Another "former" enforcer found dead.

[Jigs]

RIP Wade. Sad that depression has the stygma that it has. From what I have heard and seen, athletes will have a higher occurance of this than the general population. It has something to do with being the best at what they do (he may have not been the best hockey player...but how many of us were in the NHL) and then wake up and it is all gone.

 

I feel for his children and his wife.

 

Could very well be. This is a quote from Ken Dryden's book about it. Sad story and a rough summer for hockey.

 

"If it is true that a sports career prolongs adolescence, it is also true that when that career ends, it deposits a player into premature middle age....His illusions about himself, fuelled by a public life, sent soaring then crashing, have disappeared just as those of his contemporaries have come to full bloom."

[K_F]

Rest easy Wade, You've earned it...

 

 

Stickin up for Kabby, gotta luv 'em

 

that video gives me chills

 

he sat out over 10 games prior to that fight, he later revealed that he returned for that game with a separated shoulder

 

he was a gamer

[SirWhite]

what a shocker

 

havent watched hockey in a long time but when i did one of the reasons was Belak on the Leafs

 

sad

 

RIP Wade Belak

[BassMan11]

Wade was a great one. I was at the last game he scored a goal as a leaf. The crowd went crazy. The whole crowd chanting his name. Last game I was at in Toronto. Rip wade. Thanks for the memories.

Edited September 2, 2011 by BassMan11

[lovetofish]

Been a Leaf fan and Dean Blundell show for a long time! RIP Wake, way too young and way too good of a guy!!!

 

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