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Death of Flames Prospect, Renaud, is Explained

From the Canadian Press,

The family of a budding hockey star who died mysteriously last winter near Windsor, Ont., says he died of an underlying heart condition.

Mickey Renaud, captain of the Ontario Hockey League Windsor Spitfires, died in February at his home in nearby Tecumseh.

In a statement, his family says an autopsy determined that the 19-year-old player died of a condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

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That’s the same thing prospect David Carle was diagnosed with just before the draft. Really scary stuff.

Posted by Alan from Atlanta, GA, USA on 07/29/08 at 04:57 PM ET

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