Today marks the one year anniversary of Luc Bourdon's tragic death from a motor vehicle accident. Bourdon was bound to be a great defenseman for the Vancouver Canucks at the young age of 21. A little over a month after he celebrated his 21st birthday on February 16 last year, he was taken from the ones he loved including the hockey world.
Luc's mother, Suzanne Boucher, founded the Luc Bourdon Memorial Fund which serves to support children in need in the area of New Brunswick where Luc was from. Luc, himself, was a supporter of the minor hockey leagues in that area. In his first year in the NHL, he donated over $10,000 to the Minor Hockey Association. In memory of Luc, anyone can make donations to help support young athletes and scholarships in the town of Shippigan, New Brunswick. The Vancouver Canucks organization created and sold commemorative Luc Bourdon t-shirts at the Canucks Team Store during playoffs, and raised over $14,000 for the foundation.
Although he was taken way too soon, his best friend, Kris Letang, has some very fond memories with him. In Juniors, they both played on the Val d'Or Foreurs winning two gold medals together. Letang stated, "We were playing together. We were roommates together. We share, like, everything together." Bourdon still affects Letang today, as he is part of his pregame routine. Whenever Letang scores, he thinks of his good friend Luc and knows he is watching him.
Bourdon was not only a professional athlete, he had an artistic side to him as well. He could play guitar, sing, and even wrote some of his own songs. Bourdon recorded a song he had written for his girlfriend, Charlene Ward, and it was played at his funeral. Charlene also read a poem Luc had written for her. As Letang reminisced the memories of his good friend, he brought one up from when they were in Juniors. "One time, Steve Downie (now with the Tampa Bay Lightning) was playing guitar, and it was kind of annoying because he didn't know how to play," Letang said. "Luc was a great guitarist, and he was kind of ticked off because Steve was always playing in front of everybody in the lounge, so Luc took the guitar and ripped all the strings off."
The Luc Bourdon Memorial Fund is a great way to keep the spirit of Bourdon here with us and to do what he would be doing if he was still here. The smiles he could bring upon people is missed, as family, friends, teammates, and fans all still remember Luc Bourdon and how he was taken too soon.
Luc's mother, Suzanne Boucher, founded the Luc Bourdon Memorial Fund which serves to support children in need in the area of New Brunswick where Luc was from. Luc, himself, was a supporter of the minor hockey leagues in that area. In his first year in the NHL, he donated over $10,000 to the Minor Hockey Association. In memory of Luc, anyone can make donations to help support young athletes and scholarships in the town of Shippigan, New Brunswick. The Vancouver Canucks organization created and sold commemorative Luc Bourdon t-shirts at the Canucks Team Store during playoffs, and raised over $14,000 for the foundation.
Although he was taken way too soon, his best friend, Kris Letang, has some very fond memories with him. In Juniors, they both played on the Val d'Or Foreurs winning two gold medals together. Letang stated, "We were playing together. We were roommates together. We share, like, everything together." Bourdon still affects Letang today, as he is part of his pregame routine. Whenever Letang scores, he thinks of his good friend Luc and knows he is watching him.
Bourdon was not only a professional athlete, he had an artistic side to him as well. He could play guitar, sing, and even wrote some of his own songs. Bourdon recorded a song he had written for his girlfriend, Charlene Ward, and it was played at his funeral. Charlene also read a poem Luc had written for her. As Letang reminisced the memories of his good friend, he brought one up from when they were in Juniors. "One time, Steve Downie (now with the Tampa Bay Lightning) was playing guitar, and it was kind of annoying because he didn't know how to play," Letang said. "Luc was a great guitarist, and he was kind of ticked off because Steve was always playing in front of everybody in the lounge, so Luc took the guitar and ripped all the strings off."
The Luc Bourdon Memorial Fund is a great way to keep the spirit of Bourdon here with us and to do what he would be doing if he was still here. The smiles he could bring upon people is missed, as family, friends, teammates, and fans all still remember Luc Bourdon and how he was taken too soon.
2 comments:
so sad. its tragic to see such talent taken at such a young age. Good blog, Hailey. Nicely written.
AmandaLyn
Thankyou. Yeah, it's really sad. He was way too young.
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