page_title: Rick Rypien
hierarchical_section_title: Rick Rypien
caption_attribution_description: English: Vancouver Canucks forward Rick Rypien prior to a National Hockey League game against the Calgary Flames, in Calgary.
context_page_description: Rick Joseph Rypien was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre. He played for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League.
  He was a very tough player and used to play for the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League, who were the Canucks partner in the AHL. Rypien played four seasons with the Regina Pats, a junior team in the Western Hockey League before going to the Moose in 2005. The following season he started playing for the Canucks. He has been injured a lot in the NHL and has missed many games because of that.
  He signed a one-year, $700,000 contract with the Winnipeg Jets but he died before training camp. His body was found in his home on August 15, 2011 by police. His death was later confirmed to be a suicide Rypien had struggled with clinical depression throughout his career.
context_section_description: Rick Joseph Rypien (May 16, 1984 - August 15, 2011) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre. He played for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL).
  He was a very tough player and used to play for the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League (AHL), who were the Canucks partner in the AHL. Rypien played four seasons with the Regina Pats, a junior team in the Western Hockey League (WHL) before going to the Moose in 2005. The following season he started playing for the Canucks. He has been injured a lot in the NHL and has missed many games because of that.
  He signed a one-year, $700,000 contract with the Winnipeg Jets but he died before training camp. His body was found in his home on August 15, 2011 by police. His death was later confirmed to be a suicide Rypien had struggled with clinical depression throughout his career.
caption: Rypien in 2009
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