3 junior hockey players killed in collision south of Calgary

Three members of the Southern Alberta Mustangs Junior hockey team have been killed in a motor vehicle collision south of Calgary.

The team from Stavely, located just over an hour south of Calgary, issued a statement on social media Monday afternoon, confirming the tragic news.

The team said the three players were headed to practice when the crash happened.

Global News has confirmed the names of the three players killed in the crash. Two were from British Columbia and one was from the southern United States.

They are:

Caden Fine, a centre with the team, whose hometown is listed as Birmingham, Ala., on the team’s website
JJ Wright, a left-winger whose hometown is Kamloops, B.C., and
Cameron Casorso, a goalie who is also from Kamloops, B.C.

“There are no words that can adequately express the depth of our grief,” reads the statement.

“These young men were more than hockey players — they were teammates, sons, brothers, friends and deeply loved members of our Mustang’s family and the communities we call home.”

In a separate news release sent out just before noon Monday, RCMP from nearby town of Claresholm confirmed members of the detachment were “on scene at a serious motor vehicle collision on Highway 2 at 55 Avenue” in the community of Stavely.