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Edmonton Oilers' Colby Cave dies at 25 after brain bleed

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FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2019, file photo, Edmonton Oilers' Colby Cave (12) returns to the bench after scoring during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh. The Edmonton Oilers say forward Colby Cave is out of emergency surgery after suffering a brain bleed. The team posted on Twitter that doctors removed a colloid cyst that was causing pressure on Cave’s brain Tuesday, April 7, 2020. He remains in a medically induced coma at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto. Cave’s wife, Emily, said earlier on Instagram that doctors were “fighting to keep him alive” in surgery. “We need a miracle,” Emily Cave wrote. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
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TORONTO (AP) — Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave has died after a brain bleed this week. The NHL team confirmed the death Saturday with a statement from his family.

Cave was was placed in a medically induced coma Tuesday in Toronto. He underwent emergency surgery for a removal of a colloid cyst that was causing pressure on his brain.

His agent says his condition didn’t appear linked to COVID-19. Cave scored once in 11 appearances with Edmonton this season. The team called him an “awesome person." Colby Cave was 25 years old.

Copyright 2020 Scripps Media, Inc. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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