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Former NHLer Jimmy Hayes Had Fentanyl, Cocaine in System When He Died, Family Says

A toxicology report revealed that former NHL player Jimmy Hayes had fentanyl and cocaine in his system when he died in August, his wife Kristen Hayes and father Kevin Hayes told Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe.

"I was completely shocked," Kristen told Shaughnessy about receiving the toxicology report Friday. "I was so certain that it had nothing to do with drugs. I really thought it was a heart attack or anything that wasn't [drugs]. ... It didn't make any sense, so it was hard. I was hoping to get a different phone call when they called.