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This is a '''list of ice hockey players who died during their playing careers'''.

==Player deaths==

===Before 1930===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:2.5%;"| Age
! style="width:10%;"| Player
! style="width:7%;"| Nationality
! style="width:12%;"| Date of death
! style="width:15%;"| Cause of death
! style="width:43%;" class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 28 || ((Sortname|Fred|Higginbotham)) || ((flag|Canada|1868)) || ((dts|1896|September|7|format=mdy)) || horse riding accident|| Member of the [[Winnipeg Victorias]]; won Stanley Cup in February 1896 in a challenge match against the Montreal Victorias.
|-
| 24 || ((Sortname|Frank|O'Dwyer|nolink=1)) || rowspan=2 | ((flag|United States|1912)) || ((dts|1901|June|5|format=mdy))|| unknown || Member of the [[Columbia Lions men's ice hockey|Columbia]] ice hockey team.
|-
| || ((Sortname|Frank|Falvey|nolink=1))<ref>((cite news |title=Frank Alexander Falvey |date=1903-01-15 |newspaper=[[The Tech (newspaper)|The Tech]] |volume=22 |issue=14 |page=127 |url=http://tech.mit.edu/V22/PDF/V22-N14.pdf |access-date=2020-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810141620/http://tech.mit.edu/V22/PDF/V22-N14.pdf |archive-date=2014-08-10 |url-status=dead))</ref> || ((dts|1903|January|14|format=mdy))|| acute [[peritonitis]] || Member of the [[MIT Engineers men's ice hockey|MIT men's ice hockey]] team and club president.
|-
| 24 || ((Sortname|James A.|McGee))<ref>((cite news|work=The Globe |date=May 14, 1904 |title=Sad Death of Ottawa's Captain|page=9))</ref> ||rowspan=8 | ((flag|Canada|1868)) || ((dts|1904|May|15|format=mdy))|| horse riding accident|| Member of the [[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa Silver Seven]], captain of the [[Ottawa Rough Riders]]; brother of [[Frank McGee (ice hockey)|Frank McGee]].
|-
| 23 || ((Sortname|Archie|Hooper))<ref name="gaz-obit">((cite news |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |date=October 12, 1904 |title=Hooper Dead; Of Hockey Fame |page=2 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l3YuAAAAIBAJ&pg=5597%2C820190))</ref> ||((dts|1904|October|11|format=mdy)) || complications from on-ice injury || Member of 1902 and 1903 [[Montreal Hockey Club]] Stanley Cup champions.
|-
| 24 || ((Sortname|Alcide|Laurin))<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/42151951/ The Killing of Alcide Laurin in a Hockey Match at Maxville] The Ottawa Journal, page 1, February 27, 1905</ref> ||((dts|1905|February|24|format=mdy)) || on-ice head injury || He received what The Ottawa Journal claimed on February 25, 1905, was an accidental stick blow to the head by 19-year-old [[Allan Loney]], a player on a rival team from Maxville, Ontario.
|-
| 22 || ((Sortname|Owen|McCourt)) ||((dts|1907|March|7|format=mdy)) || on-ice head injury || Murder charges were laid against other players in game in [[Cornwall, Ontario]]. There were no convictions.
|-
| 28 || ((Sortname|Hod|Stuart)) ||((dts|1907|June|23|format=mdy)) || open water diving accident || Member of [[Montreal Wanderers]], Stanley Cup champion in 1906 and 1907. All-star benefit game held for family. Member of the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]].
|-
| 28 || ((Sortname|Edgar|Dey)) ||((dts|1912|February|13|format=mdy)) || on-ice chest injury || Stanley Cup winner with [[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa Senators]] in 1909.
|-
| 23 || ((Sortname|Del|Irvine))<ref name='ott-cite'>((cite news |work=Ottawa Citizen |title=Portland Star Died Yesterday at Chicago |date=April 15, 1916 |page=8 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vlcuAAAAIBAJ&pg=3655%2C1068166 |access-date=August 9, 2013))</ref> ||((dts|1916|April|13|format=mdy)) || [[pneumonia]] || Played professionally for [[Portland Rosebuds (ice hockey)|Portland Rosebuds]]. PCHA champion in 1916.
|-
| 32 || ((Sortname|Hamby|Shore)) ||((dts|1918|October|13|format=mdy)) || [[influenza]] || Played nine seasons for the [[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa Senators]].
|-
| 23 || ((Sortname|Chester|Tutein|nolink=1)) || || ((dts|1918|November|17|format=mdy)) || [[aviation accident|plane crash]] || Played three seasons for [[MIT Engineers men's ice hockey|MIT]]. Enlisted in the [[United States Army Air Service]] after his junior year.
|-
| 37 || ((Sortname|Joe|Hall|Joe Hall (ice hockey))) || ((flag|Canada|1868)) || ((dts|1919|April|5|format=mdy)) || [[influenza]] || Member of [[Montreal Canadiens]] and former long-time member of [[Quebec Bulldogs]]. Led NHL in penalty minutes in both seasons played. Had played professionally since 1906. Died during [[1919 Stanley Cup Finals]]. Member of the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]].
|-
| 22 || ((Sortname|Foley|Martin)) || ((flag|Canada|1921)) || ((dts|1923|December|9|format=mdy)) || [[blood poisoning]] || Played two seasons in the [[Western Canada Hockey League]] from 1921 to 1923 with the [[Calgary Tigers]]. Died during opening road trip to start [[1923–24 WCHL season]].
|-
| 34 || ((Sortname|Jack|Darragh)) || ((flag|Canada|1921)) || ((dts|1924|June|28|format=mdy)) || [[ruptured appendix]] || Played thirteen seasons for the [[Ottawa Senators (original)|Ottawa Senators]]. Member of the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]].
|-
| 39 || ((Sortname|Georges|Vézina|)) || ((flag|Canada|1921)) || ((dts|1926|March|27|format=mdy)) || [[tuberculosis]] || Played sixteen seasons with the [[Montreal Canadiens]] from [[1910–11 NHA season|1910–11]] to ((nhly|1925)) winning the [[Stanley Cup]] twice, Member of the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]], and namesake of the [[National Hockey League]]'s [[Vezina Trophy]]. On November 28, 1925, the Canadiens' first game of the 1925–26 season, Vezina ran a temperature of 102°. He collapsed in the crease during the second period, never again returned to play, and died on the last day of that NHL season.
|-
| 26 || ((Sortname|Edward|Baker|Edward Baker (ice hockey)|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Canada|1921)) || ((dts|1929|January|10|format=mdy)) || on-ice [[skull fracture]] || Played two professional seasons, in Hamilton (Can-Pro) and Niagara (IHL). Collided with a teammate and left the ice unassisted. He checked into a nearby hospital, where he died the following morning.
