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Three Alberta Hockey Players Injured Starting A Campfire At A Friend's House

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 18 Jun, 2018 01:35 PM

CALGARY — A player from the Lethbridge Hurricanes hockey team is in a medically induced coma after he and two others were injured at a campfire on the weekend.

In a statement, the Western Hockey League says Ryan Vandervlis, a 20-year old centre with the elite major junior team, suffered severe burns.

His family says that he's in the intensive-care unit of a Calgary hospital in critical condition.

Two others — Jordy Bellerive, a Pittsburgh Penguins prospect, and alumnus Matt Alfaro — were also injured.

The campfire took place at the family home of Hurricanes alumnus Tyler Wong.

Wong's family says in a statement that nine of Wong's friends came over to stay the night before going golfing and camping on Saturday.

"In starting a campfire, the accident occurred," said the Wong family.

The statement said that both Wong's parents were present and they acted quickly to transport the injured to hospital.

Alberta Health Services said an ambulance intercepted the car and took them to hospital in Calgary.

Cochrane RCMP are investigating what happened.

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