If there was one name I really remember from my childhood, honestly, it was Philadelphia Flyer Peter Zezel. I’m not going to quote all the things he had done as a Flyer or as a hockey player, as you can read most of them at the wikipedia article. He was drafted by the Flyers when he was only 19…

I also remember he had a small role in the movie Youngblood. If you have no idea what movie I am talking about, then you aren’t into hockey. At all.

Mr Zezel suffered from hemolytic anemia, a rare blood disorder in which red blood cells are destroyed faster than the body can replace them. He slipped into a coma earlier this week and was removed from life support today. He then passed away. He was only 44…