STAVELY, Alberta — Three Southern Alberta Mustangs junior hockey players were killed Monday morning in a vehicle crash while heading to practice.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police said it responded to the crash at an intersection with Highway 2 in Stavely — about an hour’s drive south of Calgary — and that two 18-year-old men from Kamloops, British Columbia, and a 17-year-old from Alabama were killed.
RCMP said the crash involved a northbound semi truck pulling gravel and a small passenger vehicle going east. The driver of the semi, a 40-year-old man from Stavely, sustained minor injuries.
The U.S. Premier Hockey League team said on Facebook that it is working closely with authorities and is asking for privacy for the players’ families.
“There are no words that can adequately express the depth of our grief,” the team said. “These young men were more than hockey players — they were teammates, sons, brothers, friends, and deeply loved members of our Mustangs family and the communities we call home. We are a family, and today our family is hurting.”
