One member of the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team has been released from hospital, team presi...

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Josh Gold-Smith

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<p>One member of the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team has been released from hospital, team president Kevin Garinger confirmed Sunday, per <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/RyanBMcKenna/status/983076645740265473">Ryan McKenna of The Canadian Press</a>.</p><p>The player, who was not named, is the first person involved in Friday's tragic bus crash to be discharged.</p><p>Fifteen of the 29 people on board have died, and 13 remain in hospital.</p><div class="the-score-article-ad-unit"></div><p>A vigil to mourn the victims will be held at Elgar Petersen Arena in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, on Sunday night at 9 p.m. ET.</p>

Kevin Garinger, President of Humboldt Broncos holds a press conference at the Humboldt Uniplex on April 7, 2018 in Humboldt, Saskatchewan after a bus carrying a junior ice hockey team collided with a semi-trailer truck near Tisdale and Nipawin, Saskatchewan province, killing 14 people. Hockey-mad Canada was in mourning on Saturday after a bus carrying a junior ice hockey team collided with a semi-trailer truck in Saskatchewan province, killing 14 people.In a country where love of the sport is almost a religion, the crash sparked an outpouring of grief among players and fans on social media, while national political leaders expressed their sympathies.'We can now confirm 14 people have died as a result of this collision,' the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a statement, which did not say how many of the victims were players or coaches of the Humboldt Broncos team. / AFP PHOTO / Kymber RAE

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