Overview
- The Boston Bruins announced the death of Alex Gimenez on Friday, September 18, 2026, while the team was gathered for its 2026-27 training camp.
- General manager Don Sweeney said Gimenez joined the club in July as Director of Hockey Operations, Collective Bargaining Agreement, and called him intelligent, thoughtful and much respected.
- Gimenez had been hired into a newly created CBA-focused role that the team expected to handle contract negotiations, salary-cap management, player acquisition strategy and CBA compliance.
- Before joining the Bruins he worked with the Professional Women’s Hockey League earlier in 2026 and spent more than a decade in baseball operations with the Boston Red Sox; he was also a Cornell graduate and adjunct professor.
- The Bruins and the Red Sox issued statements of grief but provided no cause of death, and the organization must now address who will take over Gimenez’s CBA and cap duties as training camp continues.