It has been a difficult few days for the family and friends of Jordan Boyd but support is pouring in for those who knew the young hockey player.

Boyd, a prospect for the Acadie-Bathurst Titan of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, died after collapsing on the ice at a training camp in New Brunswick on Monday.

The league's website says he was the team's fourth-round pick and was selected 66th overall in the draft.

Flags are now flying at half-mast at Rothesay Netherwood School, a private school near Saint John, where the 16-year-old Bedford, N.S. teen played right wing.

“When we heard about the tragedy on Monday there was shock and disbelief,” says Paul McLellan, assistant head coach at the school.

“We’re very proud of Jordan and we were very proud when he went off to camp to go follow his dream.”

Mike Kelly, head coach of the Saint John Sea Dogs, says his team will hit the ice for their first day of training on Thursday.

He says Boyd’s death will weigh heavy on the hearts of the players taking part.

“A lot of kids may say they compete against each other all winter but they’ll play with each other at summer camps or spring hockey all the way up,” says Kelly.

“So, the community’s pretty small and when something like this happens, it doesn’t even have to be someone you know, although most kids do know one another and it’s devastating.”

Staff at Rothesay Netherwood say it has been difficult to deal with the tragedy during the summer months. Students at the school come from all over the world and staff say it’s been difficult not to be together during this time.

“We’re a pretty tight-knit community here and everyone knew Jordan really well and right now our thoughts and prayers are out to his family who must just be devastated,” says McLellan.

Staff and students are still waiting to hear about funeral arrangements but McLellan says something will be done to honour Boyd’s memory when the school year starts up.

No warning before junior player collapsed

Sylvain Couturier, general manager of the Acadie-Bathurst Titan, says Boyd collapsed suddenly while he was waiting to participate in a drill.

Couturier says the players on the ice were participating in a flow drill that involved skating and passing a puck and that Boyd hadn’t spoken to anyone before he collapsed.

The team said earlier this week that a physical therapist tried to revive Boyd several times but he was pronounced dead after arriving at the hospital Monday morning.

The team said Boyd had a complete medical evaluation prior to the camp and didn’t appear to have any medical problems that would have prevented him from taking part in the camp.

Results from an autopsy on the cause of death have not been released.

With files from CTV Atlantic's Ashley Dunbar and The Canadian Press