Bruins forward Milan Lucic confirms father's unexpected death
Milan Lucic is having an awful start to the offseason. The long-time Bruins forward revealed in a statement Saturday that his father passed away unexpectedly on April 22.
"I learned on Wednesday, April 22 that my father passed away unexpectedly in Vancouver," Lucic said in the statement, which was released via the Bruins website. "My family and I am very grateful for the outpouring of support from the hockey community, friends and fans from around the world. We kindly ask everyone to respect our privacy during this difficult and sad time."
Bruins president Cam Neely also released a statement regarding the death of Lucic's father.
"On behalf of the Jacobs family and the entire Boston Bruins organization I would like to express our deepest condolences to Milan and his family on the passing of his father, Dobro," Neely said in the statement. "Our thoughts will be with the Lucic family during this time, and we will be here to offer them support in any way that we can."
Lucic, who will turn 27 years old in June, is from Vancouver and his family still lives in the Vancouver area. According to the Vancouver Province, Dobro Lucic worked as a longshoreman and immigrated from Yugoslavia to Canada when Dobro was 27 years old.
(h/t The Province)
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