Chris Snow, the Calgary Flames assistant general manager who used his platform to offer hope and raise awareness and funds for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, has died, the team announced Saturday. He was 42 years old.
Snow was diagnosed with ALS in June 2019 and went public with the diagnosis later that year in a letter written by his wife, Kelsie. Snow had become unresponsive after going into cardiac arrest Wednesday, Kelsie shared in a tweet, and suffered “a catastrophic brain injury.”
“Today we hugged Chris for the last time and said goodbye as he went to give four people the gift of life by donating his kidneys, liver and lungs,” she said in a tweet Saturday. “We are deeply broken and deeply proud. In life and in death, Chris never stopped giving. We walk forward with his light guiding us.”
Flames general manager Craig Conroy said the team “will never replace a person like Chris” in a statement Saturday.
We, along with the entire hockey community, are mourning the passing of Chris Snow. Even while battling ALS, Chris dedicated his life to helping others and he changed the lives of so many.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his wife Kelsie and children Cohen and Willa ❤️ pic.twitter.com/QkbQjMrlT7
— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) October 1,…
