Saskatchewan hockey player Mandi Schwartz has lost her battle with acute myeloid leukemia.
The 23-year-old from Wilcox, Sask., died Sunday after two years of fighting the disease.
Her father Rick confirmed in an email to Global News on Sunday that Mandi had lost her long battle.
“Mandi passed away at 10:35 this morning,” he wrote. “(Her mother) Carol, me and Kaylem (her fiancé) were with her.”
Schwartz played forward for the Yale Bulldogs and also attended Canadian women’s team camps.
Her younger brother Jaden was drafted 14th overall by the Blues last year and played for Canada at this year’s world junior championship in Buffalo, N.Y.
Both Jaden and another brother Rylan play hockey for Colorado College in the NCAA.
Schwartz and her family fought hard for her survival. Her father Rick and mother Carol took leave from their jobs with the Saskatchewan Safety Council and Saskatchewan Justice respectively to shepherd their daughter through treatment.
News of her passing quickly poured onto social media websites. Mandi Schwartz was a trending topic on Twitter in Canada Sunday afternoon.
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