In Memoriam RIP Alberta O'Reilly Fan

[LSCII]

I'm completely stunned by this terrible news. I've known Mike as a poster here for nearly 20 years and while he often had wildly different views on the team than most, his passion for the Bruins was undeniable. Man, this is a f***ing punch to the gut. I can't even begin to process this. Rest in peace, my friend.

 

[Mr. Make-Believe]

Holy f***. I am stunned. I can't believe this.

Not a more passionate contributor here that I've ever seen.

I'm sorry... I don't have words. I'm sorry for his family. I'm sorry.

 

[ON3M4N]

Wow, sad to hear. I know on a few occasions Mike and I went at it good, but in the end we always found some common ground.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

I'm completely stunned by this terrible news. I've known Mike as a poster here for nearly 20 years and while he often had wildly different views on the team than most, his passion for the Bruins was undeniable. Man, this is a f***ing punch to the gut. I can't even begin to process this. Rest in peace, my friend.

already posted in the GDT, and it might be a consideration to every GDT going forward if that's what we decide upon or at least the balance of 2021

 

[BNHL]

He gave more time to hockey than I do to breathing. RIP

 

[BergyWho37]

Shocking indeed if you visited the HF Bruins you knew AOF

Will miss your passion

 

[bme44]

Rest In Peace and cheer for the Bruins from above

 

[easton117]

Very sad to hear. Enjoyed reading his thoughts. Definitely a passionate fan.

RIP and best wishes to his family.

 

[Dreghorn2]

Oh man, this is really really sad.

He posted on this board for a very long time, after awhile you sort of get to thinking you know people just through their posting style and of course their posting proclivity.

Big loss for this board. Condolences to his family.

 

[LSCII]

already posted in the GDT, and it might be a consideration to every GDT going forward if that's what we decide upon or at least the balance of 2021

Agreed. Have to do something given his devotion and passion for this team and his incredible contributions to this site over the years.

 

[DitClapper]

Great poster. God speed brother

 

[stungun54]

Wow you will be missed Alberta O'Reilly Fan. To think of the number of thought out trade posts
over the decades you have supplied us with. RIP....

 

[whatsbruin]

So sad. He was a long time poster. His trade posts were legendary, even if I couldn't get through all of it, or knew half the players he mentioned.
Such a passion for the Bruins and Hockey in general. He will be missed. He's talking hockey with the legends now. RIP.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

thanks Dom:

I'm sure it wasn't the easiest decision to having to post this news to share it with the legions of fans we have nationwide....

 

[VanIsle]

Nooooooo.

He was such a great poster, I will miss his 2 page posts and his great knowledge and thoughts of the game.

Rest in peace my friend.

 

[smack66]

RIP. sad news

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

Truly sad. Godspeed young man

 

[PlayMakers]

What a tragedy. So young. So passionate.

You will be missed.

 

[belair]

Rest in peace.

 

[goalieman40]

Sad news. He’s one of the can’t miss posters where I make sure I read what they say.

 

[HooperDrivesTheBoat]

This is awful news. I don’t know the circumstances behind his passing but I pray he didn’t suffer.

RIP Mike.

 

[sooshii]

So sad. The Bruins lost another passionate fan. Thoughts to his family and friends.

I will remember him by his positivity thread:

Last year I hoped we could have a historical year long thread that sort of chronicaled in little updated snapshots how lucky we were to see this team playing and marching its way to glory. sadly, I named it the happy puppy thread and it got hijacked by pics of dogs.

let's try again.

theres so many opportunities for people to b*tch and whine and complain about whatever they don't like about the team... SO HERE IS THE CHALLANGE...
THIS THREAD IS FOR POSITIVE CHEERLEADING POSTS ONLY PLEASE!!!

Im going to commit myself to jump in here at least once a week with some sort of expression of my thoughts... so anyone that has a problem with that can ignore the thread now. I don't want this to be just my show though... surely some of you have something positive about the team you wanted to share? let's face it people... this is the team we love. it's ok to express the love for your team. it's ok to establish some bragging rights.

and if any of you really need to negatively crap on the team... please just create your own thread that you can use to do that... let's have one place where we can feel proud to be fans of this team that went to the cup finals last year after putting up one hell of a regular season for us

 

[Gordoff]

I'm speechless. Just shocked. I haven't read the links provided yet, and I may have to wait until I can digest this news.
I used to chide him every so often on his posts, both on here and we used to message back and forth. His real personality shone threw when messaging, he was always gracious and respectful. So many of us could learn a lot from what he brought in terms of caring how we treat each other. He never seemed to get upset when posters would pick on him for his long posts. I actually used to love it when I had the time to read his proposals. A few months ago he asked us what we thought of a particular proposal and I said something like "you ought to be writing science fiction.'' Of course I was joking with him but I don't think if fazed him (at least I don't think that it did). He worked diligently and proudly at his trade/free agent signing bids.

 

[Fenway]

I am a loss for words

I wish I could tell you it isn't true but the birthday and email in our records is a 100% match

Mike was a big part of the late-night crowd that hangs here

 

[BRUINS since 1995]

I will miss reading him.
Life is short and not always fair. Sad day. All my thinking and sympathies to his family, Boston Bruins poster/friends of him on Hfboards.

RIP