|-
| 25 || ((Sortname|George|Horne|George Horne (ice hockey))) || ((flag|Canada|1921)) || ((dts|1929|July|31|format=mdy)) || [[drowning]] || Played three seasons in the NHL from 1925 to 1929 with the [[Montreal Maroons]] and [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]. Stanley Cup champion in 1926. Drowned while attempting to swim to shore during a sudden storm that capsized his boat; two friends and a local guide survived.
|-
| 25 || ((Sortname|Harry|Heintzman|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Canada|1921)) || ((dts|1929|August|21|format=mdy)) || complications from throat surgery || Three year player for [[Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey|Clarkson]]. Elected [[Captain (ice hockey)|team captain]] at the conclusion of his third season.
|}

===1930–1969===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:2.5%;"| Age
! style="width:10%;"| Player
! style="width:7%;"| Nationality
! style="width:12%;"| Date of death
! style="width:15%;"| Cause of death
! style="width:43%;" class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 26 || ((Sortname|Bobby|Connors)) || ((flag|Great Britain)) || ((dts|1931|July|27|format=mdy)) || diving accident || Played three seasons and 78 games in the [[NHL]] from [[1926–27 NHL season|1926]] to [[1929–30 NHL season|1929–30]] for the [[New York Americans]] and [[Detroit Cougars (NHL)|Detroit Cougars]].
|-
| 29 || ((Sortname|Charlie|Gardiner|Charlie Gardiner (ice hockey))) || ((flag|Canada|1921)) || ((dts|1934|June|13|format=mdy)) || [[brain hemorrhage]] || [[Goaltender]] for the [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]] for seven seasons from [[1926–27 NHL season|1926–27]] until [[1933–34 NHL season|1933–34]], the year they won the [[Stanley Cup]]; Gardiner was a multiple award winner, winning the [[Vezina Trophy]] twice, and is a member of the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]].
|-
| 24 || ((Sortname|Jack "Newsy"|Leswick|Jack Leswick)) 
|((flag|Canada|1921))||((dts|1934|August|7|format=mdy)) || [[drowning]] || Played 37 games for the [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]] in [[1933–34 NHL season|1933–34]]. Body found in the [[Assiniboine River]] without his wallet or other valuables. [[Stanley Cup]] champion in 1934.
|-
| 30 || ((Sortname|Earl|Miller|Earl Miller (ice hockey))) || ((flag|Canada|1921)) ||((dts|1936|June|20|format=mdy)) || unknown || Played five seasons and 109 games for the [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]] and [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] from [[1927–28 NHL season|1927–28]] to [[1931–32 NHL season|1931–32]]. Stanley Cup champion in 1932.
|-
| 34 || ((Sortname|Howie|Morenz)) 
|((flag|Canada|1921))||((dts|1937|March|8|format=mdy)) || complications from leg injury || Played 14 seasons and 550 games in the [[National Hockey League]], most notably with the [[Montreal Canadiens]], from [[1923–24 NHL season|1923–24]] to [[1936–37 NHL season|1936–37]]; generally regarded as the best player of his era, he won two scoring championships, three [[Hart Memorial Trophy|Hart Trophies]] and three [[Stanley Cup]] championships; The Canadiens retired his number 7; member of the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]].
|-
| 24 || ((Sortname|Russell|McConnell)) || ((flag|Canada|1921)) ||((dts|1942|September|7|format=mdy)) || World War II casualty || Played four championship seasons with [[McGill University]]; most valuable player of [[Quebec Senior Hockey League]] in 1938–39. Turned down pro offers from [[New York Rangers]] to serve in [[Royal Canadian Navy]].
|-
| 24 || ((Sortname|Norbert|Sterle)) || ((flag|United States)) || ((dts|1943|November|19|format=mdy)) || World War II casualty || Played one season at [[Illinois Fighting Illini men's ice hockey|Illinois]], led program to an Intercollegiate championship.
|-
| 31 || ((Sortname|Don|Deacon)) || ((flag|Canada|1921)) || ((dts|1943|December|25|format=mdy)) || fall from balcony || Played three seasons and 30 games for the [[Detroit Red Wings]] from [[1936–37 NHL season|1936]] to [[1939–40 NHL season|1940]].
|-
| 34 || ((Sortname|Ladislav|Troják)) 
|((flag|Czechoslovakia))|| ((dts|1948|November|8|format=mdy)) ||plane crash || Played for [[LTC Praha]] from 1934 to 1948. 
|-
| 23 || ((Sortname|Harijs|Mellups)) 
|((flag|Latvia))<br>((flag|Soviet Union))|| ((dts|1950|January|5|format=mdy))||[[1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash|plane crash]]|| Mellups was the starting goaltender of the first-ever [[Soviet Union national ice hockey team|Soviet national team]] game. Played several seasons in the [[Soviet ice hockey league|Soviet League]] for [[VVS Moscow]], which lost 11 players in the [[1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash]]. 
|-
| 27 || ((Sortname|Roberts|Šūlmanis|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Soviet Union))
|((dts|1950|January|5|format=mdy))
|[[1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash|plane crash]]
|Played several seasons in the [[Soviet ice hockey league|Soviet League]] for [[Dinamo Riga]]. Joined [[VVS Moscow]] in 1949.
|-
| 24 || ((sortname|Ivan|Novikov|Ivan Novikov (ice hockey player)|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Soviet Union)) || ((dts|1950|January|5|format=mdy))
|[[1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash|plane crash]]
|1947 [[Soviet Championship League|Soviet Championship]] bronze medal winner. 1948 [[Soviet Championship League|Soviet Championship]] silver medal winner.
|-
| 30 || ((Sortname|Boris|Bocharnikov|nolink=1)) 
|((flag|Soviet Union))|| ((dts|1950|January|5|format=mdy))
|[[1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash|plane crash]]
|1947 [[Soviet Championship League|Soviet Championship]] gold medal winner. 1948 [[Soviet Championship League|Soviet Championship]] bronze medal winner.
|-
| 33 || ((Sortname|Zdenek|Zigmund|nolink=1)) 
|((flag|Soviet Union))|| ((dts|1950|January|5|format=mdy))
|[[1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash|plane crash]]
|1947 [[Soviet Championship League|Soviet Championship]] bronze medal winner. 1948 [[Soviet Championship League|Soviet Championship]] silver medal winner.
|-
| 27 || ((Sortname|Yuri|Tarasov|Yuri Tarasov (ice hockey)|nolink=1)) 
|((flag|Soviet Union))|| ((dts|1950|January|5|format=mdy))
|[[1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash|plane crash]]
|Brother of hall of fame player [[Anatoli Tarasov]].
