{"id":873122,"date":"2026-08-27T08:38:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T08:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/873122\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T08:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T08:38:22","slug":"canadian-nhl-prospect-at-arizona-state-remains-hospitalized-after-collapsing-at-outdoor-workouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/873122\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian NHL prospect at Arizona State remains hospitalized after collapsing at outdoor workouts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Matthew Mayich celebrated his selection in the NHL draft (170th overall) by the St. Louis Blues in 2023. While training with his Arizona State teammates last week, he collapsed during outdoor exercises.Bruce Bennett\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

A hockey player from southern Ontario remains hospitalized after he collapsed during an outdoor training exercise with his teammates from Arizona State University on Aug. 20.<\/p>\n

Matthew Mayich, 21, was selected in the sixth round of the 2023 NHL<\/a> draft by the St. Louis Blues. He played for four years as a defenceman for the Ottawa 67\u2019s of the Ontario Hockey League and for one year at Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. He transferred to Arizona State this year as a sophomore.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe entire Blues organization is keeping Matthew Mayich close to our hearts as we pray for his comfort and recovery while he continues to undergo medical treatment in Arizona,\u201d Doug Armstrong, the Blues\u2019 president of hockey operations, said in a statement released on Wednesday. <\/p>\n

\u201cHis agent has kept us informed about Matthew\u2019s medical status over the last week and we extend our deepest support to his family, friends and teammates during this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mayich, from Stoney Creek, Ont., was taken to a hospital in Scottsdale after he collapsed in temperatures over 30 C. Tempe Fire Medical Rescue responded to what was described as a heat-related illness.<\/p>\n

An extreme heat warning<\/a> had been issued for Tempe, Ariz., where the hockey team was training. <\/p>\n

Mayich played in more than 250 games in the OHL. He served as the 67\u2019s alternate captain.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ontario Hockey League is sending thoughts, prayers and support to former Ottawa 67\u2019s defenceman Matthew Mayich and his family,\u201d OHL commissioner Bryan Crawford said in a statement posted online on Wednesday. \u201cMatthew spent four seasons in our league and earned the respect of everyone he played with and against.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe entire league is thinking of him and pulling for him, and we are keeping his family close in our thoughts.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 67\u2019s sent their best wishes to their former player on Wednesday morning. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe entire Ottawa 67\u2019s organization is keeping Matthew Mayich and his family in our thoughts during this unimaginably difficult time and wishing him a full and speedy recovery,\u201d the team said in a post on X. <\/p>\n

At Clarkson, Mayich was named the East Coast Athletic Conference rookie of the month for March. He helped Clarkson upset top-seeded Quinnipiac in the quarter-final round of the ECAC tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Clarkson community is keeping the loved ones of Matthew Mayich in our thoughts,\u201d Laurel Kane, the director of athletics at Clarkson, said in a statement issued Wednesday. <\/p>\n

\u201cMatthew was a valued member of the Clarkson hockey program. During his time here, he proved to not only be a contributor on the ice, but also a good student and teammate off the ice. Supporting our student athletes during this time is our priority.\u201d <\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Arizona State had acknowledged a student-athlete had collapsed, but hadn\u2019t yet named them because of privacy interests. A spokesman said that the university is reviewing the circumstances surrounding the workout. <\/p>\n

The Canadian Croatian Chamber of Commerce has asked members of its community to pray for Mayich and has said the rosary for him at noon each of the last two days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Matthew Mayich celebrated his selection in the NHL draft (170th overall) by the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":873123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,82,8023],"class_list":["post-873122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-topstory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=873122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}