At this point, you’re likely aware of last night’s shocking news that Derek Boogaard was found dead* in his apartment at 28 years old. Some people found out soon after word broke late Friday evening, ...

News that teammate Derek Boogaard's death was ruled an accident due to a mixing of alcohol and the powerful painkiller oxycodone hit the Rangers' Sean Avery pretty hard. The gritty left wing had ...

The tragic death of New York Rangers forward Derek Boogaard shocked the National Hockey League. Now, sports fans are left to wonder: did the violent nature of Boogaard’s game play a role in his demise ...

NEW YORK — New York Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard was found dead Friday in his Minneapolis apartment. He was 28. The team announced Boogaard's death on Friday night, but gave no details. The Star ...

Derek Boogaard, the ungainly 6-foot-7 hockey enforcer who went from the Aeros to the NHL’s Minnesota Wild and New York Rangers, has died at the age of 28. We profiled Boogaard in 2004, pairing him in ...

Derek Boogaard might have been "The Boogeyman" during his rough life as an NHL enforcer, but he was remembered Saturday as a gentle giant off the ice. Rain fell as family, friends and hockey players ...

NEW YORK -- The father of a New York Rangers player who died in 2011 of an accidental overdose says his son was no friend of the ex-minor league player who sold him Percocet. Len Boogaard wrote in a ...