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Sometimes with absolutely no warning whatsoever, life can throw you a fastball right between the eyes which is exactly what happened to Pittsburgh Penguins defenceman Kris Letang who at only 21 years-old is being forced to deal with the tragic loss of his best friend. Last Tuesday, life was exciting for this Montreal native who was in the Stanley Cup finals, and was talking excitedly about it on the telephone to his good friend and former Quebec Major Junior League teammate and roommate Luc Bourdon. According to Letang, they were going to meet up and train this summer in Montreal and hang out together. Those plans along with the excitement Letang had of being in the finals disappeared suddenly on Thursday when he got a dreaded telephone call telling him that Bourdon who also won a gold medal for Canada with Letang at the 2006 World Junior Championships, was killed instantly in a motorcycle accident. “I’ve lost my very best friend,” an emotional Letang said on Friday. “I’ve lost all my energy since I heard, I couldn’t skate out there.”(for practice)
According to Letang, his former roommate who was only 21 years-old, and split time this season with the Vancouver Canucks and the Manitoba Moose, enjoyed fast sports such as race cars and skidoos. In their final phone conversation, Bourdon mentioned about his new motorcycle that he bought and apparently according to reports, he just obtained his motorcycle license weeks before the accident. “It was dangerous and I know he didn’t speed so I guess he made a bad move and you don’t get any second chances out there,” said Letang who was planning but changed his mind in purchasing a motorcycle after hearing Bourdon talking about his. According to the RCMP, Bourdon’s inexperience may have played a factor in the accident. It was a windy day, and the RCMP believed that Bourdon’s motorcycle may have been blown into the other lane in causing the head of collision with a tractor trailer.
Letang, who hails from Montreal, described himself as feeling sick, exhausted and having a heavy heart with the loss of his best friend. There is a saying that time heals all wounds, and hopefully this young defenceman will recover the best he can while always remembering the great times he had with Bourdon as teammates and roommates in the Quebec Major Leagues and in the 2006 World Junior Championships. In a classy move by the NHL, there was a moment of silence prior to game four held for Bourdon who was billed by scouts as being a future blue chip NHL defenseman.
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