Jason Baird.........

This is copied and pasted from Unsportmanlike Conduct. I have no more details.This is VERY sad news for all of us hockey fans....lets please keep him in our prayers!!!

The following is from Rajans blog:

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Unfortunately, this is not a blog entry I wanted to type. I received a very distressing phone call from Ken McRae earlier this evening as I was on the road.

Ken called to ask me to pass on the news that Jason Baird was involved in a serious accident earlier today while doing some landscaping work in Ohio. I don't have the exact details, but he essentially is covered from head to toe with third-degree burns and is in critical condition.

Obviously, this news hits close to home for me and a lot of people in Corpus who got to know Jason over the past four years, as well as fans all over the CHL who saw him play for Indy and Youngstown. Please keep him and his family - which includes a wife and three children - in your thoughts and prayers. If you'd like to post get-well messages here for Jason and his family, feel free. I will be away from the computuer most of the weekend, and may not be able to approve comments right away, but will get to them eventually.

That is tragic news.He was fun to watch at Youngstown.Please keep us updated here at GR or provide us a link.

and let us know if there is anything that we can provide.


We send our thoughts to him and his family.

CHL players are taking in on the chin this summer...


Hoping for a speedy recovery.

TeamRoper wrote:

CHL players are taking in on the chin this summer... Hoping for a speedy recovery.

just like your.........

My thoughts and prayers go out to Jason and his family. He has been a fine player in this league for several years, and this is a tragic thing to have happened.

Former Erie Otters forward Jason Baird (pictured) was seriously burned Thursday evening when the lawn mower that he was riding exploded in Austintown, Ohio.

The 27 year-old native of Cayuga, Ontario, was cutting grass for a part-time employer when the accident occurred.

He is listed in critical condition at the Akron Burn Center.

Baird played last season for the Youngstown Steelhounds of the Central Hockey League. He was signed by the International Hockey League's Muskegon Fury for the 2008-09 season.

"Everybody in the Muskegon Fury family is shocked by this news," Fury coach Bruce Ramsay said in a release. "Our thoughts and prayers are with Jason and his family. If there's anything we can do as an organization, we will do it."

Baird played for the Otters from 1997-2001 and ranks among the franchise career leaders in numerous regular season categories. He is first in game winning goals (19) and penalty minutes (699), third in assists (131) and points (218) and fourth in games played (245) and goals (87).

http://ottershockey.com/press-box/news/story?id=399

From the IHL Website, not any more info though.

http://www.ihl-hockey.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1443&Itemid=2

God Bless Jason and family with hopes and prayers for a speedy recovery. I hope he shows the grit and heart he always played with.

So. We have a Team Broshiem, who do you think should set up Team Baird?

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Former ’Hound Baird burned Published:Saturday, July 19, 2008 He was in critical condition at the Akron Burn Center. VINDICATOR STAFF REPORT AUSTINTOWN — A former Youngstown Steelhounds player was seriously burned Thursday evening when the lawn mower he was riding exploded. Jason Baird, 27, of Cayuga, Ontario, was working with a private landscaping company when the accident occurred at the Westchester apartment complex on Westchester Drive, just past the intersection of Route 11 and Mahoning Avenue. Baird’s condition is listed as critical at the Akron Burn Center. “He was actively on the commercial riding mower when the explosion happened,” said Andrew Frost III, Austintown assistant fire chief, calling the incident “very unusual.” Fuel was somehow involved, but Baird was not refueling the mower when the accident occurred, which is when most residential accidents occur, he said. “There was a flash fire within the equipment and we’ve confiscated the mower,” Frost said, adding that the Occupational Health and Safety Association is investigating. Because of the investigation, he did not release the name of the company that employed Baird. Kevin Kaminski, the SteelHounds coach the past two seasons, was told late Thursday that Baird had burns over 80 percent of his body. Friday, Kaminski said he was told the percentage was changed to between 60-65 percent. “We’re hoping and praying it’s not higher than 60-65 percent,” Kaminski said. Kaminski, who spends his summers in Maine and will coach the Mississippi RiverKings this fall, said doctors induced a coma to help Baird fight the pain. The SteelHounds were ousted from the Central Hockey League June 2 and have no league affiliation. The team, the primary tenant for the Chevrolet Centre, is unlikely to take the ice this fall. On July 11, Baird signed with the Muskegon Fury, a Michigan team in the International Hockey League. “Everybody in the Muskegon Fury family is shocked by this news,” said Fury coach Bruce Ramsay Friday. “Our thoughts and prayers are with Jason and his family. If there’s anything that we can do as an organization, we will do it.” He is married to Bethany Baird. They have a daughter and the family includes her two sons from her first marriage. Baird, who began his professional hockey career seven years ago with the Cincinnati Cyclones, came to Youngstown last November as part of a trade with the Corpus Christi Rayz. Baird played 45 games for the SteelHounds, scoring 13 goals and making 23 assists. His 36 points made him the fifth-leading scorer on the team. Kaminski said the SteelHounds players are planning a benefit for the Baird family that will take place in late August when the coach returns to move from Poland to Mississippi. Kaminski’s wife, Megan, has been in contact with the wives of Baird’s teammates. “The fundraiser will be between Aug. 24-31, even if the SteelHounds aren’t playing this fall,” Kaminski said. “We hope to raise thousands and thousands of dollars for this family.”

http://www.vindy.com/news/2008/jul/19/former-8217hound-baird-burned/

A terrible accident, my prayers are with Jason and family.

Contact the kings booster club c/o Sassy as they are gathering funds , donations to help with the costs. Incidently Killer(coach ) is going to play in a exhibition game w/ NHL players against CHL players from different teams to raise money as well.

http://www.norfolkadmirals.com/release_story1.php?id=1102

THere is an adress there that you can send funds. There is another in youngstown but im not exactly sure wat the adress is for it but i found this if you could help that would be great.

http://www.vindy.com/news/2008/jul/31/baird8217s-benefit-aug-24-at-centre/
this is about the game at the chevy centre

http://www.ottershockey.com/press-box/news/story?id=400
the erie otters are also putting on a game.