Two recreational hockey players die on same night, at same rink

February 24, 2009 by chuq · Comments
Filed under: Two for Elbowing: Hockey & Sports 

As if I didn’t feel sore enough already after my beer-league game last night, this sobering news from San Jose (hat tip to AOL’s NHL FanHouse) got my attention. Two adult recreational players died Sunday night in separate incidents during their games at Sharks Ice.

Brian Kobata, 38. and Kelly Calabro (memorial at team’s website), 41, both collapsed on the ice just a few hours apart and rescue attempts failed to revive them.

via KuklasKorner : On the Forecheck : Two recreational hockey players die on same night, at same rink.

Ow. Damn. My sympathies go out to the families and friends of both of them, and the folks down at Sharks Ice.

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