WHEN THE terrible news about Peter Zezel began to break here yesterday afternoon, it was hard for your mind not to wander. Zezel died yesterday from a rare blood disorder at the age of 44. He hadn’t played for the Flyers in 2 decades and, no, it does not seem like yesterday – but he was a meaningful player at a meaningful time, one of the faces of an era.
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Our coverage of the Zezel tragedy includes a great archive column from Tony Gallagher about Zezel abandoning the 1998-99 season to be with his dying niece: http://tinyurl.com/oqvd8u