# Bus Crash Of Junior Hockey Players in Saskatchewan - Fatalities Confirmed \[in 2018\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 7, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965 "2018-04-07T05:41:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/81 "2018-04-09T02:17:36Z")
Closing shot of the bouquets around the centre ice circle with the Broncos logo. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/82 "2018-04-09T02:18:54Z")
Final blessing from the Roman Catholic Bishop of Saskatoon. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/83 "2018-04-09T02:21:08Z")
Father Carboni: “The service now is ended. Go now in peace.” ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/84 "2018-04-09T02:22:27Z")
Little boy in Broncos jersey and cap in the crowd in tears. Camera moved away from him right away. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/85 "2018-04-09T02:26:01Z")
Forgot to mention: Father Carboni: “It is now 7.32. The game was supposed to start at 7.30. Please join me for a moment of silence.” That was a kick in the gut. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/86 "2018-04-09T03:10:04Z")
Ian Hanamansingh of the CBC interviewed Sheldon Kennedy, former NHLer. Kennedy, Joe Sakic, and other survivors of the 1986 Swift Current Broncos bus crash were at Royal University Hospital today, meeting with some of the players. Kennedy said they talked with them how they felt about their crash, and how 32 years later, it still affects their life. Survivor’s guilt was mentioned. Don Cherry and Ron Maclean also were at the hospital today. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/87 "2018-04-09T03:21:03Z")
> [@Patx2](#): > > Besides the 14 or 15 that I read we’re in critical condition, has there been any report on the extent of any other injuries? It’s fourteen injured, three in critical condition, but the Broncos and the hospital are not releasing any details, to respect the privacy of the patients. Some of the family members have released some information. One family confirmed that their son will likely never walk again. He’s already starting to ask about sledge hockey, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see him in the Para-Olympics someday. Another family has said that their son is in a coma, with multiple internal injuries. The boy from Lethbridge is being kept alive on life support pending organ donation. A chaplain at the Royal University Hospital spoke in general terms that some of the players faced “life-changing injuries.” That fits with the ER doc who said that some of them had worse injuries than what he saw in Syria. And one dad, one of the first on the scene, said he saw horrific injuries and couldn’t believe his son was able to walk away from the accident, relatively unharmed. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/88 "2018-04-09T03:42:34Z")
Mrs Piper said it’s gradually come out that there was a female physio therapist / trainer on the bus who’s in critical condition. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/89 "2018-04-09T12:47:53Z")
Link to the article about the dad who was first on the scene: [Father horror-struck by ‘devastating sight’ after son survives crash and calls for help](http://nationalpost.com/news/saskatchewan/hes-actually-a-miracle-father-of-broncos-player-fought-to-help-his-sons-teammates/wcm/8915272f-a8ca-4831-8c89-7d2c0ddbbe67) > [@](#): > > It was about 5 p.m. Friday when Myles Shumlanski got a “hysterical” call from his son. > > “The bus was in an accident,” his son, Humboldt Broncos player Nick Shumlanski, screamed into the phone. > > Myles jumped into his vehicle and rushed to the crash site, about a quarter mile from his home on a Tisdale-area acreage. He and his wife Vivian were the first, and to his knowledge only, family members on the scene of the tragedy that struck his son’s hockey team that day. > [@](#): > > “People were getting blankets. You were taking your jackets. You were doing anything to cover these boys,” he said. “They were in snow and ice and it was very cold yesterday. They were in very bad shape.” > > He said the helpers had to crawl under parts of the bus on their stomachs to reach some of the victims. As they did, he saw things that deeply disturbed him. > > “It was so sad.” ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/90 "2018-04-09T14:54:04Z")
A new development: two of the players were misidentified. One was dead, one was alive in hospital. One family was told their son had died, another that their son was alive. Now that’s flipped. So much grief. The misidentification likely speaks to the severity of the injuries to both the dead and the living. > **[After Humboldt bus crash victim and survivor misidentified, Parker Tobin and...](https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/humboldt-broncos-bus-crash-victim-survivor-incorrectly-identified-as-each-other-says-rcmp)** > > How it happened remains unclear. In the fog of overwhelming grief, even the unfathomable becomes possible, it seems. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/91 "2018-04-09T15:46:27Z")
A terrible, terrible day for Canada, and for everyone who loves it - thank you for keeping us updated. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/92 "2018-04-09T17:32:09Z")
