Christopher Michael Snow (August 11, 1981 – September 30, 2023) was a Canadian ice hockey executive. He was the assistant general manager of the

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Personal life and death

Snow was born on August 11, 1981, and he grew up in

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. He met his wife, Kelsie, when they were sportswriters for ''

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''. They married in 2007 and had two children. In 2019, Snow was diagnosed with

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease (MND) or—in the United States—Lou Gehrig's disease (LGD), is a rare, Terminal illness, terminal neurodegenerative disease, neurodegenerative disorder that results i ...

(ALS). He died of complications of the disease in

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, on September 30, 2023, at the age of 42. His death, along with

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a year earlier from the same fatal illness, caused all seven NHL Canadian teams to team up to fight ALS through the ALS Super Fund.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Snow, Chris 1981 births 2023 deaths Deaths from motor neuron disease People from Melrose, Massachusetts