OilersRule
Verified Trader,
Very sad to hear about this as he was a very personable and admired player.
Former NHLer Peter Zezel Near Death
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Cujokidder
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I too became a fan of his with the Flyers in the 80's but once he donned the Blue and White he became a favorite of mine. My Hockey wall of fame features a great photo he personalized for me with "your friend Peter Zezel". I've always treasured it as it was a gift from one of his ex teamates who told him I was a fan. Pure class.
RIP Zez.
RIP Zez.
tmlfan67
Verified Trader
Very sad news to hear. Very unsung athlete for Toronto, think he was our version of Bo Jackson as he played pro soccer while here in Toronto... with the NASL? Brought the kids out to meet him last autumn at a horse race, and he was just fantastic with them. He was an absolute pleasure to chat with. It was also hilarious to listen in on him ribbing Eddie Shack, Wilf Paiment and Bobby Baun.
Very sad day...
Very sad day...
Fisher12
Registered Trader
Very sad news. RIP
Q
quincy
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Dang. I LIKED Zezel. RIP fella.
Grim:
"Hemolytic anemia" is rare depending on how you define it - the entire group of diseases isn't THAT rare, but specific types are. Just to give you an idea of what I mean: it's one thing to say "professional hockey player", as there's a helluvalot of them. You narrow the field considerably when you say "NHL player for the Pens". They're really skimping on a LOT of details, and necessarily so, given that this is a human interest piece rather than a scholarly report. Still, even saying what particular disease he had would have been good, in the sense that any charities thus devoted might have been able to reap some donations in his name.
And before someone says it: Yes, I'm suggesting that it's a good thing for a charity to be able to capitalize on a high-profile victim. There's precious little enough money going into basic research in the first place, let alone a lesser-profile disease like this one. If the passing of a well-liked player can generate a few more dollars and help those looking for treatments or cures FIND one...then the loss is easier to bear.
Grim:
"Hemolytic anemia" is rare depending on how you define it - the entire group of diseases isn't THAT rare, but specific types are. Just to give you an idea of what I mean: it's one thing to say "professional hockey player", as there's a helluvalot of them. You narrow the field considerably when you say "NHL player for the Pens". They're really skimping on a LOT of details, and necessarily so, given that this is a human interest piece rather than a scholarly report. Still, even saying what particular disease he had would have been good, in the sense that any charities thus devoted might have been able to reap some donations in his name.
And before someone says it: Yes, I'm suggesting that it's a good thing for a charity to be able to capitalize on a high-profile victim. There's precious little enough money going into basic research in the first place, let alone a lesser-profile disease like this one. If the passing of a well-liked player can generate a few more dollars and help those looking for treatments or cures FIND one...then the loss is easier to bear.
Boomer1967
Verified Trader,
Wow this is sad. I met Peter on a couple of occasions. My parents insurance guy is his cousin and when he came into town to play the wings I was fortunate to have had him come to my house and visit me twice. Once when he was a Blue and the other as a Leaf. The second time is more memorable as I had recently had my leg broken and was in the process of stretching it to match my other leg. He came in along with Bob Halkidis and they sat and talked to me about my surgery and told me that Mike Foligno had almost the same thing on his leg due to a broken leg. They stayed for about an hour and signed a couple autos. He was a great face off specialist and an even better person..
this is the first time he came to my house (me, Zezel, my brother)
You will be missed
RIP
this is the first time he came to my house (me, Zezel, my brother)
You will be missed
RIP
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fly4apuckguy
Registered Trader
Always a sad day when a guy gets taken down before his time.
RIP Peter.
RIP Peter.
