Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. “We feel very lucky to be Axel’s parents. The six-time NHL All-Star star announced the addition to their family Thursday on Instagram.

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the couple's infant son, Axel, was stillborn, CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices. Even though he was stillborn, we know we will hold him again one day under different circumstances and the joy he gave us will be with us forever.”. The Senators host the Sharks Oct. 27 in the team's only visit to Ottawa of the regular season. Erik Karlsson was still with the Senators in March 2018 when the couple's infant son, Axel, was stillborn. “Congratulations on this wonderful news!” Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson wrote. Calgary resident records 'weird waves' on Okanagan Lake, British World War II bomb explodes underwater in Poland, Peterborough County OPP investigate dangerous boating incident on Rice Lake, Coronavirus: Trump claims individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 are ‘now immune’, AHS COVID-19 testing centres shift back to appointment-only, Hinshaw asks people to show up, Trudeau calls on provinces to take feds' help on contact tracing, St. Louis Blues give superfan Laila Anderson her own Stanley Cup ring, Erik Karlsson, wife Melinda thankful for public’s ‘love and support’ after loss of unborn son. The Karlssons named her Harlow Rain, according to the NHL. It is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. The post includes a photo of Karlsson wearing a facemask and scrubs alongside his wife and new baby. "It hasn't been easy but after the rain finally our little rainbow arrived. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. Twitter users flooded Karlsson with over 1,000 congratulatory messages. © 2019 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc. Erik Karlsson is shown with his wife, Melinda, and their newborn daughter, Harlow Rain, on Oct. 3, 2019. WATCH: Ontario parents hope to end the stigma of early infant loss after losing their first child. Love you both more than I could ever imagine.”. The couple married in 2017 and in March 2018 had a stillborn baby, weeks before he was due. Erik and Melinda Karlsson are the proud parents of a baby girl.

Even though he was stillborn, we know we will hold him again one day under different circumstances and the joy he gave us will be with us forever,” the Karlssons said in a statement on March 19, 2018. The Senators traded Karlsson to the San Jose Sharks a few months later.