NHL Defenseman Bryan Marchment dies at 53

Bryan Marchment, Father of Florida Panthers’ Mason, Dead at 53

He was just an honest, a down-to-earth, loving person who just cared about everyone.

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Bryan Marchment, a feared enforcer who played almost 1,000 NHL games over the course of 17 seasons.

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Marchment was 53.

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Marchment was an amateur scout with the San Jose Sharks — a team he played the bulk of his NHL career with.

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He was in Montreal preparing for the upcoming NHL Draft when he passed away.

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A cause of death was not immediately known.

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”It is heartbreaking,” Florida Panthers general manager Bill Zito said from his team headquarters in Montreal.

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