Tributes pile in for Cree player, coach and hockey champion Charly Washipabano

Charly Washipabano is being remembered for his warmth and work developing hockey program across Cree communities in northern Quebec. He died Sunday after a health emergency, his family says. He was 41.

Tributes pile in for Cree player, coach and hockey champion Charly Washipabano
The jumbo screen at the Bell Centre pays tribute to a Cree hockey coach and program director

Charly Washipabano is being remembered for his warmth and work developing hockey program across Cree communities in northern Quebec. He died Sunday after a health emergency, his family says. He was 41.