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  Ontario Hockey League, 38, 258

  Opana, 265

  Orr, Bobby, 58

  Orr, Colton, 180, 248, 250–251, 252

  Osgood-Schlatter disease, 32

  Ottawa, Ontario, 24, 203, 223, 271, 304, 326

  Ottawa Senators, 151–152, 212, 257, 258, 261, 279

  Ottawa Victorias, 50

  oxycodone, 182, 206, 207, 220, 265, 286, 314, 317

  OxyContin (oxycodone), 182, 207, 212, 214, 239, 240, 241, 292, 296, 316

  oxymorphone, 265, 286

  Panerai watches, 269

  Pankewich, Don, 65

  Parker, Brent, 44–45, 47

  Parker, Jonathan, 71

  Parker, Scott, 172

  Parros, George, 8–9, 173, 180, 216, 222, 224

  Pennsylvania, 223

  Percocet, 207, 212, 214, 292, 296, 300, 314, 315

  Perry, Corey, 5, 173, 174

  Peters, Andrew, 133

  Peterson, Dan, 189, 206, 245, 255, 263, 274

  Philadelphia, Pa., 277, 280

  Philadelphia Flyers, 53, 57, 138, 145, 156, 180, 252–253

  “Broad Street Bullies” of, 58, 145, 173

  Philbin, Regis, 232

  Phoenix Coyotes, 111, 152, 169

  Pittsburgh Penguins, 175, 183, 240

  Portland, Oreg., 71, 80, 89, 98, 105, 114, 164

  Portland Winter Hawks, 88–90

  post-concussion syndrome, 141, 261, 263, 264, 273, 284, 292, 294, 318–319

  symptoms of, 261, 263, 264, 265–266

  Primeau, Keith, 145, 319

  Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, 42, 43, 44, 102

  Prince George, British Columbia, 70–71, 72, 78, 79, 89, 91, 92, 94, 116, 118, 125, 232

  Prince George Cougars, 70–71, 72–74, 75–78, 79–82, 83, 85–90, 91, 93–94, 95–96, 97, 187, 224, 269, 281

  Derek’s fights for, 73, 74, 76–77, 76, 80–82, 86–87, 88, 95, 97, 100, 113, 170, 250

  Derek’s rare offensive output with, 87, 88–89

  grueling roadtrips of, 71, 72, 89, 95

  in 2001 playoff series vs. Winter Hawks, 88–90

  Prince George Secondary School, 78

  Princeton University, 224

  Probert, Bob, 32, 61, 88, 134, 151, 155, 276, 277, 320

  Probert, Dani, 276

  Pronger, Chris, 8–9, 319

  Prust, Brandon, 222, 248

  puck bunnies, 79, 98, 120, 162

  Pump Roadhouse (Regina bar), 163

  Quality Meats, 285

  Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, 38

  Quest Diagnostics, 265

  Quinn, Emmett, 50–51

  Raleigh, N.C., 111, 273

  Ramsey, Mike, 133

  Ray, Rob, 32, 62

  Red Deer, Alberta, 68, 95

  Reed, Willis, 200

  referees, violence against, 56, 57, 103–104

  Regina, Saskatchewan, 14, 15, 18, 20, 23, 27, 39, 43, 44, 47, 61, 65–66, 68, 82, 85, 92, 95, 100, 105, 118, 150, 156, 175, 177, 203, 212, 223, 230, 232, 281, 300, 304, 317–318, 326

  Derek’s condominium in, 164, 165, 204

  Derek’s funeral in, 306–314

  Derek’s off-seasons in, 83, 90–91, 113, 129, 159, 163, 166, 175, 176, 204

  Lonsdale Boxing Club in, 176–179

  Regina Capitals (Junior B team), 65, 66

  Regina Pat Canadians, 61, 64–65, 66, 177

  Regina Pats, 44, 56, 59–61, 63, 65, 66–69, 71, 72, 76, 80, 86, 101, 177, 185, 212, 224, 278, 307, 321

  Derek scouted and claimed by, 45, 46–48, 175

  Derek’s training camps with, 53–55, 59, 66–67, 138

  Renney, Tom, 231

  Restoril, 262

  Richard, Maurice “Rocket,” 57

  “Richard Riot,” 57

  Richards, Todd, 215

  Richter, Mike, 145, 237

  Rickard, Tex, 56

  Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees, 318

  Ripplinger, Todd, 44, 47–48, 65, 175, 307

  Risebrough, Doug, 9, 115, 116, 117, 118, 128, 131, 132, 139, 147, 183, 202, 206, 211, 223, 231–232, 308, 311–312

