NHL Hopeful Colin Brown Critically Injured in St. Louis Shooting: Community Rallies
The St. Louis hockey community received heartbreaking news last night, as high school hockey player and NHL hopeful Colin Brown is in critical condition following a shooting.
Colin Brown is a talented young player in Missouri hockey at CBC High School and with the Affton Americans in southern St. Louis, Missouri.
He was set to play a game yesterday evening, but it was cancelled due to these horrific events.
The night before, he was victim of a heartbreaking crime on Interstate 55, as an unknown man shot into his car, and he was struck by the bullet. He is now in hospital in critical condition.
Family of Colin Brown Call for Support
The family of the young high school hockey player took to Facebook to address the situation, asking for people to pray for their #72:
As a family and as a former law enforcement official with over 28 years of experience, we believe that greater efforts are needed in the City of St. Louis and the surrounding region to support the police and equip them with the necessary tools to combat such senseless, violent crimes.
Additionally, we want to thank the St. Louis and Chicago hockey communities for their overwhelming support during this difficult time.
In particular, we appreciate the hockey communities of Affton, Affton Central States, CBC, O'Fallon Ice Hockey Club, the Southern Illinois Ice Hawks, the Central State Developmental Hockey League, Mid States Hockey, and MVCHA.
Please continue to pray for our son and his medical team. Fight for Brownie #72.
Sincerely,
The Brown Family
Outpoor of Thoughts and Prayers From the Hockey Community, Including Pat Maroon
There has been an outpouring of support for Colin Brown and his family, including from St. Louis native and Chicago Blackhawks forward Pat Maroon, who took to his Instagram story to send his prayers to the 16-year-old.
Longtime NHL referee Tim Peel equally sent out his prayers to the family:
His team, the Affton Americans have called on families to show their support for the young player:
His school released this emotional statement, ending it off with their school motto: "Men for Tomorrow. Brothers for Life.
We hope that Colin Brown will make a full recovery, and return to the ice where he belongs.
The team at Markerzone sends our thoughts and prayers to him and his family in this difficult time. If you can, pass along this article to raise awareness for Brown and his family.
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Mitch Marner | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Logan Cooley | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| William Nylander | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jack McBain | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Dylan Guenther | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Michael Kesselring | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Fraser Minten | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mikhail Sergachev | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Chris Tanev | - | 1 | 1 | |
| John Tavares | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Simon Benoit | - | - | - | |
| Nick Bjugstad | - | - | - | |
| Michael Carcone | - | - | - | |
| Ian Cole | - | - | - | |
| Lawson Crouse | - | - | - | |
| Connor Dewar | - | - | - | |
| Oliver Ekman-Larsson | - | - | - | |
| Barrett Hayton | - | - | - | |
| Pontus Holmberg | - | - | - | |
| Clayton Keller | - | - | - | |
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| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 21 | 17 | 4 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 30 | |
Devils | 23 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 30 | |
Hurricanes | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | |
Golden Knights | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Maple Leafs | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 27 | |
Flames | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 27 | |
Stars | 19 | 13 | 6 | - | 26 | |
Rangers | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||