Former Detroit Red Wing hockey enforcer Bob Probert has died.
He was on a boat on Lake St. Clair at about 2:30 p.m. when he began experiencing chest pains, said Windsor Regional Hospital spokeswoman Gisele Sullens.
He collapsed on the boat and his father-in-law, Dan Parkinson, administered CPR, Sullens said. Windsor EMS transported him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The news of Probert's passing was especially sad for senior vice president Jimmy Devellano, who drafted Probert in 1983.
"It's very sad, very, very sad," Devellano said. "He was a pretty popular player in Detroit in the '80s, and certainly one tough guy with a lot of ability. But unfortunately we never got 100% out of him because of his off-ice problems."
Probert was 45, and leaves behind a wife and four children.