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Oilers Center Colby Cave Dies at Age 25 After Being in Coma After Brain Bleed

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Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave died Saturday at the age of 25 less than a week after suffering a brain bleed.

Cave's wife, Emily, issued the following statement:

According to ESPN, Cave was airlifted to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto on Tuesday to undergo emergency surgery. A colloid cyst was removed, and he was then placed in a medically induced coma.

This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.