NHL's Colby Cave, Edmonton Oilers, dead at 25.

Colby Cave; 1994-2020

CNN: Colby Cave of NHL's Edmonton Oilers dies at 25. 

NHL center Colby Cave, who played for the Edmonton Oilers and the Boston Bruins, has died. He was 25.

The Edmonton Oilers and Cave's family announced the news on Saturday morning. He passed away days after doctors at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto operated to remove a colloid cyst putting pressure on his brain, according to NHL.com.

He had been in a medically induced coma since suffering a brain bleed overnight Monday, his team said.
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The rest of the hockey world is also mourning Cave's death, with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman calling him "an earnest and hardworking player" and "a warm and generous person."

ESPN (April 7, 2020): Oilers' Colby Cave has emergency brain surgery to remove cyst.

Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave underwent emergency surgery Tuesday, during which doctors removed a colloid cyst that was causing pressure on his brain, the team announced.

Cave, 25, was admitted to the critical care unit at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto after suffering a brain bleed overnight. He remains in a medically induced coma.

Cave's wife, Emily, said earlier on Instagram that doctors were "fighting to keep him alive'' in surgery. She called Monday and Tuesday the worst days of her life.