Jimmy Hayes, center, celebrates a 2015 goal with Ryan Spooner, left, and Matt Beleskey. “It was so important for Jimmy to be a good role model,” said Penna, who officiated Jimmy and Kristen Hayes’s July 2018 wedding in Cape Cod.“When Kevin walked into the locker room, he raised his game.” As the oldest of his generation of hockey-playing cousins, Hayes want to set the tone. Penna said Hayes blossomed once younger brother Kevin followed him to The Heights in 2010, following BC’s national championship victory over Wisconsin the previous spring. “Great city kid, you know? Always had that city grind to him, that city tenacity.” “His off-ice contributions to our team, I marveled at so many different times. “Of all the kids I’ve coached, certainly in my top five as far as being enjoyable to coach, to hang in the locker room with,” York said. He said that shortly after Jimmy Hayes arrived on campus in 2008, from Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, he became one of his favorite people to coach. Tom Mihalek/Associated PressĮntering his 49th season as a college hockey coach, BC’s Jerry York has tutored hundreds of players. Jimmy Hayes played seven seasons with four teams in the NHL, including the Bruins. “He was the nicest young man I dealt with,” Murray said, describing him as “bubbly and friendly,” with an ever-present smile. I can’t emphasize enough how great a kid he was. “I’ve been in a state of shock all day,” said Bob Murray, the Dover-based player agent for Jimmy and his brother, Philadelphia Flyers center Kevin Hayes.

The NHL Players’ Association said it was “deeply saddened” by the news. 11 from 2015-17, and Boston College used the word “heartbroken” in their statements. Tributes poured in for Hayes, a 6-foot-5-inch, 215-pound right winger who played 334 games in the NHL for four teams. Hayes was sporting a Patriots cap and a smile. Instagram posts by Kristen Hayes around midnight Sunday showed the family of four at an arcade playing games earlier that evening. Related: Autopsy does not immediately reveal cause of death for former Bruin Jimmy Hayes

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