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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Hours
lerhis team was eliminated from
Stanley Cup playoffs, Carolina
lirricanes defenseman Steve Chi-
son was killed when his pickup
lick flipped on a dark, lonely
id.
The 32-year-old player was
Lnd about 4:15 a.m. EDT Mon-
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[investigators said the truck
(led and ejected Chiasson, who
Is not wearing a seat belt.
[“This is a tragedy that is impos-
ile to put into words,” said Jim
therford, Carolina president and
heral manager.
[Hours earlier in Boston, the Em
ended the Hurricanes’ season
Ith a 2-0 victory in Game 6. On
[day night, Chiasson scored the
st goal in a 4-3 double-overtime
^s to the Bruins.
“When you work together in
|r environment, you have a fam
ily among players and an extended
family among wives and children
that go to school together and play
on sports teams together,” Carolina
coach Paul Maurice said at a news
conference.
“It’s really an environment un
like any other,” Maurice said.
‘‘When a tragedy like this has hap
pened, unfortunately ... there’s no
other way to put it except for we’ve
lost a member of our family. It’s a
very painful time for all of us.”
Added NHL commissioner Gary
Bettman: “When a young life ends
prematurely, when a young family
loses a husband and a father,
words cannot begin to express our
sorrow.”
Team spokesperson Chris
Brown said two cases of beer and
water, sports drinks, milk and veg
etable juice were served on the
team’s charter flight to Raleigh.
He did not know how much
beer, if any, Chiasson drank. After
the plane landed about 1 a.m. at
Raleigh-Durham International Air
port, the players got into their ve
hicles and left.
‘‘When you get on the plane,
you’re pretty disappointed,” said
Brown, fighting tears. ‘‘We lost a
playoff series, but you figure out
that it doesn’t really matter. You get
a dose of reality.”
Chiasson spent eight years with
the Detroit Red Wings, was traded
to the Calgary Flames in 1994 and
in 1997 to what then was the Hart
ford Whalers.
He was drafted by Detroit in
1985 and played his first NHL game
the following year. In 1988-89, he
led all Red Wings’ defensemen
with 47 points. In 1989-90, he
scored a career-high 14 goals and
again led all Detroit defensemen in
scoring with 42 points.
‘‘Steve was a member of the Red
Wings’ family for several years and
continued to be a close friend to in
dividual players and staff, as well
as the organization. We are deeply
saddened by this tragic loss,” the
Red Wings said in a statement.
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what possibilities there are,” James
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Foxboro was the
best site for them/'
— Mayor Thomas Menino
Foxboro, Mass.
There had been talk in recent
weeks that Mayor Thomas Meni
no was open to the possible con
struction of a stadium off the
Southeast Expressway. But Meni
no said Monday that a Boston sta
dium plan probably would not
come to fruition.
‘‘I always knew that Foxboro
was the best site for them. Mr. Kraft
owns 300 acres of land there,”
Menino said. ‘‘It’s about time we
get on ... there are other issues we
have to tackle.”
James’ comments appear to set
tle an issue that has dragged on for
much of the decade. In 1993, Con
necticut made an initial failed bid to
bring the Pats south. The team also
had discussions with officials in
Rhode Island over the past few
years.
On Friday, Kraft walked away
from a $380 million offer of a new
stadium in Hartford, Conn., that
some analysts estimated could
have been worth up to $1 billion
over 30 years.
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