Derek Boogaard was one of the most respected, ... Boogaard would record the first of his two career knockout victories. For most of the fight, Boogaard threw rights as Gillies threw lefts.

Derek Boogaard was an NHL enforcer, and his job was to fight. In 2011, at the age of 28, Boogaard was dead of an accidental overdose.

It may be weeks before authorities know exactly how and why New York Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard died, ... NBA Cup updates: Knockout round set as Bucks, Knicks, Mavs clinch. Atlanta Hawks.

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the NHL by the family of hockey enforcer Derek Boogaard, who was 28 when he died from an accidental overdose of alcohol and oxycodone in May of 2011.

For a brief and bloody time, Derek Boogaard was among the most feared players in the NHL. He spent nearly all of his six years in the NHL with the Minnesota Wild. He died of an accidental drug ...

A Minnesota judge threw out a felony charge against the brother of hockey enforcer Derek Boogaard on Thursday for supplying a painkiller that contributed to the player's overdose death earlier ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --The brother of the late Derek Boogaard has pleaded guilty to gross misdemeanor interference with the scene of the former Minnesota Wild player's death.Aaron Boogaard initially ...

In 2011, 28-year-old Derek Boogaard — one of the NHL's most fearsome fighters — was found dead of an accidental overdose of painkillers and alcohol. He also showed signs of serious brain injury.

MINNEAPOLIS — Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard had been out of drug rehab for just one day before his younger brother gave him an unprescribed narcotic pain pill at the start of an evening of … ...

Derek Boogaard, the friendly but at times troubled soul who spent this past season with the Rangers, has died at the age of 28. An autopsy to determine the cause of death will be performed on Booga… ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- It may be weeks before authorities know exactly how and why New York Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard died, although foul play was not immediately suspected. The 28-year-old player ...