Mark Scheifele Comments On Rick Bowness' Leave Of Absence

«It's scary, obviously. All we can do is hope and pray for them (until) obviously they figure it out and get her healthy again. That's all we can do is pray for them and their family and wish them the best.»

«First and foremost, they're amazing human beings and that always comes first,» Scheifele said. «Obviously, it's a hockey game, but they're amazing people, amazing human beings, and all you can do is keep praying for them. But they are two amazing people.»

«Our thoughts and prayers go out to Judy and Rick,» associate head coach Scott Arniel, who will take over Bowness's duties in the interim, said. «Very serious and tough time for them right now. We're just waiting, day to day with this and see how she progresses and see how Rick's doing. Everybody is certainly feeling it. It's family here. It's part of what we talk about all of the time.

«It really hits everyone hard.»

«Just thinking about Judy and Bones and their whole family,» «Just kind of waiting to hear as we get more information. Certainly big news this morning. It's difficult when a member of our family here goes through something like that. Just praying for Judy and the family and doing our best here at the rink to do what we need to do for Bones.»