the lockout, but then regressed to the importance of Letting Players Play and thus letting a lot of dirty stuff go uncalled. Remember, it's totally true: stick work will injury you. As long as the league feels it should take a hands-off approach to close, late games, there will be filthy play, and as long as there's filthy play, there will be goons. They had their chance to prove they were serious about purging that crap and they didn't stick to it, so excuse my skepticism.Moving this quote over from the general NHL thread to respond: Right, the referees don't police the game like they need to, and the league office isn't as tough as it needs to be. That doesn't mean they can't, and that those things can never change, though. The NHL (and most fans) just haven't reached the point where they value the integrity of the sport, or players' bodies and lives ahead of the bottom line. Fighting and dirty play can be eliminated or severely minimized, it's a lazy argument to dismiss it all as "part of the game".Belak is the third NHL enforcer found dead since May.I pray and hope that nothing happens to George Laraque anyone else. In the meantime, RIP Wade Belak.What a weird thing to say. Anyway, I fixed it for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youcan'tseeme Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 It's a real shame, and shows just because someone who appears to be the happiest guy on earth, may not always be on the inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEAD! Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Belak is the third NHL enforcer found dead since May.I pray and hope that nothing happens to George Laraque anyone else. In the meantime, RIP Wade Belak.What a weird thing to say. Anyway, I fixed it for you.?What? ... What?s with all the tough guys dying or having problems?? said retired enforcer Georges Laraque when reached by the Star. ?Am I next on the list? That?s unbelievable.?http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/article/1047590--the-sweetest-most-gentle-guy-ever-former-leaf-belak-commits-suicide?bn=1 I saw, I came, I left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Meningocele Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Belak is the third NHL enforcer found dead since May.I pray and hope that nothing happens to George Laraque anyone else. In the meantime, RIP Wade Belak.What a weird thing to say. Anyway, I fixed it for you.?What? ... What?s with all the tough guys dying or having problems?? said retired enforcer Georges Laraque when reached by the Star. ?Am I next on the list? That?s unbelievable.?http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/article/1047590--the-sweetest-most-gentle-guy-ever-former-leaf-belak-commits-suicide?bn=1There's a lot just in that one article from actual players (not just fans like us speculating), pretty much stating as fact that the role of enforcer effs guys up. So does the NHL care enough to phase them out and make the referees take the reins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tp49 Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 I wonder if there isn't a correlation between concussions and what is happening here as there is in the NFL? Maybe this is an issue that the NHL needs to look into as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsfan1 Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Belak is the third NHL enforcer found dead since May.I pray and hope that nothing happens to George Laraque anyone else. In the meantime, RIP Wade Belak.What a weird thing to say. Anyway, I fixed it for you.Of course I hope no one else has another tragic ending as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justie Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 You may not belive me but he was my 2nd cousin . RIP Wade Active TeamsWinnipeg Blue Bombers (1-2, T-1st, East Div.)Toronto Blue Jays (45-49, 5th in AL East Div. 8.5 GB of wildcard spot) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Bunky Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 R.I.P.Why are people around the internet talking about head injuries after these deaths? 2 out of the 3 were suicides, and the other one was an accidental overdose.... doesn't make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Because depression and otherwise self-destructive behavior can be a consequence of brain damage brought on by head injuries. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Bunky Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Because depression and otherwise self-destructive behavior can be a consequence of brain damage brought on by head injuries.Do you mean that the consequences of brain damage cause depression, or that the brain damage does something to make you depressed? Ex: Not being able to play to your full ability due to brain damage VS the brain damage causing some chemicals in your brain to mess up, making you depressed.I can understand the first thing, but not the second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGrant94 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Because depression and otherwise self-destructive behavior can be a consequence of brain damage brought on by head injuries.Do you mean that the consequences of brain damage cause depression, or that the brain damage does something to make you depressed? Ex: Not being able to play to your full ability due to brain damage VS the brain damage causing some chemicals in your brain to mess up, making you depressed.I can understand the first thing, but not the second.I'm not a scientist or anything, but I could see both things being true. The brain is so complex, and no one really knows the full effects of concussions. stevengrantdesign.blogspot.com - Twitter: @StevenGrant94 - Instagram: @stevengrant94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Because depression and otherwise self-destructive behavior can be a consequence of brain damage brought on by head injuries.Do you mean that the consequences of brain damage cause depression, or that the brain damage does something to make you depressed? Ex: Not being able to play to your full ability due to brain damage VS the brain damage causing some chemicals in your brain to mess up, making you depressed.I can understand the first thing, but not the second.I don't see why brain damage can't cause a chemical imbalance that leads to depression.Let's go Emile Durkheim for a second. Wade Belak as an NHL player, especially by the end, played the role of the gregarious lunkhead whose value lies more in locker room morale and the occassional fight than in any quantifiable production. In an evolving league where even the loathsome Predators can't waste a roster spot on someone without quantifiable production, there was no place for him by the end of the season and he couldn't even finish out the year in the league, having to mutter his retirement in March rather than accept an assignment to Milwaukee. So he really didn't finish an illustrious career in any illustrious manner; he just hung around until he limped to the finish line. Now, even though he wasn't dressing for games on a regular basis or playing more than ten minutes a night when he did, the NHL and everything around it was still his life for fifteen years, and then suddenly it wasn't. And yeah, everyone is talking about how he had jobs lined up and a family and all that, but that still can't be a replacement for losing a lifestyle you've had for your entire professional life and perhaps one that you didn't quite deserve to have. So I can see where someone would feel dangerously untethered by retirement. Of course, dozens of players retire or wash out of the NHL every year and don't kill themselves, so there are obviously larger factors at work as well, but I can see how one could consider it an egoistic suicide in some sense. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Bunky Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Because depression and otherwise self-destructive behavior can be a consequence of brain damage brought on by head injuries.Do you mean that the consequences of brain damage cause depression, or that the brain damage does something to make you depressed? Ex: Not being able to play to your full ability due to brain damage VS the brain damage causing some chemicals in your brain to mess up, making you depressed.I can understand the first thing, but not the second.I'm not a scientist or anything, but I could see both things being true. The brain is so complex, and no one really knows the full effects of concussions.As you said, nobody know the full effects of a concussion, so it could be true... but we don't know if it is or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Noted CBC dimbulb P.J. Stock is now saying Belak's death was "accidental by strangulation," which, if true, certainly changes things, and not necessarily in a positive fashion. After all, there are only two other cases of accidental death via strangulation I can think of. On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Michael Hutchence, and who's the other one? ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted September 3, 2011 Author Share Posted September 3, 2011 David Cannadine? www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Oh yeah! You're right, he did!If he really wanted to get off on choking he could've just signed a contract with the Sharks BA DUM PISH YOU JUST GOT DEADSPUN ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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