I could not watch the vigil. Hell, I couldn’t watch the news reports of it. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/93 "2018-04-10T00:19:32Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > I have heard that one “surviving” player was being evaluated for organ donation, and another appears to be paralyzed from the waist down, although it’s unknown if this will be permanent. ☹ Shit 😞. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/94 "2018-04-10T00:23:08Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > It’s fourteen injured, three in critical condition, but the Broncos and the hospital are not releasing any details, to respect the privacy of the patients. > > Some of the family members have released some information. One family confirmed that their son will likely never walk again. He’s already starting to ask about sledge hockey, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see him in the Para-Olympics someday. > > Another family has said that their son is in a coma, with multiple internal injuries. > > The boy from Lethbridge is being kept alive on life support pending organ donation. > > A chaplain at the Royal University Hospital spoke in general terms that some of the players faced “life-changing injuries.” That fits with the ER doc who said that some of them had worse injuries than what he saw in Syria. And one dad, one of the first on the scene, said he saw horrific injuries and couldn’t believe his son was able to walk away from the accident, relatively unharmed. I’m sorry I asked and I don’t mean that sarcastically. Lives lost, lives forever changed. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/95 "2018-04-10T01:48:44Z")
And a new bit of news. One of the first people to call 911 was following one of the vehicles. When the crash happened, her car was hit by debris but she managed to steer it to safety. Then she called 911. Then she started to feel labour pains - she’s 28 weeks pregnant. The EMTs wanted to put her in an ambulance and get her to hospital, but she refused, because the boys were more badly injured and took priority. Eventually she was taken to hospital and is doing okay - has been released. > **[Humboldt Broncos bus crash: Pregnant witness calls 911, experiences labour pains](https://thestarphoenix.com/business/pregnant-crash-witness-refuses-ambulance-despite-labour-pains)** > > A Saskatchewan woman who was experiencing labour pains after arriving first at the scene of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash is being lauded after refusing to… ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/96 "2018-04-10T02:07:59Z")
Different communities across the province are remembering the boys and sending messages of support to Humboldt. In the little town of Montmartre, which lost the youngest Bronco, Adam Herold, just 16, they held a memorial at the rink last night. A candlelight vigil, then they lit a series of gasoline soaked burlap bags on the blue line while a single piper played Amazing Grace. Video is embedded in this article: > **['We just wanted to help:' Humboldt Broncos inspire endless shows of support](https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewan/we-just-wanted-to-help-humboldt-broncos-inspire-endless-shows-of-support)** > > The Humboldt Broncos tragic bus crash that left 15 dead and many wounded has inspired thousands to support and honour those affected. ( I assume the fire marshal stayed away. 😉 ) At Niagara Falls, both the US and Canadian Falls were illuminated last night on gold and green. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/97 "2018-04-10T02:13:01Z")
The Queen and the Pope have both sent condolences. > **[A message from The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh following the recent bus...](https://www.royal.uk/message-queen-and-duke-edinburgh-following-recent-bus-crash-canada-0)** > > “Prince Philip and I were saddened to hear word of the crash involving the Humboldt Broncos hockey team. Our thoughts and prayers are with those who have lost so much, with their families and with all Canadians who grieve with them at this difficult... > **[Prayers and tears for victims of Humboldt Broncos tragedy](https://www.catholicregister.org/item/27143-prayers-and-tears-for-victims-of-humboldt-broncos-tragedy)** > > Prayers and tears for victims of Humboldt Broncos tragedy ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/98 "2018-04-10T02:20:41Z")
Hockey Dad Rod Stewart pays tribute to the Broncos during his Calgary show. His son used to play for the Spokane Chiefs in the WHL. > [@Rod Stewart](#): > > And my son, who plays hockey … plays in this area, and has done all those journeys. It just brought it all home to me how quick life can end. > **[Hockey dad Rod Stewart pays tribute to Humboldt Broncos during Calgary show ...](https://www.google.ca/amp/s/globalnews.ca/news/4131731/humboldt-broncos-rod-stewart-tribute/amp/)** > > A massive photo of the Humboldt Broncos was displayed during a Rod Stewart concert in Calgary Sunday evening, as the music legend dedicated a song to those killed and injured in the tragic crash. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/99 "2018-04-10T03:56:36Z")
The GoFundMe campaign is now at $6.3 million, the fifth largest campaign in the world, primarily funded by Canadians. > **[GoFundMe campaign for Humboldt Broncos now among top five in the world](https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/gofundme-campaign-for-humboldt-broncos-now-among-top-five-in-the-world)** > > By Wednesday, the fund had reached $8.6 million for the Humboldt Broncos. Thousands of people from around the world have contributed. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965/100 "2018-04-10T03:59:19Z")
The GoFundMe campaign for the Broncos players is now over $6.3 million, the fifth largest campaign in the world. Apparently primarily funded by Canadians, but donations coming in from all over. > **[GoFundMe campaign for Humboldt Broncos now among top five in the world](https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/gofundme-campaign-for-humboldt-broncos-now-among-top-five-in-the-world)** > > By Wednesday, the fund had reached $8.6 million for the Humboldt Broncos. Thousands of people from around the world have contributed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bus-crash-of-junior-hockey-players-in-saskatchewan-fatalities-confirmed-in-2018/811965.md?page=6)