  Derek’s prescription drug abuse and, 214, 242–243, 247

  NHL playing career of, 116–117

  Riverhurst, Saskatchewan, 15

  Rochester (AHL team), 123

  Rock Rest Lodge, 308

  Rocky (film), 122

  Roosevelt, Theodore, 51

  Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), 16, 17, 18, 23–27, 29, 30, 32–33, 34–35, 65, 90, 96, 203, 223, 303

  as community outsiders, 25–26, 28–29

  Depot Division of, 14, 17, 25, 54, 91, 212, 306–307

  Len’s homicide investigations with, 23–24

  uniforms of, 24–25

  Russell, Erin, 167–168, 192, 202–204, 206, 208, 211, 217, 218, 223, 232, 239, 243, 244, 256–257, 263, 266, 269, 295, 297

  at Derek’s funeral, 309–310

  Derek’s prescription drug abuse and, 209–210, 211, 212, 257, 292–293

  family and friends as distrustful of, 203–204, 205, 209, 217, 225, 239–240, 256, 257, 309–310

  Russia, 183, 194

  Russo, Michael, 139, 284

  Ruutu, Jarkko, 183

  Rypien, Rick, 320–321, 322

  Rypien, Wes, 320

  Saddledome, 97, 104, 105, 170

  St. Catharines, Ontario, 223

  St. George, Matthew, 316

  St. Lawrence College, 17

  St. Louis Blues, 38, 57, 171–172, 226

  Saint Paul, Minn., 1, 93, 94, 133, 150, 159, 170, 192, 195, 206, 208, 231, 245, 268

  Salcer, Ron, 192, 211, 217, 223, 238, 246, 249, 266, 267–270, 275, 293, 297, 298, 299–300

  Derek’s prescription drug abuse and, 212, 214, 238, 242, 243, 268–269, 271, 272, 291

  San Antonio, Tex., 125

  San Jose, Calif., 159

  San Jose Sharks, 138–139, 189, 201, 252

  Saskatchewan, 2, 10, 15, 20–21, 24, 26, 27, 44, 56, 58, 65, 76, 96, 100, 119, 159, 165, 177, 204, 221, 223, 226, 254, 304

  extreme temperatures in, 21

  geography of, 20–21, 23

  hockey culture in, 21, 22, 27

  population of, 20, 27

  size of, 20

  Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, 36, 43, 119

  Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 20, 34, 39, 40, 41, 100, 187, 213, 321

  Saskatoon Blades, 106, 119, 187

  Saskatoon City Hospital, 18, 24

  Sather, Glen, 117, 231, 233, 243, 249, 287

  Schoenfeld, Jim, 288–289

  Schultz, Dave “The Hammer,” 21, 58

  Schultz, Nick, 175

  Schwarz, Alan, 276, 277

  Scotiabank Place, 259

  Scott, John, 202, 216, 217, 222, 223–226

  Scott, Mark, 108, 109

  scouts, 6–7, 43, 44–45, 46–48, 65, 75, 91–92, 94, 175, 307

  Selanne, Teemu, 5

  Semenko, Dave, 61

  September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 94

  Sgroi, Mike, 124, 128

  Shack, Eddie, 57

  Shaw, Brian, 213, 219, 220, 221, 243, 265, 271, 323

  Shaw, Matt, 118, 131, 198–199

  Shellbrook, Saskatchewan, 67

  Shelley, Jody, 152, 182, 201, 252–253

  Shockey, Parry, 59, 60, 61

  Shore, Eddie, 21, 56–57

  Simon, Chris, 180, 182–183, 225

  Simple Saline, 264

  Singer, David, 63

  skateboarding, 33, 39, 78

  Slap Shot (film), 55, 111

  Sloan, Tyler, 253

  Smith, Jeff, 95

  Sneaky Pete’s, 190–192, 208, 239, 241, 243, 263, 264, 268, 273, 274, 296, 298, 300, 301, 316

  soccer, 52, 141

  Society for International Hockey Research, 49

  Sommerfeld, Mat, 67–68, 81, 83, 87, 250, 254

  Southan, Jim, 4

  South Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, 66

  Spiller, Matthew, 152

  Sports Legacy
Institute, 319

  Stanley Cup, 57, 58, 61, 116, 230, 231, 286

  of 1927, 56

  of 1955, 57

  of 1994, 237, 287

  Staubitz, Brad, 230

  Stempfle, Ryan, 106

  Stern, Robert, 319, 324–325, 326

  Stevens, Scott, 145, 319

  Stewart, Dave, 110

  Stoll, Jarrett, 39

  Sugar Land, Tex., 118

  Sugden, Brandon, 123–124

  suicide, 320–322

  Sullivan, Doris, 100–101, 102, 104

  Sullivan, Kelly, 100–101, 104

  Super Bowl III, 286

  Supperclub, 298

  Swanson, Jim, 72, 75

  Swift Current, Saskatchewan, 82

  Swift Current (junior team), 27, 67, 81, 87, 103

  Syracuse, N.Y., 125

  Syracuse Crunch, 123

  Tampa, Fla., 279

  Tampa Bay Lightning, 111, 189, 212, 229, 231, 255, 279

  Target Field, 190

  team dentists, 243, 252, 255, 256

  team doctors, 126, 128, 186, 189–190, 218, 220, 252, 256, 263, 323

  drugs freely prescribed and administered by, 169, 173, 182, 184, 189, 200, 201, 206–207, 209–210, 211, 220, 221, 243, 245, 252, 255, 256, 257, 262, 263, 265, 267, 271, 274, 282, 283, 284, 285, 291, 315, 323

