Iwas sitting in the locker room at the HoCo Arena on Sunday morning, getting ready for the first game of the Oldtimer’s hockey season. The locker room chatter started slowly and built up as more players walked into the room.

It was just a few days ago, but I honestly cannot remember who mentioned it, but someone asked if we had heard about Charlie Turner. At first, the way the question was asked, I was afraid he had passed away at a young age.

Fortunately, that was not the case, but rather, his house had burned down on Saturday.

How do you react to something like that?

I’ve known Charlie at least since I was 16 or 17 years old. He was on a travel hockey team with my younger brother. The same one my father coached that year.

I got to know him, along with my brother’s other teammates ov

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