What is Rick Rypien?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Rick Rypien | image = Rick Rypien.png | image_size = 230px | caption = Rypien in 2009 | birth_date = {{birth date|1984|5|16|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Blairmore, Alberta]], Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2011|08|15|1984|5|16}} | death_place = [[Crowsnest Pass, Alberta]], Canada | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 194 | position = [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]] | shoots = Right | played_for = [[Vancouver Canucks]]<br>[[Manitoba Moose]] | draft = Undrafted | career_start = 2005 | career_end = 2011 }} '''Rick Joseph Rypien''' (May 16, 1984 – August 15, 2011) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] professional [[ice hockey]] [[Centre (ice hockey)|centre]]. He played for the [[Vancouver Canucks]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). He was a very tough player and used to play for the [[Manitoba Moose]] of the [[American Hockey League]] (AHL), who were the Canucks partner in the AHL. Rypien played four seasons with the [[Regina Pats]], a junior team in the [[Western Hockey League]] (WHL) before going to the Moose in [[2004–05 AHL season|2005]]. The following [[2005–06 NHL season|season]] he started playing for the Canucks. He has been injured a lot in the NHL and has missed many games because of that. He signed a one-year, $700,000 contract with the [[Winnipeg Jets]] but he died before training camp. His body was found in his home on August 15, 2011 by police. His death was later confirmed to be a suicide<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/hundreds-attend-funeral-for-nhler-rick-rypien/article2136233/ |title=Hundreds attend funeral for NHLer Rick Rypien |publisher=The Globe and Mail |date=2011-08-20 |accessdate=2011-10-14 |archive-date=2016-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107064401/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/hundreds-attend-funeral-for-nhler-rick-rypien/article2136233/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Rypien had struggled with [[Depression (mental illness)|clinical depression]] throughout his career.<ref>{