  Toradol administered by, 200–201, 226, 255

  Terhaar, Dan, 5

  Thompson, Dallas, 79–80, 85, 89

  Thompson, Tommy, 92–93

  Thornton, Shawn, 5, 133, 172, 251–252

  Throop, Arthur, 50

  Ting, Arthur, 189

  Tkachuk, Keith, 258

  Tobin, Caren, 83–84, 91, 92–93, 101

  Tobin, Mike, 83–84, 85–86, 91, 92, 93, 94, 101, 116, 120, 205

  Tome Reid’s Hockey City Pub, 206

  Top Team (gym), 192, 194, 208

  Toradol, 200–201, 226, 255

  Toronto, Ontario, 16, 26

  Toronto Maple Leafs, 18, 36, 37, 38, 56–57, 123, 247–248, 249, 250, 251

  Torrance team, 49

  Tortorella, John, 231, 247, 249, 260, 261, 273, 284

  Toyota Center, 122, 130, 131

  training camps, 2, 47, 93, 94–95, 97, 99, 108, 132–134, 163, 211, 224, 241, 246, 247, 267, 268

  in junior leagues, 53–55, 59, 66–67, 103, 138

  in minor-league hockey, 118

  tramadol, 220, 255, 315

  Trans-Canada Highway, 27, 59, 100

  trazodone, 220, 256, 262

  Tri-City Americans, 82, 86–87, 129

  Trinity (bulldog), 121, 159, 161, 302

  Twist, Tony, 151

  Twitter, 168

  Tylenol, 182

  Ustnul, Libor, 127

  Utah, 125

  Utah Grizzlies, 124, 130

  Vail, Jody, see Boogaard, Jody Vail

  Valium, 292

  Vancouver, British Columbia, 26, 71

  Vancouver, Wash., 114

  Vancouver Canucks, 58, 145, 147, 148, 287, 321

  Vandermeer, Jim, 152

  Vicodin, 182, 207, 214, 285, 291, 315

  see also hydrocodone

  Victoria Cougars, 70

  Victoria Skating Rink, 49

  Vioxx, 127

  Voros, Aaron, 237

  Vrouwe, Anna, 15–16

  Vrouwe, Theodorus “Ted,” 15

  Walgreens, 206, 263, 274, 283

  Washington Capitals, 230, 253, 294

  Webster, Mike, 142

  Weissman, Ronald, 256, 265, 267, 271, 274, 283, 284, 315

  Weller, Craig, 201

  Wells Fargo, 262

  Western Hockey League (WHL), 38–39, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 63, 65, 66, 68, 70, 72, 73, 74, 79, 80, 87, 88, 89–90, 92, 95, 100, 104, 106, 108, 110, 119, 120, 129, 169–170, 171, 187, 231, 250, 254, 308, 320

  drafting of players for, 38, 39–40, 71–72, 90, 96, 104

  ECHL vs., 111, 112

  education program of, 77

  scouting of players by, 43, 44–45, 46–48

  2001 Cougers vs. Winter Hawks playoff series in, 88–90

  see also junior hockey; specific WHL teams

  Westgarth, Kevin, 224

  Whitten, Damon, 109

  Wichita Thunder, 318

  WildEnforcers.com, 123

  Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, 208, 211

  Williams, Dave “Tiger,” 21

  Williamson, Mike, 89

  Wilson, Devin, 88, 280–282, 285, 295–296

  Winchester, Jesse, 257

  Winnipeg, Manitoba, 21, 71

  Winnipeg Jets, 321

  Wolski, Darryl, 247

  World Wrestling Entertainment, 318

  wrestling, 62, 318, 319

  Wright, Tobin, 167, 192, 211–212, 217, 238, 266, 307, 308, 309, 312

  Xanax, 256, 262, 271, 274, 292, 296

  Xcel Energy Center, 93, 133, 159, 167, 181, 194, 206, 228, 229, 244, 308, 317, 321

  pregame tribute to Derek at, 324

  2007 Wild vs. Ducks playoff series at, 1–2, 3–6, 7, 172–175

  Yarema, Brendan, 127

  York Regional Police, 26

  youth summer camps, 175–176

  Zeidel, Larry, 57

  zolpidem, see Ambien

  Zubov, Sergei, 237

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  Boy on ice : the life and death of Derek Boogaard / John Branch.

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  ISBN 978-0-393-23939-3 (hardcover)

  1. Boogaard, Derek, 1982–2011.

  2. Hockey players—Canada—Biography.

  3. Violence in sports. I. Title.

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