{"id":1807953,"date":"2023-01-17T07:49:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T12:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1807953"},"modified":"2023-01-17T07:54:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T12:54:30","slug":"former-islanders-and-canucks-fan-favorite-gino-odjick-dead-at-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-islanders-and-canucks-fan-favorite-gino-odjick-dead-at-52\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Islanders and Canucks Fan Favorite Gino Odjick Dead at 52"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-islanders-and-canucks-fan-favorite-gino-odjick-dead-at-52%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1807953&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><br \/>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Dina, Gino&#8217;s sister, posted the following on Facebook: Gino Odjick, former Islanders winger. He was 52.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur hearts are broken,\u201d Dina posted <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imlancegeorge\/status\/1614762369670053888\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on her Facebook page<\/a>. \u201cMy brother Gino Odjick has left us for the spirit world,\u201d Attached two heart emojis at the end of her message are<\/p>\n<p>Odjick had been going to a Vancouver hospital to have his leg bandages changed when he suffered a heart attack. <a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/sports\/hockey\/nhl\/vancouver-canucks\/gino-odjick-dead-at-52\/wcm\/318e31ed-9ec7-4135-9c12-3c934b56940e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Montreal Gazette reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>He was diagnosed in 2014 with amyloidosis. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/gino-odjick-a-beloved-canucks-enforcer-dies-at-52\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to Sportsnet<\/a>It \u201cattacked his organs and his heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Islanders, Canucks and Canadiens \u2014 three teams that Odjick played with over his 12-year NHL career \u2014 released statements Sunday night after his death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe New York Islanders are deeply saddened to learn the passing of former family member, Gino Odjick,\u201d According to the team, a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYIslanders\/status\/1614789438051172352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement on Twitter<\/a>. \u201cThe team extends our condolences to the Odjick family and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__header\">\n\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"button inline-slideshow__nav inline-slideshow__nav--prev inline-slideshow__nav--disabled\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<?php \/**\n * Carousel right alt - icon SVG\n *\/\n?><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Previous<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span>1<\/span> This is 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three seasons with the Islanders.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Gino-Main.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Gino-Main.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Gino-Main.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Gino-Main.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Gino-Main.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\nGino Odjick was part of parts three seasons with Islanders.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Getty Images<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Gino-Inset-1.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\nGino Odjick spent most of his NHL career with Vancouver Canucks.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Getty Images<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><br \/>\nAdvertisement\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide inline-slideshow__slide--no-swipe\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Gino-Inset-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=878\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" alt=\"Gino Odjick&#039;s 12-year NHL career included time with Montreal, Vancouver, Philadelphia and the Islanders.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Gino-Inset-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Gino-Inset-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Gino-Inset-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Gino-Inset-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Gino-Inset-2.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w\" \/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGino Odjick\u2019s 12-year NHL career included time with Montreal, Vancouver, Philadelphia and the Islanders.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">Getty Images<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><br \/>\nAdvertisement\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 1998, the Islanders purchased Odjick and traded Jason Strudwick to the Canucks for him. Odjick spent parts of his next three seasons in New York. In 1997-98, Odjick played 13 games and 1998-99, respectively. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2000\/01\/17\/isles-welcome-odjick-back\/\">46 in 1999-2000<\/a> Before the team <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2000\/05\/18\/its-blood-or-nothin\/\">dealt him to the Flyers<\/a>. Odjick had 22 points and 254 penalties minutes in total 82 games played with the Islanders.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sportsnet, Odjick holds the Canucks\u2019 record for most penalty minutes in franchise history with 2,127. In 1996-97, Odjick led the NHL in penalty minutes with 371. This was a season where he played 70 of his 605 NHL matches.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New York Islanders are very sad to learn of the loss of Gino Odjick, a former family member. Our condolences go out to the Odjick family members and friends. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/USnJpOGI77\">pic.twitter.com\/USnJpOGI77<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Islanders (@NYIslanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYIslanders\/status\/1614789438051172352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cGino was a fan-favourite from the moment he joined the organization, putting his heart and soul into every shift on and off the ice,\u201d Francesco Aquilini was the Canucks governor and chairman, according to a statement. \u201cHe inspired many and embodied what it means to be a Canuck. Personally, he was a close friend and confidant, someone I could lean on for advice and support. He will be deeply missed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dina, Gino&#8217;s sister, posted the following on Facebook: Gino Odjick, former Islanders winger. He was 52. \u201cOur hearts are broken,\u201d Dina posted on her Facebook page. \u201cMy brother Gino Odjick has left us for the spirit world,\u201d Attached two heart emojis at the end of her message are Odjick had been going to a Vancouver &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1807956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5458,15206,3642,9463,6920,15203,15205,15204,3819],"class_list":["post-1807953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-bongino","tag-canucks","tag-dead","tag-fan","tag-favorite","tag-gino","tag-islanders","tag-odjick","tag-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1807953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1807953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1807953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1807956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1807953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1807953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1807953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}