|-
| || ((Sortname|Vasily|Volodin|nolink=1)) 
|((flag|Soviet Union))||((dts|1950|January|5|format=mdy))
|[[1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash|plane crash]]
|
|-
| || ((Sortname|Eugeny|Voronin|nolink=1)) 
|((flag|Soviet Union))
|((dts|1950|January|5|format=mdy))
|[[1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash|plane crash]]
|
|-
| || ((Sortname|Yuri|Zhiburtovich|nolink=1)) 
|((flag|Soviet Union))
|((dts|1950|January|5|format=mdy))
|[[1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash|plane crash]]
|
|-
| || ((Sortname|Victor|Isaev|nolink=1)) 
|((flag|Soviet Union))
|((dts|1950|January|5|format=mdy))
|[[1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash|plane crash]]
|
|-
| || ((Sortname|Alexander|Moiseev|Alexander Moiseev (ice hockey)|nolink=1)) 
|((flag|Soviet Union))
|((dts|1950|January|5|format=mdy))
|[[1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash|plane crash]]
|
|-
| 30 || ((Sortname|Johnny|Holota)) || ((flag|Canada|1921)) || ((dts|1951|March|10|format=mdy)) || car crash || Played two seasons and 15 games in the [[NHL]] from [[1942–43 NHL season|1942]] to [[1945–46 NHL season|1946]] for the [[Detroit Red Wings]]. 
|-
| 24 || ((Sortname|Bill|Barilko)) || ((flag|Canada|1921)) || ((dts|1951|August|26|format=mdy)) || plane crash || His plane crashed in 1951 but investigators did not find the crash until 1962. Played five seasons and won the Stanley Cup four times with the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] from 1947 to 1951, and scored the legendary cup-winning goal in overtime of game five in the [[1950–51 NHL season|1951]] finals; the Leafs retired his number 5. Inspired the song "[[Fifty Mission Cap]]" by [[The Tragically Hip]].
|-
| 26 || ((Sortname|Ross|Lowe)) || ((flag|Canada)) ||((dts|1955|August|8|format=mdy)) || [[drowning]] || Played three seasons and 77 games in the [[NHL]] from [[1949–50 NHL season|1949]] to [[1951–52 NHL season|1952]] for the [[Boston Bruins]] and [[Montreal Canadiens]]; [[Les Cunningham Award]] recipient as AHL MVP for his performance during [[1954–55 AHL season|1954–55]], his last season.
|-
| 28 || ((Sortname|Murray|Balfour)) || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|1965|May|30|format=mdy)) || [[lung cancer]] || Played eight seasons and 306 games in the [[National Hockey League]] from [[1956–57 NHL season|1956–57]] to [[1964–65 NHL season|1964–65]] winning the [[Stanley Cup]] with the [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]] in [[1960–61 NHL season|1961]]; he also played for the [[Montreal Canadiens]] and [[Boston Bruins]].
|-
| 22 || ((Sortname|Jarmo|Wasama)) || ((flag|Finland)) || ((dts|1966|February|2|format=mdy)) || car crash || Five-time all-star defenseman in [[SM-sarja]]. In 1995, the trophy of top rookie of [[SM-liiga]] was renamed the [[Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy]].
|-
| 22 || ((Sortname|Butch|Paul)) || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|1966|March|25|format=mdy)) || car crash || Played three games for the [[Detroit Red Wings]] in [[1964–65 NHL season|1964–65]].
|-
| 29 || ((Sortname|Bill|Masterton)) || ((flag|Canada))|| ((dts|1968|January|15|format=mdy))
|on-ice head injury|| Played 30 games in the [[1967–68 NHL season]] with the [[Minnesota North Stars]] and is the only player in NHL history to be killed as a direct result of an on-ice incident; the NHL annually awards the [[Bill Masterton Trophy]] in his honour, and the North Stars retired his number 19.
|-
| 27 || ((Sortname|Elov|Seger)) || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|1968|March|8|format=mdy)) || [[brain tumor]] || All-American, helped [[Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey|Michigan Tech]] win a National Championship in [[1962 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament|1962]].
|-
| 22 || ((Sortname|Viktor|Blinov)) || ((flag|Soviet Union|1955)) || ((dts|1968|July|9|format=mdy)) || [[heart failure]] || Defenceman who played for Spartak Moscow. Champion of USSR (1967), European champion (1968), World champion (1968), champion of Olympic Games (1968). Died during training.
|-
| 29 || ((Sortname|Wayne|Larkin)) || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|1968|September|13|format=mdy)) || [[coronary thrombosis]] || Played eight seasons in [[American Hockey League]]. Died on the ice during the first practice of the [[New York Rangers]] training camp, held in [[Kitchener, Ontario]]. Won [[1959 Memorial Cup]] with [[Winnipeg Braves]].
|}

===1970–1989===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:2.5%;"| Age
! style="width:10%;"| Player
! style="width:7%;"| Nationality
! style="width:12%;"| Date of death
! style="width:15%;"| Cause of death
! style="width:43%;" class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 40 || ((Sortname|Terry|Sawchuk)) || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|1970|May|31|format=mdy)) || injuries suffered in an off-ice shoving incident || Played 21 seasons and 972 games in the [[National Hockey League]] from [[1949–50 NHL season|1949]] to [[1969–70 NHL season|1970]]; 14 of those seasons played with the [[Detroit Red Wings]] who retired his number 1; set numerous NHL goalie records and won numerous NHL awards; considered by many to be one of the greatest [[Goaltender|goalies]] of all time; member of the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]].
|-
|20
|Janez Kokalj
|((flag|Yugoslavia))
|January 24, 1971
|injuries suffered after falling from a moving train
|Defender played for his home town [[HK Celje]]. His team played a match in Belgrade in the afternoon a day early. While returning from the game, he mistakenly opened a main door and was sucked out of the train. He died on the spot as a result of the injuries suffered from the fall near Vinkovci.
|-
| 21 || ((Sortname|Michel|Brière||Briere, Michel)) || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|1971|April|13|format=mdy)) || rowspan="3" | car crash || [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] rookie played 76 games in [[1969–70 NHL season|1969–70]]; the [[Pittsburgh Penguins#Retired numbers|Penguins retired his number 21]]; the [[Michel Brière Memorial Trophy]] is awarded annually by the [[QMJHL]] to the league [[Most Valuable Player|MVP]].
|-
| 28 || ((Sortname|Lennart|Svedberg)) || ((flag|Sweden)) || ((dts|1972|July|29|format=mdy))<ref>((cite book |last=Diamond |first=Dan |title=Total Hockey: Second Edition |publisher=Total Sports Publishing |year=2003 |location=Toronto |page=640 |isbn=1-894963-16-4 |url=http://www.abebooks.com/9781894963169/Total-Hockey-Diamond-Dan-1894963164/plp |access-date=August 9, 2013))</ref> || Represented Sweden in the [[1968 Winter Olympics]] and six [[IIHF World Championships]]; in the 1970 World Championships he was named top defenceman
|-
| 44 || ((Sortname|Tim|Horton)) || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|1974|February|21|format=mdy)) || Played 24 seasons and 1,446 games in the [[National Hockey League]] from [[1949–50 NHL season|1949]] to [[1973–74 NHL season|1974]], playing 20 seasons and 1,185 games for the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]; named to the NHL's First and Second All-Star teams three times each; member of the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]]. Also founder of the [[Tim Hortons]] restaurant chain.
