Update emerges on fan who suffered medical emergency during last night's hockey game

Saturday's Laval Rocket vs. Manitoba Moose game didn't just end early, it stopped cold.

TVA Sports reported play was halted with 1:12 left because a fan suffered a medical emergency in the stands.

On Sunday, Courrier Laval reported that the spectator later passed away, referencing reporting from La Presse.

That update changes how you look back on every second of that final stretch.

As a fan, I hate writing this, because hockey is supposed to be the escape.

The scoreboard matters, but it also doesn't, and that's the ugly truth today.

The Rocket's site shows the game as a 3-0 final loss to the Manitoba Moose, but the defining moment is that the building became a place of emergency response.

I keep thinking about the players on both benches, trying to stay locked in while the entire rink clearly wasn't.

If you've ever been in an arena when the mood flips like that, you know it's impossible to «just play.»

The only thing that feels appropriate is empathy, then patience for whatever comes next from the organization and the league.

Fans, staff, and first responders carried the real weight when the horn never got its normal ending.

Hockey will move on to the next game, because schedules always do.

But the Rocket community is going to feel this one for a long time, and it should.

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