Talk:Bill Masterton

Only on-ice death

 * I have corrected this article to reflect the facts as presented in the Howie Morenz article.


 * Howie Morenz died from a pulmonary embolism as a direct result of an on-ice injury sustained during an NHL game. Morenz died three weeks later in a hospital


 * Bill Masterton died from a cerebral hemorage as a direct result of an on-ice injury sustained during an NHL game. This article as I found it does not support the claim that during a game nor on ice. Instead he died two days later in a hospital.


 * Therefore two players have died as a direct result of injuries sustained during an NHL game.


 * I have changed both articles and the Wikipedia article, List of ice hockey players who died during their playing career to reflect this.


 * Nick Beeson (talk) 05:08, 7 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Actually, Morenz died from surgical complications from the broken leg. Almost all online sources I can find agree on this, and those surgical complications weren't a direct result of in-game injuries. 24.87.56.142 (talk) 02:11, 5 July 2009 (UTC)


 * He got the broken leg during a game, right? No broken leg, no surgery, no surgical complications, no untimely death. Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots 04:01, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

The article indicates at the start of the third paragraph that Masterton was the first NHL player to ever die of game-sustained injuries. Two sentences later, it says he was the first in 40 years. Which is it? QuinnHK 07:44, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree. Jiri fischer almost did. Zholtok did die, but that was in latvia if im not mistaken. i think there is one more player that had a heart problem tho im not too sure.--SniperSarge 05:28, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Howie Morenz died in 1937 of injuries suffered during a game. The article should be changed to reflect that.


 * FWIW, having just rewritten this article, I have removed the mention of Morenz, as sources universally state Masterton as the only player to die as direct result of an on-ice injury. The specific use of direct is what sets the context.  Morenz' broken leg isn't what killed him, so his case was not a direct result of the on-ice injury. Resolute 00:49, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Doctors "prevented"
"Doctors were prevented from doing surgery." Don't understand this sentence. Drella Melmoth 04:34, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

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