|-
| 29 || ((Sortname|Wayne|Maki)) || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|1974|May|12)) || [[brain cancer]] || Played six seasons and 246 games in the [[National Hockey League]], for the [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]], [[St. Louis Blues]] and [[Vancouver Canucks]].
|-
| 24 || ((Sortname|Bob|Gassoff)) || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|1977|May|27|format=mdy)) || motorcycle crash || Played four seasons and 245 games for the [[St. Louis Blues]] from 1973 to 1977; the Blues retired his number 3.
|-
|26
|Danijel Kerkoš
|((flag|Yugoslavia))
|June 8, 1978
|car crash
|Forward. Played for [[HK Celje]] his entire career and was a member of Yugoslavia's junior national team in his younger years. 
|-
| 30 || ((Sortname|Veikko|Suominen)) || ((flag|Finland)) || ((dts|1978|December|21|format=mdy)) || [[suicide]] || Played 331 [[SM-sarja]] games for [[Kiekko-67]], [[Upon Pallo]] and [[Ilves]]. Won one SM-sarja Championship with Ilves in 1972 and played 8 games for [[Finnish national men's ice hockey team|Finnish national team]].
|-
| 27 || ((Sortname|Scott|Garland|Scott Garland (ice hockey))) || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|1979|June|9|format=mdy)) || car crash || Played three seasons and 91 games in the [[NHL]] from [[1975–76 NHL season|1975]] to [[1978–79 NHL season|1979]] for the Toronto Maple Leafs and the [[Los Angeles Kings]].
|-
| 29 || ((Sortname|Vyacheslav|Solodukhin)) || ((flag|Soviet Union)) || ((dts|1979|December |format=mdy)) || Suicide by [[Carbon monoxide poisoning]] || Forward. Played for [[SKA Saint Petersburg]] and the [[Summit Series]]. 
|-
| 24 || ((Sortname|Vladislav|Najdenov|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Soviet Union)) || ((dts|1979)) || murdered, smothering || Forward. Played for [[HC Spartak Moscow]]. His murderer was never found.
|-
| 26 || ((Sortname|Don|Ashby)) || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|1981|May|30|format=mdy)) || rowspan="2" | car crash || Played six seasons in the [[NHL]] for the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]], [[Colorado Rockies (NHL)|Colorado Rockies]], and [[Edmonton Oilers]] from [[1975–76 NHL season|1975]] to [[1980–81 NHL season|1981]]
|-
| 33 || ((Sortname|Valeri|Kharlamov)) || ((flag|Soviet Union)) || ((dts|1981|August|27|format=mdy)) || Played in three Olympics, 11 [[IIHF World Championships]] and the [[1972 Summit Series]]. Member of the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]].
|-
| 28 || ((Sortname|Rauli|Levonen)) || ((flag|Finland)) || ((dts|1981|December|1|format=mdy)) || heart attack || Played 9 seasons in Finnish [[SM-liiga]] for [[Ässät Pori]] and won championship title in 1978. Father of ex-pro hockey player Jarno Levonen, cousin of ex-player and international referee Jari Levonen. Suffered a heart attack during a 3rd division game and died later at hospital.
|-
| 30 || ((Sortname|Konstantin|Klimov|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Soviet Union)) || ((dts|1982|January|8|format=mdy)) || car crash || Forward. Played for the national Soviet junior team and [[HC Spartak Moscow]]. Champion of USSR (1969, 1974), winner of the USSR Cup (1970,1971,1974), winner of the European Junior Championship (1970).
|- 
| 28 || ((Sortname|Mikhail|Kovalev|Mikhail Kovalev (ice hockey)|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Soviet Union)) || ((dts|1982)) ||murdered|| Defenseman. Played for the national Soviet junior team and [[HC CSKA Moscow]]. Winner of the European Junior Championship (1973).
|-
|18
|Jože Gradišar
|((flag|Yugoslavia))
|March 1, 1983
|heart attack
|Defender for HK Tivoli died only two days after his 18th birthday. While preparing with the junior national team in Sarajevo for the European U18 Group C championship that was due to take place he suddenly collapsed after a morning practice. Despite immediate medical assistance he died on the way to the hospital.
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| 25 || ((Sortname|Palle|Schultz|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Denmark)) || December 1984 || injury || Played several seasons in Danish 1. Division and won championship title in 1983 with Herlev IK. Died in December 1984 in Kopenhagen Hospital after he was hit by stick during league game<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.faceoff.dk/retro-thomas-svaevede-mellem-liv-og-dod-efter-tragisk-uheld/ |title=Thomas svævede mellem liv og død efter tragisk uheld |access-date=August 19, 2017 |archive-date=August 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819145033/http://www.faceoff.dk/retro-thomas-svaevede-mellem-liv-og-dod-efter-tragisk-uheld/ |url-status=dead ))</ref>
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| 17 || ((Sortname|Anatoli|Fetisov|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Soviet Union)) || ((dts|1985|June|)) || car crash || Fetisov was a sure bet to play with the [[Soviet Union national ice hockey team|Soviet Union]] at the [[1986 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships]] in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]] and a strong candidate for selection in the [[1986 NHL Entry Draft]]; his older brother, former NHLer [[Viacheslav Fetisov]], was the driver in the crash.
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| 26 || ((Sortname|Pelle|Lindbergh)) || ((flag|Sweden)) || ((dts|1985|November|11|format=mdy)) || car crash || [[Philadelphia Flyers]] goalie played five seasons from 1981 until his death in 1985; [[Vezina Trophy]] recipient for [[1984–85 NHL season]]; the Flyers created the [[Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy]] and award it annually to the team's most improved player.
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| 18 || ((Sortname|George|Pelawa)) ||((flag|United States)) || ((dts|1986|August|30|format=mdy)) || car crash || Played for Bemidji High School, was the [[Calgary Flames]]' first-round pick (16th overall) in the [[1986 NHL Entry Draft]]. Was named [[Minnesota Mr. Hockey]] in 1986 as the top high-school player in the state.
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| 20 || ((Sortname|Trent|Kresse))<ref name="broncos">((cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/20/news_story/?ID=106713&hubname=tsn20 |title=Four Players Killed in Bus Crash |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061128212933/http://www.tsn.ca/20/news_story/?ID=106713&hubname=tsn20 |archive-date=November 28, 2006 |access-date=August 9, 2013))</ref> || ((flag|Canada)) || rowspan="4" | ((dts|1986|December|30|format=mdy)) || rowspan="4" | bus crash || rowspan="3" |Killed when [[Swift Current Broncos]] [[Swift Current Broncos bus crash|team bus crashed]] on the way to a [[Western Hockey League|WHL]] game in Regina. The league awards the [[Four Broncos Memorial Trophy]] to its player of the year, partially in his honour.
|-
| 19 || ((Sortname|Scott|Kruger))<ref name="broncos"/>||((flag|Canada)) 
|-
| 20 || ((Sortname|Chris|Mantyka))<ref name="broncos"/>||((flag|Canada)) 
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| 16 || ((Sortname|Brent|Ruff))<ref name="broncos"/>||((flag|Canada)) ||Killed when [[Swift Current Broncos]] team bus crashed on the way to a WHL game in Regina. The league awards the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy to its player of the year, partially in his honour. Brother of [[Lindy Ruff]].
