A Eulogy For The Boogeyman, Hockey's Quintessential Goon

Tommy CraggsTommy Craggs|published: Tue 17th May, 19:23 2011

A Eulogy For The Boogeyman, Hockey's Quintessential Goon

He had no hockey skills to speak of. He couldn't skate, pass, or shoot, and he couldn't check. Derek Boogaard could do one thing: fight. He died Friday of unknown causes, at age 28. If fighting killed him, as some fear, it was also the only thing that gave him a career. READ » • Elsewhere: The New Yorker | Puck Daddy | Russo's Rants

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