Four hockey players killed in the Humboldt bus tragedy will be remembered at a memorial service in Edmonton next week.
Parker Tobin, Jaxon Joseph, Logan Hunter and Stephen Wack will be remembered together at the service at Rogers Place Tuesday April 17 at 1 p.m.
Joseph, Hunter, and Wack are from St. Albert while Tobin is from Stony Plain.
The celebration of life is open to the public and will be general admission but the event will be ticketed. Floor seating is reserved for family and invited guests.
Tickets will be free and will be available on ticketmaster.ca beginning on Thursday April 12 at 10 a.m. There is a limit of four seats per transaction. Rogers Place is asking the public to only secure the number of seats they are sure to use.
Doors will open at noon and guests are encouraged to arrive early.
The families have asked that in lieu of flowers and sticks, that your donations be directed to Stars Air Ambulance, www.stars.ca.
A separate vigil will be held for former St. Albert Raiders player Conner Lukan and former Spruce Grove Saint Tobin tonight from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the Grant Fuhr Arena in Spruce Grove.
The players are among 16 people killed in the bus crash near Tisdale, Sask. that happened Friday. CBC reported today that Dayna Brons, 24, has died in hospital. She was the Broncos athletic trainer and the only woman on the bus.
More information will be provided as it becomes available.