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| 27 || ((Sortname|Andrew|Zemko|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Soviet Union)) || ((dts|1988|July|)) || unknown, supposedly [[heart attack]] || Defenseman, played for [[HC Lada Togliatti|Torpedo Togliatti]] during 1985–1988. Died during cross-country run in training camp.
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| 30 || ((Sortname|Bjørn|Skaare)) || ((flag|Norway)) || ((dts|1989|June|21|format=mdy)) || car accident ||One game in the NHL for the [[Detroit Red Wings]]. First [[Norway|Norwegian]] to play in the NHL. 
|-
| 18 || ((Sortname|Neil|Carnes|nolink=1)) || ((flag|United States)) || ((dts|1989|July|30|format=mdy)) || motorcycle crash || Neil Carnes played in the [[QMJHL]] from 1986 to 1987 through 1988–89 with the [[Verdun Junior Canadiens]] and the [[Laval Titan]]. Drafted in the 3rd round (46th overall) by the [[Montreal Canadiens]] in the [[1988 NHL Entry Draft]], Carnes died in a motorcycle accident in his hometown of Plymouth, Michigan shortly after playing in the [[1989 Memorial Cup]] with Laval. Neil scored 79 goals and had 145 assists for a total of 224 points in 164 career QMJHL games.
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| 23 || ((Sortname|Duncan|MacPherson)) || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|1989|August|9|format=mdy)) || Hit by snow grooming machine, then buried<ref>((cite web |last=Jones |first=Chris |url=http://www.esquire.com/features/the-game/ESQ0104-JAN_GAME |title=The man in the ice |publisher=Esquire |date=December 31, 2004 |accessdate=September 2, 2010))</ref> || Drafted 20th overall in the [[1984 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[New York Islanders]]. Frozen body found in a glacier in 2003.
|}

===1990–1999===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:2.5%;"| Age
! style="width:10%;"| Player
! style="width:7%;"| Nationality
! style="width:12%;"| Date of death
! style="width:15%;"| Cause of death
! style="width:43%;" class="unsortable"| Notes
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| 18 || ((Sortname|Kirill|Tarasov|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Soviet Union)) || ((dts|1990||)) || car crash || Candidate for the Soviet National Junior team. [[Vyacheslav Kozlov]], then the top junior player in the country who would go on to play 18 years in the NHL, was seriously injured in the same accident.
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| 26 || ((Sortname|Luděk|Čajka||Cajka, Ludek)) || ((flag|Czechoslovakia|1990)) || ((dts|1990|February|14|format=mdy)) || on-ice spinal injury || Played in the [[Czechoslovak Extraliga]]. Chosen 115th overall in the [[1987 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[New York Rangers]]. His death led to installation of no-touch icing in Europe.
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| 34 || ((Sortname|Vladimir|Durdin|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Soviet Union)) || ((dts|1990|May|27|format=mdy)) || car crash || Played 11 seasons for [[Dinamo Riga (original)|Dynamo Riga]] in the [[Soviet Championship League]] and one season for [[Ässät Pori]] in the [[Mestis|Finnish first division]]. Member of 1978 Soviet All-Stars squad that played exhibition games against [[World Hockey Association|WHA]] teams. Father of Sergei Durdin, who later played in the [[United Hockey League]].<ref name=durdin>((cite web |title=His father's legacy: Defenseman's dad was a star Soviet player |url=http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080422/SPORTS01/793395693 |date=April 22, 2008 |publisher=The News-Sentinel |access-date=August 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428185147/http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20080422%2FSPORTS01%2F793395693 |archive-date=April 28, 2012 |url-status=dead ))</ref>
|-
| 19 || ((Sortname|Miran|Schrott|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Italy)) || ((dts|1992|January|14|format=mdy)) || [[cardiac arrest]] following on-ice slash || Played for HC Gardena in Italy's Serie B league. [[Jim Boni|Jimmy Boni]], the player who slashed him, was charged with culpable homicide in his death but later pleaded guilty to manslaughter.<ref>((cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1957&dat=19940217&id=KmFGAAAAIBAJ&pg=2360,3820474 |title=No sentence for Boni |access-date=August 9, 2013))</ref>
|-
|20
|Aleš Kalan
|((flag|Slovenia))
|March 12, 1992
|car crash
|An up-and-coming defender died as a result of a one-car crash incident just three days past his twentieth birthday after fighting for his life for 12 days in a hospital. Member of [[HK Acroni Jesenice]] played for Yugoslavia junior national team at U18 and U20 level.
|-
| 19 || ((Sortname|Artem|Kopot)) || ((flag|Russia)) || ((dts|1992|July|20|format=mdy))|| rowspan="2" | car crash || A promising defenceman with the world champion [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] national junior team. Drafted in sixth round of the [[1992 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]], Kopot was involved in a fatal one-car crash the following month in his hometown, five days prior to his twentieth birthday.
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| 30 || ((Sortname|Roger|Hägglund||Hagglund, Roger)) || ((flag|Sweden)) || ((dts|1992|June|6|format=mdy)) || Played three games for the [[Quebec Nordiques]] in [[1984–85 NHL season|1984–85]].
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| 27 || ((Sortname|John|Kordic)) || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|1992|August|8|format=mdy)) || lung failure due to heart malfunction from a drug overdose || Played 7 seasons and 244 games in the [[NHL]] from [[1985–86 NHL season|1985]] to [[1991–92 NHL season|1992]], most notably with the [[Montreal Canadiens]] and [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]. Won [[Stanley Cup]] in 1986 with Montreal. Won 1982-83 [[Memorial Cup]] with WHL's [[Portland Winter Hawks]].
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| 26 || ((Sortname|Sergei|Bushmelyov|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Russia)) || ((dts|1992|August|28|format=mdy)) || murdered || 
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| 18 || ((Sortname|Gary|Rippingale)) || ((flag|England))<br>((flag|Great Britain)) || ((dts|1992|October|31|format=mdy)) || choked on vomit || Played for the [[Nottingham Panthers]] of the [[British Hockey League]]. He also played for the [[Great Britain national ice hockey team]] at Under-18 level. He died following the Panthers' Halloween party. The number 3 jersey is retired by the Panthers in his honour.
|-
| 19 || ((Sortname|Todd|Klassen|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|1993|July|22|format=mdy)) || car crash || Played for the [[Tri-City Americans]] of the [[Western Hockey League]]. Drafted by the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] in the [[1992 NHL Entry Draft]].
|-
| 25 || ((Sortname|Mike|Colman)) || ((flag|United States)) || ((dts|1994|April|5|format=mdy)) || car crash || Played fifteen games for the [[San Jose Sharks]] in [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]].
