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Former NHL player Bob Probert dies
Started by jojo983, Jul 05 2010 01:57 PM
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Posted 05 July 2010 - 02:00 PM
RIP
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Posted 05 July 2010 - 02:26 PM
RIP Bob.
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Posted 05 July 2010 - 02:27 PM
Condolences to the family. May he rest in peace.
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Posted 05 July 2010 - 05:15 PM
Too young to go. May he rest in peace.
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Posted 05 July 2010 - 05:23 PM
Rest in Peace. 
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Still a rollercoaster ride. Sigh ... Go Ducks!
Posted 05 July 2010 - 06:23 PM
Oh man, what a shocker ...
Deepest sympathies to his family and friends.
Deepest sympathies to his family and friends.
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Posted 05 July 2010 - 06:26 PM
Oh dear, may he rest in peace. Best wishes to his poor family. How depressing
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Posted 05 July 2010 - 08:03 PM
Oh man, that guy was an institution in DET and CHI, as one of the Bruise Brothers. Probably the toughest guy to ever play the game that had bona fide skills on the NHL level, and wasn't there primarily because he could fight. He scored over 60 points in a season at least once, IIRC.
May his family and friends find comfort in this difficult time, and may Bob rest in peace.
May his family and friends find comfort in this difficult time, and may Bob rest in peace.
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Posted 05 July 2010 - 08:07 PM
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"Probert’s best year was the 1987-88 season, when he scored 29 goals, accumulated 398 penalty minutes and played in the all-star game."
Quoted by James Mirtle (Globe and Mail), on Twitter.
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Posted 06 July 2010 - 10:45 AM
Shocking, but not really considering the amount of substance abuse he put his body through. Tragic loss.
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Posted 10 July 2010 - 11:33 AM
Probert played in the most violent era of the NHL and was the KING!
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RIP Bob Probert
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RIP Bob Probert
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Posted 14 July 2010 - 11:46 PM
RIP!
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Posted 14 August 2010 - 08:20 AM
Family to publish Probert's memoir
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The family of Bob Probert has decided to go ahead with a memoir the longtime NHL enforcer was working on prior to his death. Tough Guy, due to be published Oct. 26, will recount his career with the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks when he was one of the most feared players in the game, and also delve into his off-ice troubles.
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Posted 24 September 2010 - 07:56 AM
Bob Probert's Brain Donated to Science
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The family of Bob Probert donated the brain of the former NHL tough guy to a group of researchers at Boston University who have studied the link between head trauma and debilitating heath effects in football players and boxers...
... the university has received three brains of former hockey players. Citing privacy policies, Nowinski said he could only release the identity of one: former NHL player Reggie Fleming, who died in July 2009 at age 73.
Researchers in December disclosed that Fleming, who had suffered through cognitive decline and eventually dementia, died of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive degenerative brain disease caused by repetitive head trauma. Like Probert, Fleming was an enforcer during his 12 seasons in the NHL and two in the World Hockey Association...
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... the university has received three brains of former hockey players. Citing privacy policies, Nowinski said he could only release the identity of one: former NHL player Reggie Fleming, who died in July 2009 at age 73.
Researchers in December disclosed that Fleming, who had suffered through cognitive decline and eventually dementia, died of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive degenerative brain disease caused by repetitive head trauma. Like Probert, Fleming was an enforcer during his 12 seasons in the NHL and two in the World Hockey Association...
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Fantastic gift from the Probert family.
This could help make hockey safer.
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Posted 25 September 2010 - 02:03 PM
QUOTE (ladiesandgentlemen @ Sep 24 2010, 08:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Bob Probert's Brain Donated to Science
Fantastic gift from the Probert family.
This could help make hockey safer.
Fantastic gift from the Probert family.
This could help make hockey safer.
I agree.
Hopefully, they'll make any hit to the head a 5 minute penalty.
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