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 20 year old Saginaw Spirit forward Terry Trafford has been declared missing. He was last seen March 3rd at a hockey rink in Saginaw. Police are asking for information or tips as we speak. Hopefully the kid just took off with buddies or something, but don't like the looks of this. Prayers and thoughts go out to the family......

 

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/03/08/junior-hockey-player-terry-trafford-missing

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 Not sounding too good....

 

 According to his girlfriend he was cut from the team the day before for partying too much. Apparently he texted her "his life was over". He said he was going home to Toronto but never crossed the border.

 

Aww...man, really??

 

Been a bunch of activity about this on Twitter the last few days.  Didn't hear any of what FC just mentioned.  

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The Saginaw Spirit major junior hockey team confirmed Tuesday that the body of one of its players was found in his car in a Wal-Mart parking lot. 


 


Terry Trafford, 20, of Toronto, Canada, had last been seen March 3 at the Spirit's home area. His girlfriend, Skye Cieszlak, told the Saginaw Newsexternal-link.png that she had received a text from Trafford the day before saying "his life was over and he didn't want to do it anymore." Police did not immediately indicate the cause of Trafford's death. 


 


The team confirmed earlier Tuesday that Trafford had been sent home as a disciplinary measure for a violation of team rules on a recent road trip. However, team president and managing partner Craig Goslin said that Trafford had not been dismissed from the team. 


"That would have been up to Terry," Goslin told the Newsexternal-link.png. "He'd have to change his behavior and make some adjustments. He was on the roster."


 


The Ontario Hockey League (OHL) announced that the scheduled Wednesday game between the Spirit and the Sault St. Marie Greyhounds had been postponed. "Our deepest condolences are with Terry's family and his friends both in Ontario and Michigan," a statement from the team said. "Terry played on our team and was a member of the Spirit family for the last four years and he will be missed."


 


Trafford was in the middle of his fourth season with the Spirit and had recorded 8 goals, 24 assists, and 70 penalty minutes in 54 games. The club had drafted him in the third round of the OHL Priority Selection. The OHL is one of three major junior leagues in the Canadian Hockey League, considered one of the top developmental leagues for young hockey players. 


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  Very sad. Police release cause of death for Terry, asphyxiation. How do you even self inflict that? A tough way to go...at least the family does not have to wonder, or have a beleaguered sense of hope.

http://www.torontosun.com/2014/03/13/ohl-player-terry-trafford-died-of-asphyxiation---reports

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@hf101  If I know Dave Branch, he will move forward on this quickly, not because it's the right thing to do, but to prevent the CHL's reputation from being tarnished. Hockey players are like any other segment of the population, sometimes they need help for depression. These kids are under TREMENDOUS pressure from all angles of life. Think about it, they are away from home for the first time, living with strange billets they may or may not like, for the first time....some face the prospect of their hockey careers may not be headed towards the pros, which effectively, kills the only dream they ever had...they have the raging hormones of the teen years to deal with, all kinds of puck bunnies throwing themselves at them...all kinds of hurdles that youngsters sometime need professional help to overcome.

 

 I wonder if Terry had somebody to talk to, if he would still be here. Perhaps a team sponsored physiologist that he has already formed a bond with? 

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 Just a really sad story all around.

 

 When Windsors goalie quit on the team, they made sure his mother accompanied him home.

Very sad like Jammer2 stated these kids are under lots of pressure playing in the OHL while chasing their dreams. Hopefully the OHL is pro-active in setting up some type of system where players can go talk to someone without feeling that they'll look upon different by their coaches or fellow players.

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@Lindbergh31  I have to really credit the Saginaw Spirit through all of this. They had a professional doctor in place *before* this incident took place. The entire team has access to him, and the doc has an open door policy...he stated he's talked to Terry many times and never caught a hint at what was coming. Kudos to the Spirit to having this service in place, even tough Terry did not utilize it, it was there if he chose so.

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Very sad like Jammer2 stated these kids are under lots of pressure playing in the OHL while chasing their dreams. Hopefully the OHL is pro-active in setting up some type of system where players can go talk to someone without feeling that they'll look upon different by their coaches or fellow players.

 

 

 Pretty sure I read Bobby Ryan used to go to a therapist every Monday when he played for Owen Sound. His team knew about it and nobody thought of him any worse.

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@FC

 

I remember reading that too, it's too bad that it came to this, this young man had his whole life ahead of him but to take it doesn't make any sense and I'm sure that's what his parents are thinking not to mention friends and people who knew him.

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