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| 27 || ((Sortname|Peter|Mrozik|nolink=1)) || ((flag|United States))<br/>((flag|Slovakia)) || ((dts|1994|June|28|format=mdy)) || car crash || Slovak-born American ice hockey player. Played in the [[1st. Slovak National Hockey League]] in 1991.<ref>Hokejová ročenka 1991-92</ref> Later Mrozik resumed his career in [[Estonia]].<ref>Hokejová ročenka 1992-93</ref>
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| 24 || ((Sortname|Jakub|Szal|nolink=1)) || rowspan="2" | ((flag|Poland)) || ((dts|1994|December|8|format=mdy)) || [[heart attack]] || Played in the [[Polska Liga Hokejowa|Polish Extraliga]] for [[Podhale Nowy Targ]], [[KH Sanok|STS Sanok]].<ref>((cite web |url=http://sanockabibliotekacyfrowa.pl/dlibra/docmetadata?id=921 | title=Jakub Szal nie żyje |date=December 16, 1994 |publisher=Tygodnik Sanocki (Józef Ząbkiewicz) |language=pl |access-date=February 18, 2015))</ref>
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| 23 || ((Sortname|Piotr|Milan|nolink=1)) ||((dts|1995|January|23|format=mdy)) || [[Traffic collision|bus accident]] || Played in the [[Polska Liga Hokejowa|Polish Extraliga]] for [[KH Sanok|STS Sanok]].<ref>((cite web |url=http://hokej.net/pl/news,artykul,5,29833,piotr-milan---pamiec-ktora-pozostanie-na-zawsze%E2%80%A6-to-juz-18-lat.html | title=Piotr Milan&nbsp;– pamięć, która pozostanie na zawsze... To już 18 lat |date=January 23, 2012 |publisher=Hokej.net (Grzegorz Michalewski) |language=pl |access-date=August 9, 2013))</ref>
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| 29 || ((Sortname|Peter|Karlsson|Peter Karlsson (ice hockey))) || rowspan="2" | ((flag|Sweden)) || ((dts|1995|March|11|format=mdy)) || stabbed to death || Played in the [[Swedish Hockey League|SEL]] for [[VIK Västerås HK]].
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| 28 || ((Sortname|Bengt|Åkerblom||Akerblom, Bengt))<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.dt.se/sport/hockeyfeber/article279518.ece |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728231426/http://www.dt.se/sport/hockeyfeber/article279518.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 28, 2012 |title=För mycket skitsnack |date=February 13, 2008 |publisher=Dalarnas Tidningar |language=sv |quote=Moraspelaren Bengt Åkerblom fick halspulsådern avskuren, av en skridsko, under en träningsmatch mot Brynäs. |access-date=August 9, 2013 ))</ref> ||((dts|1995|October|15|format=mdy)) || on-ice accident|| Played 53 [[Swedish Hockey League|SEL]] games for [[Djurgårdens IF Hockey|Djurgårdens IF]] and five seasons for [[Mora IK]] in the second-level league. Neck was cut by a skate during an [[exhibition game]].
|-
| 21 || ((Sortname|Alexander|Osadchy|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Russia)) || ((dts|1996)) || [[suicide]] || Drafted in round 4, #80 overall, by the [[San Jose Sharks]] during the [[1993 NHL Draft]].
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| 25 || ((Sortname|Michel|Breistroff)) || ((flag|France)) || ((dts|1996|July|17|format=mdy)) || [[TWA Flight 800|airplane crash]] || Played for France national team at [[1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships]]. Played NCAA Division I hockey for [[Harvard University]].
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| 25 || ((Sortname|Jeff|Batters)) || rowspan="4" | ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|1996|August|23|format=mdy)) || car crash || Played 16 games over two seasons for the [[St. Louis Blues]] from 1993 to 1995.
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| 24 || ((Sortname|Yanick|Dupré||Dupre, Yanick)) ||((dts|1997|August|16|format=mdy)) || [[leukemia]] || Played three seasons and 35 games for the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] from 1991 to 1996, the [[List of Philadelphia Flyers award winners#Yanick Dupre Memorial|Yanick Dupre Memorial]] is awarded annually by the Flyers organization and by the [[American Hockey League]] for a player's service to his local community.  
|-
| 20 || ((Sortname|Graham|Christie|nolink=1))<ref name=christie>((cite web |title=Ex-Red Wing dies from injury |url=http://www.weyburnreview.com/News/1997/9748/christie.html |publisher=The Weyburn Review |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020118061709/http://www.weyburnreview.com/News/1997/9748/christie.html |archive-date=January 18, 2002 |access-date=August 9, 2013))</ref> ||((dts|1997|November|25|format=mdy)) || on-ice accident || Played in the [[SJHL]] at the time of his death. The [[Prairie Junior Hockey League|PJHL]] Rookie of the Year trophy is named in his honour.
|-
| 29 || ((Sortname|Stéphane|Morin||Morin, Stephane)) ||((dts|1998|October|6|format=mdy)) || [[heart attack]], during game || Played five seasons and 90 games in the [[National Hockey League]] for the [[Quebec Nordiques]] and [[Vancouver Canucks]]; he was awarded the [[Leo P. Lamoureux Memorial Trophy]] as the [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|IHL]]'s leading scorer in 1995.
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| 29 || ((Sortname|Chad|Silver|nolink=1))<ref>[[:de:Chad Silver]]</ref> || ((flag|Canada))<br/>((flag|Switzerland)) || ((dts|1998|December|3|format=mdy)) || [[heart attack]] || Played nine seasons and 374 games in the [[National League A]] mostly for the [[HC Fribourg-Gottéron]] and [[ZSC Lions]] Zurich.
|-
| 26 || ((Sortname|Tibor|Haviar|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Slovakia)) || ((dts|1999)) || shooting || Was goalkeeper, played for [[MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš]] and [[STS Sanok]] and represented Western Slovakia. Shot dead by unknown offender.<ref>((cite journal |author= Grzegorz Michalewski |title= Ich ostatnia tercja |journal= Tygodnik Sanocki |page= 11 |date= November 8, 2002))</ref>
|-
| 34 || ((Sortname|Petri|Rautianen|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Finland)) || ((dts|1999)) || brain tumor || Played two seasons in [[SM-liiga]] for [[Ässät Pori]] and [[Jokipojat]] Joensuu. Last two seasons of his career he played for [[Newcastle Vipers|Newcastle Cobras]] in the British [[Ice Hockey Superleague]]. Died on a relapsed brain tumor. His jersey was retired by Newcastle in 2001.<ref>((cite news |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-19075809.html |title=Ice hockey club in shirt tribute after death of one of its greatest players |date=February 12, 2001 |work=The Northern Echo ))((dead link|date=August 2013))</ref>
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| 32 || ((Sortname|Steve|Chiasson)) || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|1999|May|3|format=mdy)) || impaired driving || Played thirteen seasons and 751 games in the [[NHL]] for the [[Detroit Red Wings]], [[Calgary Flames]], [[Hartford Whalers]] and [[Carolina Hurricanes]] from [[1986–87 NHL season|1986–87]] to [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]].
