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.
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![Charly Washipabano died Sunday on his way home from his son Zane's hockey tournament in Mascouche. Tributes are pouring in from all over the Cree Nation and beyond. The jumbo screen at the Bell Centre pays tribute to a Cree hockey coach and program director](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7029750.1700160130!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/bell-centre-pays-tribute-to-charly.jpg)
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.