Jacob Winterton, former OHL player and brother of NHL’s Ryan Winterton, dead at 25 after cancer battle

Former Ontario Hockey League (OHL) subordinate Jacob Winterton, the older member of Seattle Kraken halfway Ryan Winterton, has died pursuing his conflict with cancer, the league confirmed successful a connection Wednesday. He was 25. 

"The OHL is saddened by quality of the passing of erstwhile Flint Firebirds and Oshawa Generals guardant Jacob Winterton, taken acold excessively soon pursuing a conflict with crab astatine the property of 25," the OHL’s connection read. 

Jacob Winterton of the Oshawa Generals skates against the Mississauga Steelheads during a crippled astatine Paramount Fine Foods Centre successful Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, connected Oct. 25, 2019. (Graig Abel/Getty Images)

"The OHL sends thoughts and condolences to the Winterton family, arsenic good arsenic Jacob’s friends during this hard time."

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Winterton, who had celebrated his day successful January, played 2 seasons successful the OHL, including clip with the Firebirds during the 2018-19 play and with the Generals during the 2019-20 season. He registered 18 goals, 19 assists and 37 points crossed 125 games earlier moving connected to play 4 seasons astatine the University of Guelph.

"The Oshawa Generals are profoundly saddened to perceive of the passing of erstwhile General Jacob Winterton. Our condolences spell retired to his family, friends and the greater hockey community," the squad said successful a connection posted connected X. 

"Jacob and his household are successful our thoughts today. Condolences from the Firebirds arsenic we suffer 1 of our ain acold excessively young," the squad said successful a abstracted post. 

Jacob Winterton of the Oshawa Generals skates with the puck during an OHL crippled against the Guelph Storm astatine the Tribute Communities Centre successful Oshawa, Ont., connected Dec. 15, 2019. (Chris Tanouye/Getty Images)

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Ryan Winterton, who followed his member into the OHL earlier making his NHL appearance, took a impermanent permission of lack to "attend to a household matter," the squad announced Monday.

On Tuesday, Ryan Winterton shared a heartbreaking farewell connection to his older brother. 

"Today I mislaid my champion friend. You weren’t conscionable idiosyncratic I loved, you were idiosyncratic I looked up to, idiosyncratic who guided me, believed successful me, and helped signifier the idiosyncratic I americium today. Watching you combat truthful hard and inactive having to accidental goodbye is simply a symptom that ne'er truly fades.

Ryan Winterton of the Seattle Kraken skates during lukewarm up earlier the crippled against the New Jersey Devils astatine the Prudential Center successful Newark, N.J., connected Jan. 14, 2026. (Rich Graessle/NHLI/Getty Images)

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"I’ll miss your voice, your advice, and the mode you made everything consciousness a small little heavy. Some days volition beryllium harder than others, but I’ll clasp connected to the love, the lessons, and the memories you near maine with. You’ll ever beryllium a portion of me, successful everything I do. Forever loved, everlastingly missed. Until we conscionable again Cobs." 

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