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Iced Tea
11-22-05, 6:48 PM
Sportsnet.ca (http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/article.jsp?content=20051122_171609_27916) says
Neil's mother killed in accident

Sportsnet.ca -- Ottawa Senators forward Chris Neil left the team in Carolina Tuesday after learning news his mother was killed in a car accident in Flesherton, ON.

Details of the accident are unavailable, but weather is considered to be a factor in the single vehicle crash.

Ottawa is scheduled to play Carolina Tuesday night.My heart goes out to Chris Neil and his family.
charlio lemieux
11-22-05, 6:52 PM
Oh no. Thats BRUTAL. And During his best year too. What a Downer.
TimmyTabasco
11-22-05, 6:54 PM
Thats too bad

Hope he deals with it well
Newfie John
11-22-05, 6:58 PM
Horrible accident. I really feel for Chris Neil. To be riding such an emotional high, with him playing well and the team playing well, life going good, and to get devastating news like that. Just horrible and a mortal sin.

My condolences go out to Neil and his family through this horrific rough time.
Mel
11-22-05, 7:12 PM
Man - getting sudden bad news like that is like getting punched in the chest. It just stops you in your tracks and turns your life upside down. My sincerest condolences to Chris and his family and friends.

John what do you mean by "mortal sin"?
Newfie John
11-22-05, 7:49 PM
Man - getting sudden bad news like that is like getting punched in the chest. It just stops you in your tracks and turns your life upside down. My sincerest condolences to Chris and his family and friends.

John what do you mean by "mortal sin"?

Don't take it literally. I thought everyone said it but it could be the Newfie dialect..lol.

When I say something is a mortal sin its just a terrible thing. Using the words "mortal sin" gives a stronger effect rather then saying "this is terrible". It originally came from someone saying what someone did was a "sin", the biblical term.
a4l
11-22-05, 8:04 PM
Well in my best Newfie accent it's a mortal sin.
Madferret
11-22-05, 8:30 PM
Rest in Peace Mrs. Neil.
It's been a funky few days in the NHL hasn't it?
Mel
11-22-05, 8:59 PM
Don't take it literally. I thought everyone said it but it could be the Newfie dialect..lol.

No worries John, I was not trying to make a big deal out of it at all. I was just genuinely curious, I've never heard that term used before.
Madferret
11-22-05, 9:02 PM
No worries John, I was not trying to make a big deal out of it at all. I was just genuinely curious, I've never heard that term used before.

Nor has most Canadians outside Newfoundland..
woot woot
:)
We have English, French, and Newfie here Mel.
charlio lemieux
11-22-05, 11:17 PM
Lord Tunderin' You Speak dem dare English Bye!
Tabernac Jaques, parlez Francais!
English please!
PDO
11-22-05, 11:41 PM
R.I.P.

Horrible story all around.
bluemeanie
11-23-05, 9:56 AM
That's sad. Neil will be ok though. It's a fact of life - and we all have to deal with it eventually, and we try to get back on track. Antropov's father just died, he came back a better player imo. O'Neill's brother died at the start of the season, and Jeff is having a pretty good run so far. Some people let death change them... some excel because of it. Let Neil mourn... he'll be back hungrier then before.
Max Power
11-23-05, 9:58 AM
That's sad. Neil will be ok though. It's a fact of life - and we all have to deal with it eventually, and we try to get back on track. Antropov's father just died, he came back a better player imo. O'Neill's brother died at the start of the season, and Jeff is having a pretty good run so far. Some people let death change them... some excel because of it. Let Neil mourn... he'll be back hungrier then before.

True and ditto
MadDevil
11-23-05, 1:51 PM
Yet more sad news around the NHL.:(

My condolences to Neil and his family.
TimmyTabasco
11-23-05, 5:22 PM
Some people let death change them

Most people are changed by death. No matter how you put it

Some for the better, and some for the worse.
Max Power
11-23-05, 5:30 PM
Most people are changed by death. No matter how you put it

Some for the better, and some for the worse.

I think he meant in a negative way not in a fact of life mature way
TimmyTabasco
11-23-05, 6:01 PM
I think he meant in a negative way not in a fact of life mature way

Ah alright, my mistake. Thanks for that :boogie: