Tragedy has struck not just the hockey community but every community across Canada.

Different communities from coast to coast have shown their support for the Saskatchewan community of Humboldt after devastation struck.

Last Friday evening, the Humboldt Broncos hockey team was headed to Game six of their Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Playoff series when the unthinkable happened.

The team bus was involved in a collision with a semi that ended 15 lives.

Sunday evening a vigil was held to honour and remember the 15 members of the Broncos team who died in the accident.

Humboldt mayor, Rob Muench, just hopes at this time, people can come together to aid in the healing process.

“Hopefully we can stand together as a group, as a community, as a province, as a country together and get through this,” said Muench at the vigil Sunday night.

Many members of the hockey community have shown support for Humboldt, including members of the 1986 Swift Current Broncos team that lost four members of their team that year in a bus accident.

NHL players recalled how the bus rides around the country were some of the highlights they had in their time in junior hockey.

President of the Humboldt Broncos, Kevin Garinger, stated during the vigil that healing may take time for many community members.

“For many of us, the real reach and scope of this community tragedy will not be realized for days, or weeks, or months, or even years as we continue to continue to process everything that has taken place over these last days,” said Garinger.

Garinger went on to the light that has shown through this dark time.

“But in all this darkness, a light has shone through. This light has come from the first responders and medical professionals who have worked miracles and continue to work miracles for those members of our Broncos family. It comes from the remarkable community of Humboldt and the countless communities across our province and country as people come together to offer their strength, their time and their kindness.”

One of the members of the team, Logan Boulet, a 21-year-old native of Lethbridge, made sure to sign his donor card as soon as he turned 21.

Boulet’s family made the difficult decision to take him off life support on Sunday when matches were found for six of his organs.

His family also says that some of his organs were donated to science as well.

Humboldt Bible Church Pastor and team chaplain Sean Brandow, started his powerful message with words several people were thinking.

“I don’t want to be here. I really don’t want to be here, but it’s good that we are,” said Brandow before delivering the rest of his message.

“Someone reminded me that there is more to that Psalm [23] than ‘we walk through the valley of the shadow of death.’ You need to finish the statement someone told me. I will fear no evil for you are with me and as the Psalm starts, the Lord is my Shepard. It took 15 hours of darkness to really understand I had a Shepard that was walking with me. I don’t know if it made it any softer, but it made it better,” said Brandow.

Communities all over Canada have been showing support in different ways.

Some people have been purchasing Humboldt Strong shirts with proceeds going to the city.

Others started a go-fund-me page that now has over $4.5 million raised for the Saskatchewan community.

Some people in the hockey community have left hockey sticks outside their doors to show solidarity with the Broncos team.

Mayor Muench said the vigil is one of the steps Humboldt had to go through in the healing process and that the community will get there eventually.