|-
| 22 || ((Sortname|Dmitri|Tertyshny))<ref>((cite news |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/preview/team_preview/phi_preview/ |title=1999 NHL Preview: Philadelphia Flyers |work=CNN |access-date=August 9, 2013))</ref> || ((flag|Russia)) || ((dts|1999|July|23|format=mdy)) || slashed [[jugular vein]] in boat accident|| Played 62 games for the [[Philadelphia Flyers]] in [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]]
|}

===2000–2009===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:2.5%;"| Age
! style="width:10%;"| Player
! style="width:7%;"| Nationality
! style="width:12%;"| Date of death
! style="width:15%;"| Cause of death
! style="width:43%;" class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 28 || ((Sortname|Artur|Malicki|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Poland)) || ((dts|2001|February|14|format=mdy)) || hit by car as a pedestrian || Played in the [[Polska Liga Hokejowa|Polish Extraliga]] for [[Unia Oświęcim]].<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.um.oswiecim.pl/pl_chemik/04_2001/articles/malicki.html | title=Artur Malicki nie żyje |date=February 14, 2001 |publisher=um.oswiecim |language=pl |access-date=October 7, 2013))</ref>
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| 38 || ((Sortname|Sergei|Ageikin|nolink=1)) || rowspan="2" | ((flag|Russia)) || ((dts|2001|May|31|format=mdy)) || [[leukemia]]<ref>((cite web |url=http://news.sport-express.ru/2001-06-01/14154/ | script-title=ru:Умер Сергей Агейкин |date=June 1, 2001 |publisher=sport-express.ru |language=ru |access-date=October 7, 2013))</ref> || Played for Spartak Moskwa, [[Podhale Nowy Targ]], Vityaz Podolsk, participated in IIHF World Championships 1986 (won gold medal with Soviet Union).
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| 32 || ((Sortname|Viacheslav|Bezukladnikov)) ||((dts|2001|July|10|format=mdy)) || [[liver cirrhosis]] || [[Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR|Master of Sports]], forward. Champion of Russia (1994, 1996), winner of the European Cup (1997). Played for [[Avtomobilist Sverdlovsk]], [[SKA Sverdlovsk]], [[HC Lada Togliatti]] and the [[Russia men's national ice hockey team|Russian national team]], including at the [[1994 Winter Olympics]]. One of the annual Russian ice hockey tournaments for children named in his honour. Only 11-year-old players can participate in this tournament because Bezukladnikov played with this jersey number.
|-
| 22 || ((Sortname|Zoltan|Batovsky|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Slovakia)) || ((dts|2001|August|8|format=mdy)) || car crash || Played for the Kentucky Thoroughblades (AHL). Won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Junior Championships in Winnipeg, Slovakia's first IIHF medal as an independent nation. Played in the [[QMJHL]] for the [[Drummondville Voltigeurs]].
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| 26 || ((sortname|Alexei|Yegorov|Alexei Yegorov (ice hockey b. 1975))) || ((flag|Russia)) || ((dts|2002|March|2|format=mdy)) || [[drug overdose]] || Drafted in round 3 #66 overall by the [[San Jose Sharks]] during the [[1994 NHL Draft]].
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| 22 || ((Sortname|Alexander|Krevsun))<ref>((cite magazine |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/news/2002/07/10/predators_prospect_ap/ |title=Ex-Nashville prospect dies after workout |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=July 10, 2002 |access-date=August 9, 2013))</ref> || ((flag|Kazakhstan)) || ((dts|2002|July|3|format=mdy)) || [[cerebral hemorrhage]] || Drafted 124th overall in the [[1999 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[Nashville Predators]]. Died during a cross country workout with [[CSK VVS Samara]].
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| 22 || ((Sortname|Terence|Tootoo)) || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|2002|August|26|format=mdy)) || [[suicide]] || Played for the Roanoke Express (ECHL) and OCN Blizzard (MJHL). Brother of NHLer [[Jordin Tootoo]].
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| 24 || ((Sortname|Roman|Lyashenko))<ref>((cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2003/07/07/lyashenko030707.html |title=Rangers' Lyashenko found dead |work=CBC News |date=July 7, 2003 |access-date=August 9, 2013))</ref> || ((flag|Russia)) || ((dts|2003|July|5|format=mdy)) || suicide || Played four seasons in the [[NHL]] for the [[Dallas Stars]] and [[New York Rangers]] from 1999 to 2003.
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| 23 || ((Sortname|Trevor|Ettinger|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|2003|July|26|format=mdy)) || suicide || Chosen 159th overall at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft by the Edmonton Oilers. Was playing for the [[American Hockey League|AHL]]'s [[Syracuse Crunch]] at the time of his death.
|-
| 27 || ((Sortname|Grzegorz|Pastuszak|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Poland)) || ((dts|2003|August|14|format=mdy)) || hit by car as a pedestrian || Played in the [[Polska Liga Hokejowa|Polish Extraliga]] for [[KH Sanok|SKH Sanok]].
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| 25 || ((Sortname|Dan|Snyder|Dan Snyder (ice hockey)))<ref>((cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2003/10/05/snyder031005.html |title=Thrashers' Snyder dies from accident issues |work=CBC News |date=October 6, 2003 |access-date=August 9, 2013))</ref> || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|2003|October|5|format=mdy)) || car crash || Played three seasons and 49 games for the [[Atlanta Thrashers]] from 2000 to 2003; the [[Ontario Hockey League|OHL]] renamed its Humanitarian of the Year award to the [[Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy]] in Snyder's honour; [[Dany Heatley]] was the driver in the accident.
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| 35 || ((Sortname|Viktor|Karachun)) || ((flag|Belarus)) || ((dts|2004|August|11|format=mdy)) || [[cancer]]<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.heilbronner-falken.de/artikel.php4?ID=313 |title=Abschied von einem ganz besonderen Menschen&nbsp;– eine Erinnerung an Viktor Karachun |date=August 17, 2004 |language=de |url-status=dead |access-date=October 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219064255/http://www.heilbronner-falken.de/artikel.php4?ID=313 |archive-date=December 19, 2007 ))</ref> || Played for Dinamo Minsk, [[Podhale Nowy Targ]], German clubs in DEL, participated in IIHF World Championships 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002, and Winter Olympics in 1998 and 2002.
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| 27 || ((Sortname|Anatoli|Ustyugov|nolink=1))<ref>((cite news | url=http://newsru.com/sport/27sep2004/7749837675654.html |language=ru |title=Новости NEWSru.com :: Скончался форвард "Спартака" Анатолий Устюгов |access-date=August 9, 2013))</ref> || ((flag|Russia)) || ((dts|2004|September|27|format=mdy)) || murder, head injury || Played in Russia on teams such as [[Amur Khabarovsk]], [[Lada Tolliati]], and [[HC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]].
