Rangers' Center Lyashenko Found Dead

TLK · 07-07-2003, 03:07 PM

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Rangers' Center Lyashenko Found Dead
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - New York Rangers (news) Russian center Roman Lyashenko has been found dead in his hotel room while vacationing in Turkey, ice hockey officials said Monday.

He was 24.

"He was on holiday in Turkey with his mother and sister," Yuri Lukin, general manager of Russian champions Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, Lyashenko's former club, told Reuters.

"On Sunday morning, they opened his room and found him dead. The cause of his death has not yet been established."

Lyashenko joined the Dallas Stars (news) of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1999 after he captained the Russians to the gold medal at the world junior championships earlier that year.

He was a regular player with Dallas in his first two seasons, but saw limited action after being dealt to the Rangers in 2001. Regarded as a good two-way forward, Lyashenko only played two games last season and 15 the year before.

Lyashenko's death is the latest tragedy to hit Russian ice hockey this year.

Lyashenko's former team mate Lokomotiv Yaroslav forward Vladimir Antipov was injured and his wife died in a car crash last month.

In May, Igor Grigorenko, 20, the Detroit Red Wings (news)' first pick in the 2001 NHL entry draft and another of Lyashenko's former team mates, broke his leg in two places and suffered concussion in a car crash in his home town of Togliatti.

In January, Lokomotiv coach Alexei Traseukh was shot dead in his apartment in Yaroslavl.

tucker342 · 07-07-2003, 03:10 PM

That's to bad

ice4277 · 07-07-2003, 03:11 PM

That's too bad. At least, if bad things come in threes, that should be the end of bad things for Russian hockey players/officials.

JeeberD · 07-07-2003, 03:14 PM

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"On Sunday morning, they opened his room and found him dead. The cause of his death has not yet been established."

The Russian mob? They're supposed to be pretty rough on the Russian NHLers...

sachmo71 · 07-07-2003, 03:51 PM

They updated the story...

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The Anatolia news agency said Lyashenko apparently hanged himself with his belt in his hotel room.

Senator · 07-07-2003, 03:54 PM

Nice way to be remembered.

damnMikeBrown · 07-07-2003, 03:56 PM

Could've been one of those auto-erotic things gone bad, like what happend with Hutchinson of INXS.

JeeberD · 07-07-2003, 03:59 PM

I still think it was the Russian mob. Bastards...

07-07-2003, 03:54 PM	#6
Senator FOFC's Elected Representative Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The stars at night; are big and bright	Nice way to be remembered. __________________ "i have seen chris simms play 4-5 times in the pros and he's very clearly got it. he won't make a pro bowl this year, but it'll come. if you don't like me saying that, so be it, but its true. we'll just have to wait until then" imettrentgreen "looking at only ten games, and oddly using a median only, leaves me unmoved generally" - Quiksand

07-07-2003, 03:59 PM	#8
JeeberD General Manager Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The Town of Flower Mound	I still think it was the Russian mob. Bastards... __________________ UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO

07-07-2003, 03:10 PM	#2
tucker342 Pro Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa City, IA	That's to bad

07-07-2003, 03:11 PM	#3
ice4277 Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Berkley, MI: The Hotbed of FOFC!	That's too bad. At least, if bad things come in threes, that should be the end of bad things for Russian hockey players/officials.

07-07-2003, 03:56 PM	#7
damnMikeBrown College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Cincinnati, OH	Could've been one of those auto-erotic things gone bad, like what happend with Hutchinson of INXS.

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