‘Not their story to tell’: Humboldt Broncos families angry over Netflix hockey tragedy series
Global News
Sixteen people were killed and 13 were injured when a truck driver went through a stop sign and into the path of the junior hockey team's bus at a rural intersection.
The story of a small-town hockey team reeling after several of its teenage players are killed in a bus crash would probably seem familiar to Canadians, but Netflix says its new series has nothing to do with the Humboldt Broncos.
Sixteen people were killed and 13 were injured when a truck driver went through a stop sign and into the path of the junior hockey team’s bus at a rural intersection near Tisdale, Sask., in 2018.
The truck driver, Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, was sentenced to eight years in prison for dangerous driving offences. Last week, Sidhu, who had permanent resident status, was ordered to be deported to India.
The new eight-part Netflix series takes place in the small working-class town of South Dorothy, Minn., where hockey is everything and the high school hockey team has been churning out state championships.
A news release from the streaming giant says when a bus crash claims the lives of several players and the coach himself, the town looks to his widow to coach a new team of “battered and broken young men.”
“I can confirm that the show is fictional and not inspired by any real-life event,” said a Netflix official in an email.
There is no release date or a name for the series yet, she said.
Some of the Humboldt families are angry and say it hits too close to home.
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Sixteen people were killed and 13 were injured when a truck driver went through a stop sign and into the path of the junior hockey team's bus at a rural intersection.
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