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

Humboldt player released from hospital

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One member of the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team has been released from hospital, team president Kevin Garinger confirmed Sunday, per Ryan McKenna of The Canadian Press.

The player, who was not named, is the first person involved in Friday's tragic bus crash to be discharged.

Fifteen of the 29 people on board have died, and 13 remain in hospital.

A vigil to mourn the victims will be held at Elgar Petersen Arena in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, on Sunday night at 9 p.m. ET.

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