We first profiled Derek Boogaard in our 2007 cover story.

Derek Boogaard, the former Wild player whose death made him a poster boy for anti-enforcer sentiment, received more than 100 prescriptions for various pills from NHL team doctors in the years before his death.

That's perhaps the most alarming finding in a New York Times report out today that gives a by-the-prescription analysis of how easily Boogaard obtained drugs -- at times, a simple text message to a team doctor would do -- and how widely known his abuse problems were within the league.

Most of the information was provided by Boogaard's father, Len. The paper trail was incomplete, and it's unclear what Boogaard told doctors to get the pills, but the story paints a troubling picture of how his drug abuse was handled by the Wild and New York Rangers.

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The results are in from tests on Derek Boogaard's brain.

​After former Wild enforcer Derek Boogaard was found dead in his apartment this past spring, many wondered if a season-ending concussion had anything to do with his untimely death. A toxicology report from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner later determined that 28-year-old Boogaard died of an accidental overdose of alcohol and prescription painkillers.

However, that did not close the book on whether Boogaard's legendary fights and multiple concussions may have contributed to his death. Just days after he died, his parents donated his brain to Dr. Ann McKee, whose research on degenerative brain diseases in football players is changing the NFL.

Now, according to a New York Times piece on Boogaard, the results are in and they are alarming.

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Boogaard appears in court today on charges he gave Derek drugs.

​Aaron Boogard will appear in court this morning to face charges that he gave out one of the Oxycodone pills that killed his brother Derek and flushed other pills down a toilet after Derek died.

Boogaard, 24, is charged with third-degree controlled substance offense for the role he played the night before Derek's death.

Aaron Boogaard told police he'd given Derek one Percocet pill, and that he'd often held on to and doled out painkillers to his brother, who'd done two stints in rehabilitation for alcohol and drug addiction. Derek Boogaard had just returned to Minneapolis from rehab in Los Angeles on May 12, and asked Aaron for a painkiller before he went out for a night of heavy drinking.

Aaron Boogaard admitted to police he gave Derek one of the pills, and later flushed the remaining pills down the toilet.

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Aaron Boogaard is also being looked at by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.

​Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman held a press conference this afternoon to announce that his office has charged Aaron Boogaard with two crimes related to the overdose death of Derek Boogaard, a former Wild enforcer and Aaron's brother.

On May 12, Derek had been out of drug treatment for one day and asked Aaron to give him a prescription Oxycodone pill. According the charges, Derek told Aaron he planned to go out on a "binger" that night night.

Derek did go out on a binger, where he consumed "a lot" of alcohol and "a lot" more pills, says Freeman.

The next day, Aaron drove to the airport to pick up another brother. When he returned, Derek was dead.

Aaron is charged with felony third-degree sale of a controlled substance for giving Derek the pill and a gross misdemeanor for flushing other drugs down the toilet before police arrived.

Here's video of Freeman explaining what happened that night:

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Boogaard is facing two charges stemming from his brother's death.

​Aaron Boogaard, the younger brother of beloved Minnesota Wild tough guy Derek Boogaard, has been charged for selling the drugs that are blamed for Derek's death.

Boogaard, 24, is charged with the a third-degree controlled substance crime, a felony, and intereference with a death, a gross misemeanor. Police confirmed that the charges against Boogaard stem from his brother's death, but a lawyer for the family has denied that the charges are related.

Derek Boogaard died May 13 of a toxic combination of alcohol and Oxycodone, according to the Hennepin County medical examiner.

Aaron was arrested yesterday, and is now in Hennepin County Jail on $10,000 bail. In a press conference Thursday afternoon, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Aaron Boogard wouldn't be charged with manslaughter in the case because Aaron only gave Derek one pill, and Boogard took more of the drugs on his own.

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Aaron Boogaard posed for this picture with the Penguins. Now he's posing for a mugshot.

​Aaron Boogaard, the 24-year-old brother of former Wild enforcer Derek Boogaard, turned himself in to police on Wednesday to face potential felony narcotics charges in connection with Derek's overdose death on May 13.

The date and time of Aaron's alleged crime are the same as when he found his brother's body in Derek's Warehouse District apartment in downtown Minneapolis, which indicates that the legal trouble stems from the overdose death.

Why it took so long for Aaron to be arrested is one of many questions that may be answered by noon Friday, the deadline to file charges for the Hennepin County Attorney's office.

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The cause of Derek Boogaard's death has just been released.

The enforcer for the Minnesota Wild who had signed with the New York Rangers died due to a "mixed alcohol and oxycodone toxicity," according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office. The death was ruled accidental.

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​As Wild fans continue to mourn the untimely death of Derek Boogaard on Friday at the age of 28, let us pause for a moment to remember the Boogeyman when he was at his proudest.

The date: April 17, 2007. The opponents: The Anaheim Mighty Ducks.

After the Duck's Brad May sucker-punched Wild Defenseman Kim Johnsson, the crowd at the Xcel Center cheered for their champion gladiator, Boooooo-gaard, to regulate the ice.

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​In the wake of Derek Boogaard's tragic death Friday at the age of 28, word emerged today that he had sought treatment for substance addiction at least twice in the past.

The New York Post reported that Boogaard had been receiving counseling from the NHL/NHLPA Substance Abuse & Behavioral Health Program in the weeks leading up to his death.

"Sources close to the situation stressed it would ... be unfair to draw inferences from Boogaard's participation in the program as to the cause of his death," the Post said.

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Even in death, Derek Boogaard will help protect other hockey players.

​The family of fallen hockey player Derek Boogaard has generously agreed to donate his brain to the Sports Legacy Institute for its study of concussion research in athletes who play contact sports.

The decision isn't meant to suggest that Boogaard's season-ending concussion last December was a direct cause of his death. But as one of the most feared enforcers in the NHL for the Wild, the Boogeyman suffered several concussions during his career.

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