[downie_24]

This hasn't come out on the news yet, but Luc Bourdon of the Vancouver Canucks and former gold medalist with the World Juniors died tragically this morning from a head on collision with a transport truck while riding his motorcycle in New Brunswick. I have a few buddies who know him and his family really well so I heard about this appx an hour ago.

There's a link on Wikipedia confirming this.

Very sad...

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[Lizard King]

I just read it on TSN so its a sure thing, very sad for sure only 21.

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[The Horrible Esthete]

Tragic.

Y'know, I love motorcycles. They're a blast, and they truly do give you a sense of complete freedom that is hard to match as you glide through the countyside on a warm summer evening. I could easily afford one, and they get incredible gas mileage.

But I don't believe I'll ever buy one.

Deathtraps. Plain & simple.

[cochise]

Tragic.

Y'know, I love motorcycles. They're a blast, and they truly do give you a sense of complete freedom that is hard to match as you glide through the countyside on a warm summer evening. I could easily afford one, and they get incredible gas mileage.

But I don't believe I'll ever buy one.

Deathtraps. Plain & simple.

Death Trap might be a little harsh, but yes it can be dangerous for certain. I use to ride and never even had one close call, but I don't think I will ever get on one again...........a little older, a couple of kids, guess I am just a little more cautious

You can be the best bike rider possible, but that doesn't help protect you from that one driver on the road that isn't paying attention.

21 years old, getting ready for the prime of his life, living his dream.........its just a shame, I really feel for the family

[opiated]

Terrible news. So sad

[skippy the wonder dog]

CBC has run a really classy obit on him, much better than the tasteless crap coming from Canadian Press.

[The Darkest Canuck]

, his poor family (and of course friends).

[teemudog]

Tragic.

Y'know, I love motorcycles. They're a blast, and they truly do give you a sense of complete freedom that is hard to match as you glide through the countyside on a warm summer evening. I could easily afford one, and they get incredible gas mileage.

But I don't believe I'll ever buy one.

Deathtraps. Plain & simple.

Tony Twist used to have a "Charity Motorcycle Ride" every July for the NHL players. We went 2x and it was cool. But...many guys had it in their contracts, no motorcycles...
thus the rides stopped, that and when Twist retired the interest started to die out.

[grimes]

CBC has run a really classy obit on him, much better than the tasteless crap coming from Canadian Press.

TSN's resident Maritime columnist Alex Walling also did a nice piece:
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[ryan93]

He only had his bike license for something like 2 weeks, very sad, Luc was way to young to go. He had a very promising career head of him.
There have been quite a few tragic incidents involving NHLers in recent years...Steve Chaisson, Dan Synder, Roman Lyashenko, etc.

[Daryl24]

i was one year off of playing against him when he played for shippagan back in the day