“Haunted by problems with cocaine use and compulsive gambling, Patrick Bordeleau says he has a vague memory of being on the rink in the North Petroleum uniform last spring in the North American Hockey League playoffs.”
Must be difficult returning to some resemblance of reality after briefly earning so much in the NHL.
Read one article about the high suicide rates in the NFL as young men, largely from low socio economic backgrounds fail to adapt to life once their very brief careers (and earnings) are over. A lot just seem to blow their money, and either go bankrupt or fall into depression. Sad really.