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OILERS PROSPECT PELSS MISSING IN LATVIA AMID FEARS HE DROWNED
"RIGA, Latvia -- Police say an Edmonton Oilers prospect has been reported missing and is feared drowned.
Kristians Pelss disappeared Tuesday, and local media reported that the 20-year-old player jumped off a bridge in central Riga into the fast-flowing Daugava River.
Rescue services spokeswoman Viktorija Sembele says her department received a call at 1:40 a.m. Tuesday that a man had jumped from the bridge. Police began an investigation.
Police spokesman Tom Sadovskis said Friday police had "suspicions" the man on the bridge had been Pelss, but declined to say why or give further information.
Pelss arrived home in Riga on Monday after playing last season with Edmonton's top minor league team, the Oklahoma City Barons of the AHL."
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STARS PROSPECT WINKLER FOUND DEAD IN NORWAY
"Frisco, TX (Sports Network) - The Dallas Stars revealed on Thursday that prospect Scott Winkler passed away at the age of 23.
Though the club did not reveal the circumstances of his death, multiple reports state that Winkler was found dead of unknown causes in his parents' home in Asker, roughly 15 miles to the southwest of Oslo, on Wednesday night."
"RIGA, Latvia -- Police say an Edmonton Oilers prospect has been reported missing and is feared drowned.
Kristians Pelss disappeared Tuesday, and local media reported that the 20-year-old player jumped off a bridge in central Riga into the fast-flowing Daugava River.
Rescue services spokeswoman Viktorija Sembele says her department received a call at 1:40 a.m. Tuesday that a man had jumped from the bridge. Police began an investigation.
Police spokesman Tom Sadovskis said Friday police had "suspicions" the man on the bridge had been Pelss, but declined to say why or give further information.
Pelss arrived home in Riga on Monday after playing last season with Edmonton's top minor league team, the Oklahoma City Barons of the AHL."
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STARS PROSPECT WINKLER FOUND DEAD IN NORWAY
"Frisco, TX (Sports Network) - The Dallas Stars revealed on Thursday that prospect Scott Winkler passed away at the age of 23.
Though the club did not reveal the circumstances of his death, multiple reports state that Winkler was found dead of unknown causes in his parents' home in Asker, roughly 15 miles to the southwest of Oslo, on Wednesday night."