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From his column today...
"A final word on an inconceivably difficult week for former player and current Ottawa assistant coach Luke Richardson and the Senators. Richardson's teenage daughter Daron, 14, took her own life last weekend. Instead of following what would have been the natural reaction, to close ranks, to turn in and away from the tragedy, the family bravely turned outward. The Richardsons celebrated their daughter's life at a memorial attended by some 5,000 people. The decision not to ignore what happened -- a press release confirming Daron's death included the cause of death, a marked departure from how these matters are normally handled -- allowed for greater discussion of the issues of teen suicide and mental health.
Who knows what good will come from an indescribably difficult time for the Richardsons, but one has to believe their handling of the moment ensures that some good will indeed come from this pain. Beyond that, kudos to the Senators, who changed their travel plans to return home for the service and then jetted to Carolina for a game that night. That the Senators lost in Carolina that night will be but a footnote to the greater story of how an organization rallied to be at the side of one of its own. There are some NHL teams that could learn a valuable lesson from the Ottawa Senators on what it means to be professional."
Kudos to Mr. Burnside, the Senators' organization, and the Richardson family.
"A final word on an inconceivably difficult week for former player and current Ottawa assistant coach Luke Richardson and the Senators. Richardson's teenage daughter Daron, 14, took her own life last weekend. Instead of following what would have been the natural reaction, to close ranks, to turn in and away from the tragedy, the family bravely turned outward. The Richardsons celebrated their daughter's life at a memorial attended by some 5,000 people. The decision not to ignore what happened -- a press release confirming Daron's death included the cause of death, a marked departure from how these matters are normally handled -- allowed for greater discussion of the issues of teen suicide and mental health.
Who knows what good will come from an indescribably difficult time for the Richardsons, but one has to believe their handling of the moment ensures that some good will indeed come from this pain. Beyond that, kudos to the Senators, who changed their travel plans to return home for the service and then jetted to Carolina for a game that night. That the Senators lost in Carolina that night will be but a footnote to the greater story of how an organization rallied to be at the side of one of its own. There are some NHL teams that could learn a valuable lesson from the Ottawa Senators on what it means to be professional."
Kudos to Mr. Burnside, the Senators' organization, and the Richardson family.
