RIP Rick Rypien

**mmmcammy** · August 17th, 2011, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by santiclaws

Has there been any report of the cause of death?

nothing official. a lot of people are saying that he hung himself, but like I said, there's nothing official yet.

this is just a really sad situation. I wish he had been able to get the help he needed.

**lunchbox** · August 18th, 2011, 01:32 AM

Originally Posted by Drunken Crunker

Condolences to Rypper's friends and family. Very sad news.

When Rypien was playing for the Regina Pats, his girlfriend was killed on her way to come watch him play. I think he carried a great deal of gulit over that tragedy and - from all reports - had a hard time recouping from that loss.

R.I.P. Rick. Pound for pound one of the best fighters I have ever seen don a Canucks uniform.

so sad. i was already sad about the news when i heard it. you never want to hear of a single player passing, but now there's been more. :( this story just makes it worse. r.i.p., indeed.

**Drunken Crunker** · August 18th, 2011, 09:10 AM

One of my fav Rypien stories

Kyle Lamb spent parts of two seasons with the Pats, rooming with Rypien on the road in his second year, and puts the Coleman, Alta., native up there with some of the best teammates he's ever played alongside.

“Everyone in the league saw him as this stone-faced killer, but on the inside he was just the nicest guy who cared about you on and off the ice,” said Lamb, recalling one particular life lesson he'll never soon forget.

“My dad had bought me a Pathfinder to drive out there, it was a standard, and Rick owned a big green truck that was also stick, so he told me he'd teach me to drive it. We were stopped on this hill waiting for the light and without me knowing he slid it into neutral and when I set to take off we rolled down the hill, almost smashing into a car behind us. He was laughing his head off and said, 'always look at the stick to make sure you're in gear before taking your foot off the brake.' It's something I still do to this day.”

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