Colby Cave to Be Honored at Oilers vs. Bruins Game Thursday After Death at Age 25

The Boston Bruins and Edmonton Oilers will honor late NHL forward Colby Cave prior to their game in Boston on Thursday night.

According to ESPN's Kristen Shilton, the Bruins will play a video tribute to Cave before the game, and his wife Emily will take part in the ceremonial puck drop.

Cave played for both the Bruins and Oilers before his death in April 2020 at the age of 25 as a result of a brain bleed.

After falling ill on April 6, 2020, Cave was airlifted from Barrie, Ontario, to a hospital in Toronto. It was there that a colloid cyst was discovered on his brain.

Cave underwent emergency surgery and was in a coma for four days before his death on April 11, 2020.

Prior to Thursday's game, Oilers head coach Dave Tippett said of Cave: "He's in your mind all the time. He was a fine young man that we lost too early."

Cave went undrafted despite a standout junior career for the WHL's Swift Current Broncos, but he managed to break into the NHL with the Bruins during the 2017-18 season.

He appeared in 23 games over parts of two seasons in Boston, recording one goal and four assists. Edmonton then claimed him off waivers during the 2018-19 season.

Cave spent parts of two seasons with the Oilers, registering three goals and one assist in 44 games.

All told, Cave appeared in 67 NHL regular-season games and accounted for four goals, five assists and 22 penalty minutes.

Cave was an AHL standout with the Providence Bruins and Bakersfield Condors as well, putting up 54 goals and 84 assists for 138 points in 283 games.