Usually, i do not pay much attention to hockey and the NHL, but this story caught my eye when i heard a 19 year old had collapsed during an exhibition game. At first it was hard for me to believe a 19 year old had just died of a heart attack at such an early age. I read how important Alexei Cherepanov was going to be to his new team, The New York Rangers, and learned that he was a young prospect with dreams of playing professional hockey.
This article was written by Lynn Zisner, who claimed that Alexei was one of the brightest of the teams future stars. The article explains a deep background on how Alexei got to be so close to playing professional hockey. I like how the journalist described Alexei with, "A 19-year-old forward with a brilliant smile to match his scoring touch".
Her quote placement flowed well throughout the whole article. After a list of his stats in the Russian league he was in, a quote was put in from Alexei's agent, “He was a great kid and a great player,” Grossman said. “It’s a shame Rangers fans didn’t get to see him here.”
The journalist made the reader feel sad for his family, friends and teammates. The article was well written with few unnecessary sentences.
My personal opinion on this story is that i feel very sad for his teammates and everyone involved with him. However, i would not be surprised for rumors to be surfacing on what caused the heart failure with possibly steroids or drugs to be in the mix.
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"Moscow regional investigators said Cherepanov apparently had chronic ischemia -- a medical condition that means not enough blood gets to the heart or other organs. They have raised questions as to why the condition went undetected.
Federal investigators released a statement Wednesday saying they had ordered tests of blood and other samples to see if there was any evidence of doping. They also had questioned the manager and medical staff of Avangard as well as staff at the Vityaz stadium, where Monday's game was played, the statement said." Source
Your last statment was right on the money. Whenever anything goes wrong with an athlete, or if a player is doing unsusally well, the first thing officals are going to look at is 'roids or performance-enhancing drugs.
If it winds up that it wasn't drugs, then this is going to be a huge, huge story...otherwise it's just going to be made into another example showing why drugs are bad.
I also think this article was written very well. Death is a very hard topic to write about and the author wrote about Alexei very well. It's difficult to read this article because what i got out of it is that he had so much potential in life to be great, succeed. But he now never has that chance. If he did take steriod he did not only hurt himself but his teammates, coaches, family, friends, and fans. It goes to show you that drugs aren't something to joke about, they will kill you.
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