After finally getting as much information as possible over this past week, I felt it an actually post was to be made to properly update the community on his current status. Late last week, Death was involved in a head on collision with a semi-truck hauling two pieces of heavy equipment. The car was severely damaged and this resulted in him breaking both of his legs and his collarbone, but somehow he remained conscious after the crash. He was then transported to the hospital where he was taken into care. From there he began to have surgery to fix some of the injuries, when he had a stroke during surgery and had to be placed in a medically induced coma. He is still breathing and while he wasn't looking like he was gonna make it, he has since taken a step in the right direction and his condition is starting to improve. Between Rehabbing and Recovery, he is expected to be in the hospital for at least a year. Like or Hate Death, he was someone who had done management at all levels of the LG hockey community (Granted not well at certain levels but that besides the point). This guy was someone who did care about the community a lot and while his humor and talking points would be weird at times, he was a great party presence and overall a very good person. In talking with his family though his real life friends, they dont want a gofundme set up as thankfully for Canadian healthcare is picking up most of the costs. I just wanted to update the community on what had happened to one of its members. All we can do now is hope that he continues to make progress in the right direction and that one day he will be out of the hospital and being back to his old normal self. Thank you for your time and lets all hope that this recovery is a smooth and speedy one. Also i will provide any updates to this thread as i receive them.
DEET (@Cloutkaniemi) was an awesome guy to have run our AHL (@l Stastny26 l ). He was seemingly always positive with a good sense of humor and great personality, and one of those people that makes the site more fun, in my opinion. Hope he can continue to progress and have a full recovery!
One of the nicest guys in LG! Hope everything goes well and he has a full recovery!! Get better soon David!! <3
@Cloutkaniemi (aka death) was one of the first guys I had a relationship with in lg. He was always a great party presence and I’m praying for a speedy recovery.
I'll never forget meeting you my first season in LG on Victoriaville where u had 3 consecutive hat-tricks and we all thought u were elite. Get well soon buddy, and we'll be sure to get u some more hattys. To David!
To think it's been almost 4 years already since our first season together in the CHL when we randomly decided to draft this guy with a hilariously misspelled gamertag (deathst'w'r99). You and I, and many others from that team have been friends ever since, adding some more friends from LG along the way. Everyone is wishing you the best in your recovery, and we hope you're able to get back to your "Meme loving" self as soon as possible. Many of us are planning to make a trip up to visit you at some point over the Summer. Stay strong, we'll be wearing our deathstwr99 jerseys (or Deet99) jerseys until you're back on the virtual ice @Cloutkaniemi.
Wishing you a speedy recovery bro. Definitely one of the best dudes I’ve been fortunate to meet on here. Can’t wait for you to be back to posting your memes. Deet is elite
I've known @Cloutkaniemi for like 3 years now. I've got nothing to say but good things about him. Such a positive dude that's got the rare ability to make you laugh all the time. Hoping for a good recovery. Hopefully you get well sooner than later buddy.
deet or @Cloutkaniemi is someone i am happy to call my pal hes a great guy with even better humor i wish him the speediest of recoveries #LongLiveDeet99
I've known deet since before I started LG, he actually helped me get drafted where I did honestly. We've been buddies for about two years now and I was hit hard when I found out about the news, hearing that one of your best friends got in a serious car accident is scary as fuck. Wishing him all the best and for a full recovery because deet is a really awesome guy and friend, him always fucking around in Xbox parties and just generally being fun to be with, I hope that doesn't go away at all. You're in my prayers buddy, I hope more than anything that everything ends up alright. Love you buddy <3
Deet is one of the nicest guys on the planet with the greasiest flow of them all. Starting with him taking me in as management led to a great long Xbox friendship filled with countless laughs, deets dumb drunk bets like when he had to buy me madden, and constant banter back and forth. I didn’t believe the news buddy I’m hoping for a safe and fast recovery bud!<3
I remember the time when I made a thread: why is deathstrw so bad? Bring back memories. I hope he is ok though all jokes aside best of luck