Mark Cross was a ferocious competitor when he played hockey, but the assistant coach for the Humboldt Broncos had a calming presence on his players, teammates and friends. "You can't say enough about Mark Cross as a person." Garinger's sons were friends with Mark Cross. Cross returned to Saskatchewan after university, with his longtime girlfriend Molly Schnell, and worked for a season as an assistant coach with a midget team near Regina. He said Darcy Haugan, head coach of the Broncos who was also killed in the crash, thought the world of Cross.

Source: CBC News April 21, 2018 13:52 UTC