Ray Emery, former Ottawa goalie, reportedly drowned

[Taro T]

51 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

Didn't he get boxing lessons from his father when he was a kid or something ?  I remember hearing about it back when he fought biron/peters.

He definitely was trained as a boxer.  Had thought that happened when he was older (like when he was an AHLer) but not positive about that.

[Sabel79]

1 hour ago, Huckleberry said:

Didn't he get boxing lessons from his father when he was a kid or something ?  I remember hearing about it back when he fought biron/peters.

 

10 minutes ago, Taro T said:

He definitely was trained as a boxer.  Had thought that happened when he was older (like when he was an AHLer) but not positive about that.

I think Huckleberry's thinking of Evander Kane, whose father was a boxer and trained him as a kid.  

Emery was just nuts, and had boxers on his mask. 

[apuszczalowski]

He had played a little bit of JR B hockey here in Welland before being drafted to the Greyhounds in the OHL. There was an article in the paper here talking to a scout from here who said he had a lot of penalty minutes and liked hockey fights, but usually that didnt last because after a few fights no one would want to fight him anymore.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

9 hours ago, apuszczalowski said:

He had played a little bit of JR B hockey here in Welland before being drafted to the Greyhounds in the OHL. There was an article in the paper here talking to a scout from here who said he had a lot of penalty minutes and liked hockey fights, but usually that didnt last because after a few fights no one would want to fight him anymore.

You're in Welland?  Cool.

I love the Niagara Region of Ontario.