The local hockey community came together Sunday night to remember the victims of Friday’s devastating bus crash involving the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team.

Fifteen people on the bus were killed with 14 others injured when it was T-boned by a transport.

A few hundred people, wearing a variety of jerseys, gathered outside Memorial Gardens for a candlelit vigil.

Andrea Curran, whose children play hockey, says they were there to support each other and those impacted by the crash.

“We’re on the road many hours and I think of us often going up to New Liskeard in the dark and I think of the OHL family and how many hours they put on the road, how we’re just a great big community,” she says.

Former NHLer and Coach of the Nipissing Lakers women’s hockey team Darren Turcotte says everyone relates to the long hours on the road.

He says the game really brings everyone together.

“That’s what hockey is, it’s a close-knit community and a close-knit family, whether you’re from Saskatchewan (or elsewhere), everybody is affected by it,” he says.

Turcotte says three members of the Lakers have been impacted more-so than others by the tragedy.

“They knew some of the kids and some of the families of the deceased in the collision,” he says.

Mayor Al McDonald says they mourn with all Canadians.

“You see the families out here, all wearing their hockey jerseys, realize that their kids on the buses each and every night going to different games, so I think it hits pretty close to home for everyone,” he says.

One young hockey player, Jackson Cullen, wanted to show support for those who lost their lives and their families.

He says it means a lot to see so many people take part in the vigil.

“It’s nice to see that everybody came out when they found out and it’s nice as a hockey community, to represent them,” he says.

A moment of silence was held and a book of condolences was available for people to sign.

First responders, including city police, firefighters and paramedics were also there.

In Humboldt, Saskatchewan there were were tears and hugs as hundreds gathered to remember the victims of the crash.

Nick Shumlanski, the only Broncos player involved in the crash to be released from hospital, attended the vigil wearing his white, green and yellow team jersey.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended the vigil in Humboldt, along with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe.

(With files from The Canadian Press)