{"id":473390,"date":"2026-02-26T17:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/473390\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T17:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:42:20","slug":"nhl-legend-ron-duguay-partner-of-sarah-palin-diagnosed-with-stage-4-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/473390\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL legend Ron Duguay, partner of Sarah Palin, diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former New York Rangers player <\/a>Ron Duguay has been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer<\/a>, and his family has set up a GoFundMe page to help cover his medical expenses.<\/p>\n

The hockey legend\u2019s two daughters wrote in the fundraiser\u2019s description that their father \u2014 who is currently dating former Alaska governor Sarah Palin<\/a> \u2014 would never normally ask for help, \u201cbut after many conversations as a family, we decided to create this fundraiser for him because we\u2019ve seen firsthand the weight this battle has placed on him, both physically and financially.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Duguay, 68, told Page Six <\/a>that his cancer started in his colon, resulting in the removal of his appendix and gallbladder.<\/p>\n

\u201cI find it extremely hard asking for funds for all these costs I\u2019m going through,\u201d he told the publication. \u201cNormally, I\u2019m helping others.\u201d<\/p>\n

The GoFundMe description explained that the money would go toward travel, treatments, holistic care and potential new treatments.<\/p>\n

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Former New York Rangers player Ron Duguay was diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer that started in the colon (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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Duguay\u2019s girlfriend, politician Sarah Palin, has previously spoken briefly about his health issues (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

\u201cEarlier in his treatment journey, the care he received in Florida nearly cost him his life. That led us to bring him to Orange County, where my sister and I live, so he could receive treatment here,\u201d the page reads, as it was noted that Duguay flies from Florida to Orange County, California, every two weeks for treatment.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe cost of constant travel, along with medical care, holistic therapies, supplements, and alternative healing approaches he has committed to, has become extremely overwhelming financially.\u201d<\/p>\n

The post continued: \u201cRecently, his cancer numbers have started to rise again, and while he continues his current treatments, we are now exploring additional treatment options outside of the United States in hopes of giving him the best possible chance. These treatments are very expensive and add another layer of financial strain during an already difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n

As of Wednesday afternoon, the fundraiser has earned over $54,000.<\/p>\n

Duguay shares his two adult daughters, Shay Thomas and Amber Stavros, with his first wife, Robin Bobo. He also has a son, Noah, 32, with his second wife, Kim Alexis.<\/p>\n

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On Tuesday, Thomas posted a montage of clips to Instagram of her father throughout the treatment process, including some clips with his girlfriend, Palin, 62.<\/p>\n

The politician discussed her boyfriend\u2019s illness previously during an April 2025 defamation retrial against The New York Times over a 2017 editorial<\/a> in New York City. At the time, the press asked her where Duguay was as she responded, \u201cOh, he\u2019s battling a health issue right now, but otherwise very well.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Duguay initially played for the Rangers from 1977 to 1983, throughout his 12-season career, he also played for the Red Wings, Kings and Penguins, earning a total of 274 goals and 346 assists. Following his hockey career, he called Ranger games on MSG Network for 12 years before the network dismissed him in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former New York Rangers player Ron Duguay has been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer, and his family has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,57175,57174,35,4,3358,51848,56860,57176,57088],"class_list":["post-473390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-hockey","tag-holistic-care","tag-medical-expenses","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-nhl","tag-red-wings","tag-ron-duguay","tag-sarah-palin","tag-shay-thomas","tag-stage-4-cancer"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116138171476051162","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}