Jimmy Hayes, a RW who played for 7 seasons in the NHL for 4 different teams, died on 8/23 at age 31.

An alum of Boston College, while drafted by Toronto in the 2nd round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, he first wore an NHL sweater in 2011-12 with the Blackhawks. After 2 games in the 2013-14 season with Chicago, he was delat to Florida, where he set a personal season high in goals scored (19) in 2014-15. Despite that, he was sent to Boston for the next 2 seasons and then wrapped up his NHL career in 2017-18 with New Jersey.


Dave Miedema