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Logan O'Connor is stepping away from the Avalanche after the sudden passing of his father, Myles O'Connor, at 59. Colorado shared the news hours before tonight's game in Calgary, releasing a statement of deep sadness and support for Logan and his family. Logan is taking a personal leave of absence to be with his loved ones. No details about the cause of Myles' passing have been disclosed. Hockey can wait. Whatever time Logan needs, Colorado should hand it over without a second thought. A hockey schedule works a lot like a train timetable. It keeps rolling no matter what happens on the platform, and tonight that feels cruel. Myles was a hockey man through and through. The Calgary native was drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the third round in 1985, 45th overall. He captained the University of Michigan in his senior year, then went on to play 43 NHL games with the Devils and the Mighty Ducks.

Israeli settlers have attacked European diplomats, including a French mayor, near the Palestinian village of Taybeh in the occupied West Bank. The delegation was visiting Palestinian olive harvesters on Saturday when the Israeli attackers confronted the group. The attack comes a day after settlers assaulted a US journalist north of Ramallah. In Saturday’s incident, the settlers targeted Belgium’s consul general, French and Polish diplomats and Catholic representatives, Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said. “A French mayor was assaulted and a Belgian vehicle damaged,” Prevot said, linking the attack to what he called Israel’s “illegal settlement policy” and pledging to push for further European Union sanctions. French mayor Bernard Baudoux, who was assaulted, told the AFP news agency that the violence suggests that “there is a tolerance on the part of the Israeli government” towards settler violence. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh, reporting from Ramallah, said the settlers surrounded the diplomats’ vehicles, pelted them with stones and smashed their windows.