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Botchford: Linden Vey’s Father Awaiting Trial For Alleged Murder Conspiracy
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May 11, 2016, 00:22 EDTUpdated:
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Linden Vey’s on-ice struggles have been well documented over the course of his tenure with the Vancouver Canucks. Unbeknownst to many, however, was that those struggles paled in comparison to those that the Vey family have been dealing with for almost three years. 
Since August 2013, The Vey family has been embroiled in a murder conspiracy involving Linden’s father, Curtis Vey. He and co-accused Angela Nicholson have been charged with conspiracy to murder their spouses.
The case has been on public record since August of 2013, but few Vancouverites had known about it until an illuminating article by Jason Botchford of The Province chronicled the Vey family’s ordeal:
Police alleged the pair were having an affair, and the plan was to kill Curtis’s wife, Brigitte, in a house fire, while Jim Taylor, Nicholson’s husband, was going to die of a drug overdose…
“It changes your life,” Vey said. “Your life is a certain way for so many years and all of a sudden, you wake up one day and it’s totally different.
“But I’m not going to sit here and say it’s part of the reason I’ve had two of the worst seasons of my career.” 
(It really is a fantastic piece, you should probably just go read the whole thing right now.)
The trial is set to begin on May 24th, in Vey’s hometown of Wakaw, Sask., where 22 witnesses are scheduled to testify. According to the RCMP,  a tip from Vey’s mother Brigitte gave them probable cause to tap the pair’s phones, revealing incriminating statements made by Vey and Nicholson.
It’s important not to jump to any conclusions regarding the case, given that the Crown will have to prove not only that an agreement was made between Vey and Nicholson, but that it was made with intent. 
Throughout the ordeal, Vey has remained in contact with both of his parents, and has reportedly stayed supportive of his father, who coached his son up until his days in peewee hockey. He also continues to be a consummate professional, according to Canucks President Trevor Linden: 
“I think the guys around the room, and the coaches, never saw any evidence of it coming to the surface…You can only imagine what was going on inside of him.” 
Regardless of how you feel about Linden Vey’s performance over the past two seasons, or the second-round pick the Canucks gave up to acquire him, it’s impossible not to sympathize with someone who’s been put through such a horrifying and bizarre situation. Our hearts go out to Linden Vey and his family during what has surely been an absurdly difficult time for everyone involved

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