Former NHL Enforcer Probert Pronounced Dead

[LeafsFan4Life]

The OPP have confirmed that former NHL enforcer Bob Probert has died after being rushed to hospital with vital signs absent after collapsing on a boat on Lake St. Clair in Windsor, Ontario on Monday.

Windsor radio station AM 800 CKLW first reported that emergency crews performed CPR on the former Red Wings and Blackhawks' forward and then transported him to Windsor Regional Hospital where efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.

The Probert family has called a news conference at 6pm local time at Windsor Regional Hospital to issue a statement.

One of the most feared fighters in the history of the NHL, the Windsor native scored 163 goals and added 221 assists and whoppinig 3,300 penalty minutes in 935 career NHL games.

While Probert's bouts with the likes of Tie Domi and Marty McSorley were legendary, he was also an incredibly skilled player who played in the 1988 NHL All-Star game. A star on the ice, Probert battled his demons off the ice, including well documented problems with the law as well as alcohol and substance abuse. He also spent time in an NHL-supervised substance abuse treatment center.

Probert was 45 years old.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=326672

Very sad news but really not to surprising at all. RIP.

 

[RipCity32]

Former Wing.
RIP

 

[snipezo]

Wow that sucks to hear
R.I.P

 

[RipCity32]

Wow this happened in Lake St. Clair.
That's very very close.

 

[playmaker7]

RIP =(

 

[Mooche]

Damn. Terrible news. My thoughts and prayers are with his family. R.I.P Probert

 

[sheed]

Wow this happened in Lake St. Clair.
That's very very close.

Yeah I was like wtf? I didn't know he still lived around here. RIP though, very sad.

 

[Gtown81]

ahhh noooo, this really sucks, I love Bob Probert

R.I.P.

 

[The Guid]

Very sad indeed

RIP

 

[Nucker]

R.I.P

 

[Oiler35]

R.I.P.

 

[footballplaya52]

how was this not too surprising?

domi vs probert was legendary

RIP

 

[LeafsFan4Life]

how was this not too surprising?

Because he used to do a lot of drugs and was an alcoholic....

 

[footballplaya52]

but 45?