“The Flyers will do everything possible to support Oskar and assist him in securing the best care available,” Flyers General Manager Chuck Fletcher said in a statement. He is tied with center Travis Konecny for the team lead with 11 goals entering Saturday’s game against the Minnesota Wild. ADSt. Jude Children’s Research Hospital defines Ewing’s sarcoma as “a cancerous tumor that grows in the bones or in the tissue around bones (soft tissue) — often the legs, pelvis, ribs, arms or spine. Despite the rarity of the disease, it’s the second-most common type of pediatric bone cancer. About half of Ewing’s sarcoma tumors develop in people between the ages of 10 to 20.

Source: Washington Post December 14, 2019 00:45 UTC