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Now it’s up to us to come together as a group.’ 1219644 Flyers, Sanheim avoid arbitration with new contract 1219645 Travis Sanheim’s contract extension with the Flyers: The value, the risk and how it affects the cap situation 1219618 Boston Bruins Globe reporter Matt Porter comments on death of former Bruin Jimmy Hayes By Staff and wire reports Updated August 23, 2021, 11:04 p.m. Jimmy Hayes won a national championship at Boston College before he played for the Bruins. Boston Globe writer Matt Porter appeared on NHL Network Monday to discuss the death of former Bruin and Boston College star Jimmy Hayes, and the impact on the local hockey community. A personality that touched the hockey community.@mattyports on Jimmy Hayes. pic.twitter.com/itCdIaBXgm — NHL Network (@NHLNetwork) August 24, 2021 Boston Globe LOADED: 08.24.2021 1219619 Boston Bruins “Jimmy had such an infectious personality that he lit up the room every time he entered. Most importantly, watching him grow into the person, husband and father he had become makes all of us smile proudly. Jimmy Jimmy Hayes, former Bruin and Boston College hockey champion, dies will always be known as the best teammate anyone could ever have. at 31 “He will be greatly missed by our entire family.” “Wish I had the chance to tell Jimmy how much Brady and I looked up to By Matt Porter and John R. Ellement Globe Staff, Updated August 23, him and Kevin throughout all the years,” Matthew Tkachuk posted on 2021, 4:37 p.m. Twitter. “I know that Beau and Mac will grow up with the same larger than life and loving personality that he had!” Jimmy Hayes played seven seasons with four teams in the NHL, Jimmy Hayes lived the fantasy of every local kid who picked up a hockey including the Bruins. stick after school. Entering his 49th season as a college hockey coach, BC’s Jerry York has He went from the streets of Dorchester to playing for the Boston Bruins, tutored hundreds of players. He said that shortly after Jimmy Hayes during a career that included an NCAA championship at Boston College, arrived on campus in 2008, from Noble and Greenough School in silver medals with Team USA, and seven years in the NHL. Dedham, he became one of his favorite people to coach. His friends weren’t recalling his on-ice impact Monday. “Of all the kids I’ve coached, certainly in my top five as far as being enjoyable to coach, to hang in the locker room with,” York said. “His off- “Jimmy was a guy who had you laughing before he delivered the punch ice contributions to our team, I marveled at so many different times. line,” said Pete Albietz, the New Jersey Devils’ vice president of communications and team operations. “Great city kid, you know? Always had that city grind to him, that city tenacity.” Hayes died unexpectedly Monday morning, stunning the hockey community in and around Boston. He was 31. Penna said Hayes blossomed once younger brother Kevin followed him to The Heights in 2010, following BC’s national championship victory Law enforcement and first responders pronounced him dead at his Milton over Wisconsin the previous spring. As the oldest of his generation of home, a law enforcement official said. His death is not considered hockey-playing cousins, Hayes want to set the tone. suspicious. The cause of death was not immediately available. “It was so important for Jimmy to be a good role model,” said Penna, who He leaves behind a wife, Kristen, and two sons: Beau, 2, and Mac, three officiated Jimmy and Kristen Hayes’s July 2018 wedding in Cape months. On Sunday they celebrated Beau’s second birthday. Mac was Cod.“When Kevin walked into the locker room, he raised his game.” born on May 5. Jimmy Hayes, center, celebrates a 2015 goal with Ryan Spooner, left, A personality that touched the hockey community.@mattyports on Jimmy and Matt Beleskey. Hayes. pic.twitter.com/itCdIaBXgm Hayes was drafted 60th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2008, after — NHL Network (@NHLNetwork) August 24, 2021 two years playing for the US National Team Development program and Instagram posts by Kristen Hayes around midnight Sunday showed the Lincoln Stars of the US Hockey League. He also won silver medals with family of four at an arcade playing games earlier that evening. Hayes Team USA in the 2007 Under-18 World Junior Championship and the was sporting a Patriots cap and a smile. 2009 U-20s, and with his brother, played for the Americans at the 2014 World Championships. Tributes poured in for Hayes, a 6-foot-5-inch, 215-pound right winger who played 334 games in the NHL for four teams. The Bruins, for which Hayes broke into the NHL with Chicago, debuting Dec. 30, 2011 against he wore jersey No. 11 from 2015-17, and Boston College used the word the Detroit Red Wings. His first goal came Jan. 2, against the Edmonton “heartbroken” in their statements. The NHL Players’ Association said it Oilers. was “deeply saddened” by the news. He spent parts of his first three pro seasons in the AHL before the “I’ve been in a state of shock all day,” said Bob Murray, the Dover-based Blackhawks traded him to the Florida Panthers in 2013. In 2014-15 he player agent for Jimmy and his brother, Philadelphia Flyers center Kevin produced a career-best year — 19 goals and 35 points in 72 games — Hayes. “We are devastated by the loss of Jimmy. I can’t emphasize and caught the Bruins’ eye. His hometown club dealt Reilly Smith and the enough how great a kid he was. contract of Marc Savard to the Panthers for Hayes. “He was the nicest young man I dealt with,” Murray said, describing him “Jimmy was the best,” said East Longmeadow-raised Panthers winger as “bubbly and friendly,” with an ever-present smile. “He was nice to Frank Vatrano, a Bruins rookie at the time.