Birth Name: Derek Leendert Boogaard
Occupation: Hockey Player
Place Of Birth: Canada
Date Of Birth: June 23, 1982
Date Of Death: May 13, 2011
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: White
Nationality: Canadian
Derek Boogaard was born on the 23rd of June, 1982. He was popular for being a Hockey Player. NHL left winger who played for the Minnesota Wild and New York Rangers before tragically dying at the age of 28 after an accidental drug and alcohol overdose.
Derek Boogaard was born in Canada. He played junior hockey for the WHL’s Regina Pats, Prince George Cougars and Medicine Hat Tigers from 1999 to 2003. He had a reputation as a fighter on the ice. Across his 277-game NHL career, he tallied 589 penalty minutes and recorded just 16 points.
Derek Boogaard was a Cancer and was born in the Millennials Generation.
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Childhood
Derek Boogaard was born in 1980s. The 1980s was the decade of big hair, big phones, pastel suits, Cabbage Patch Kids, Rubik’s cubes, Yuppies, Air Jordans, shoulder pads and Pac Man. During the Eighties, conservative politics and Reaganomics held sway as the Berlin Wall crumbled, new computer technologies emerged and blockbuster movies and MTV reshaped pop culture. Discover what happened on this day.
Derek Leendert Boogaard is part of a Millennial Generation (also known as Generation Y). Millennials is a generation who grew up with computers, internet and social networks. Having been raised under the mantra "follow your dreams" and being told they were special, they tend to be confident and tolerant of difference.
Education
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Family
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Personal Life
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Derek Boogaard was born in the Year of the Dog.
Fast Facts
| REAL NAME: | Derek Leendert Boogaard |
| NICKNAME: | Boogey, Boogs, Boog |
| RELIGION: | Christian |
| AGE GENERATION: | Millennials Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Cancer |
| BIRTH DAY: | Wednesday |
| DEATH DAY: | Friday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Derek Boogaard was a Cancer. People of this zodiac sign like home-based hobbies, relaxing near or in water, helping loved ones, and dislike strangers, revealing of personal life. The strengths of this sign are being loyal, emotional, sympathetic, tenacious, persuasive, while weaknesses can be moody, pessimistic, suspicious, manipulative and insecure. The greatest overall compatibility with Cancer is Capricorn and Taurus.
Chinese Zodiac: Derek Boogaard was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are fiercely loyal and can always keep a secret. They're not afraid of the hardships in life, but they also tend to worry too much sometimes.
Ruling Planet: Derek Boogaard had a ruling planet of Moon and has a ruling planet of Moon and by astrological associations Sunday is ruled by moon. The Moon represents one's nurturing and emotional instinct. People who are born with Moon as the ruling planet are sensitive, nurturing, and usually have fluctuating moods.
Derek Boogaard’s birth sign is Cancer and he had a ruling planet of Moon.
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