Steve Montador dead at age 35

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Steve Montador dead at age 35

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http://www.mississauga.com/news-story/5 ... auga-home/

Very sad, so young. RIP.

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Steve Montador's death believed to be a suicide. He suffered from concussions and depression. Difficult financial situation too I'd heard.
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RIP Montador
Montador told CSNChicago.com in 2013 of the anxiety and depression that accompanies a concussion, saying he received a lot of help to work through his issues and believed he had take the appropriate steps in his recovery.

In March 2013, Montador reported feeling better and said: "Just every day is a brand new day and there's a lot of enjoyment. … I'm just filled with a lot of gratitude."
All the more reason for pro sports to put more money into concussion/depression research/help etc.
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Terrible news. I'll be keen to hear some of the facts come out on this. If it is related to concussions and mental health, it's time we added more urgency to the effort to better support people who suffer from concussions.
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Very sad indeed . Hard nosed and honest player who had a decent career despite his limited skill. I would be curious to hear if his depression reared it's ugly head as a young person or is it all a result of taking some nasty shots in the melon over the years.
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Interesting that they had a moment of silence last night before the game for him.

Also Mirtle has back tracked from his suicide comments. He deleted the tweets and apologized.

http://awfulannouncing.com/2015/nhl-rep ... eport.html

Awful announcing is a really good follow on twitter as well.
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Re: Steve Montador dead at age 35

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If it turns out not to be a suicide the guy should be shot! Horrible to be tweeting that out.
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Hockey Widow wrote:If it turns out not to be a suicide the guy should be shot!
Or honourably commit seppuku.
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