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Saying Goodbye
by Alanah McGinley on 06/01/08 at 08:33 PM ET
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From the CP via TSN,
A small-town New Brunswick arena was transformed into a makeshift chapel on Sunday as thousands paid their respects to Luc Bourdon, a 21-year-old rising National Hockey League star killed in a motorcycle crash on Thursday.
Mourners filed past Bourdon’s coffin in the middle of the rink where he once played hockey as a boy and offered their condolences to Bourdon’s family.
“It’s just right now really, really quiet,” said Gilles Cormier from inside the arena during Sunday’s visitation. “Everybody is stunned.”
Kris Letang also flew in from Pittsburgh to attend, and more NHLers are expected to attend the funeral on Monday.
Update 8:48pm ET: More from Jason Botchford via the National Post:
They came by the thousands to an arena in Shippagan, a small fishing village in remote New Brunswick, and waited in line for hours to pay tribute to Luc Bourdon, the area’s fallen star.
They left wrecked with emotion.
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