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| 31 || ((Sortname||Sergejs Žoltoks|Sergei Zholtok))<ref>((cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2004/11/04/zholtok041104.html |title=Fans mourn death of Sergei Zholtok |work=CBC News |date=November 5, 2004 |access-date=August 9, 2013))</ref> || ((flag|Latvia)) || ((dts|2004|November|3|format=mdy)) || [[hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]] during a match || Played ten seasons and 588 games in the [[National Hockey League]] for six teams from [[1992–93 NHL season|1992]] to [[2003–04 NHL season|2004]].
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| 18 || ((Sortname|Jaxon|Logan|nolink=1))<ref>((cite web |title=Hockey player dies at game |url=https://www.deseret.com/2005/1/23/19873324/hockey-player-dies-at-game |publisher=Deseret News |author=Decker, Martin |date=January 23, 2005 |access-date=August 9, 2013))</ref> || ((flag|USA)) || ((dts|2005|January|21|format=mdy)) || on-ice accident || Played for [[Brigham Young University men's ice hockey]]. Was hit by a puck which stopped his heart.
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| 28 || ((Sortname|Jonathan|Delisle)) || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|2006|March|16|format=mdy)) || car crash || Drafted and played one game with [[Montreal Canadiens]]. Delisle died in an auto accident in March 2006 as a member of the [[Saint-Georges CRS Express]]. The Delisle Trophy has been named in his honor and is awarded to the [[LNAH]] player who "best exemplifies leadership in the regular season."
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| 21 || ((Sortname|Stefan|Blaho|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Slovakia)) || ((dts|2006|August|30|format=mdy)) || car crash || Drafted 120th overall in the [[2003 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[New York Islanders]]. Played for the [[Sudbury Wolves]] and the [[Sarnia Sting]] of the [[Ontario Hockey League|OHL]].
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| 22 || ((Sortname|Alexei|Savin)) || ((flag|Belarus)) || ((dts|2007|June|18|format=mdy)) || car crash || Played for the Belarusian national team.
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| 31 || ((Sortname|Martin|Čech||Cech, Martin)) || ((flag|Czech Republic)) || ((dts|2007|September|6|format=mdy)) || car crash || Played in the [[Czech Extraliga]].
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| 26 || ((Sortname|Darcy|Robinson))<ref>((cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070928.wsptdarcy28/BNStory/Sports/columnists= | title=Darcy Robinson's Death Brings Shock |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=September 28, 2007 |location=Toronto |first=Allan |last=Maki |access-date=November 24, 2008))</ref> || rowspan="4" | ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|2007|September|27|format=mdy)) || [[heart attack]] || Played for [[Associazione Sportiva Asiago Hockey]]. His former team, the [[Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins]], dedicated their Robo's Readers program in his memory.
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| 19 || ((Sortname|Mickey|Renaud))<ref>((cite news| url=https://www.tsn.ca/chl/news_story/?ID=229972&hubname= |title=Spitfires captain Reanud dies |publisher=[[The Sports Network]] |date=February 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227182351/http://www.tsn.ca/chl/news_story/?ID=229972&hubname= <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=February 27, 2008 |access-date=February 18, 2008))</ref> ||((dts|2008|February|18|format=mdy)) || [[hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]] || Captain of the [[Windsor Spitfires]] in the [[Ontario Hockey League|OHL]]; chosen in the 5th round of the [[2007 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[Calgary Flames]].
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| 21 || ((Sortname|Luc|Bourdon))<ref>((cite news| url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=3417414 | title=Canucks rookie Bourdon, 21, killed in motorcycle crash | agency=[[Associated Press]] | date=May 29, 2008 |access-date=October 30, 2020))</ref> ||((dts|2008|May|29|format=mdy)) || motorcycle accident || Drafted 10th overall in the [[2005 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[Vancouver Canucks]]; played 36 games in the NHL from 2006 to 2008.
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| 20 || ((Sortname|KJ|Ramolla|nolink=1)) ||((dts|2008|June|28|format=mdy)) || car crash || Played for the [[Newmarket Hurricanes]] of the [[Ontario Junior Hockey League|OPJHL]]. Chosen in the fifth round of the 2004 OHL Priority Selection by the [[Kingston Frontenacs]].
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| 21 || ((Sortname|Igor|Antosik|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Russia)) || ((dts|2008|July|25|format=mdy)) || unknown || Central forward. Played for Russian national junior team, Dynamo Moscow (KHL, Russia) and Atlant Mytishchi (KHL, Russia) farm clubs. Died during cross-country in training camp.
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| 18 || ((Sortname|Domagoj|Kapec||Kapec, Domagoj)) || ((flag|Croatia)) || ((dts|2008|September|12|format=mdy)) || car crash || Played for KHL Zagreb in his homeland. Represented Croatia at two IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships.
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| 19 || ((Sortname|Alexei|Cherepanov))<ref>((cite news| url=http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=252547 | title=Ranger Prospect Cherepanov collapses on bench | publisher=[[The Sports Network]] | date=October 13, 2008 |access-date=October 13, 2008))</ref><ref>((cite news| url=https://www.tsn.ca/blogs/darren_dreger/?id=252788 | title=Heavy hearted Omsk get back on the ice | publisher=TSN |last=Dreger |first=Darren | date=October 16, 2008 |access-date=October 16, 2008))</ref> || ((flag|Russia)) || ((dts|2008|October|13|format=mdy)) || [[Myocarditis]] || Drafted 17th overall in the [[2007 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[New York Rangers]]. In 2008 played for Omsk Avangard (KHL, Russia). Omsk retired his number seven. KHL award to top rookie of the year named in his honour.((Citation needed|date=October 2008))
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| 21 || ((Sortname|Don|Sanderson|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|2009|January|2|format=mdy)) || on-ice head injury || Played for the Whitby Dunlops of the Ontario Hockey Association. Struck head on ice during fight on December 12, 2008, and died three weeks later. Drafted by the [[Kitchener Rangers]] of the OHL in 2003.
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|19
|Jordan Mistelbacher<ref>((cite web |date=2009-01-19 |title=Hockey star Jordan Mistelbacher laid to rest |url=https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/hockey-star-jordan-mistelbacher-laid-to-rest-1.361708 |access-date=2022-07-08 |website=Winnipeg |language=en))</ref>
|((flag|Canada))
|January 13, 2009
|alcohol poisoning
|Played center for the [[Winnipeg Saints]] of the [[MJHL]] and [[Everett Silvertips]] of the [[Western Hockey League]]. 
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| 33 || ((Sortname|Gábor|Ocskay||Ocskay, Gabor))<ref>((cite news |url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/hash/a0ad64e46e/article/hungarian-hockey-in-mourning/955.htm5 |title=Hungarian hockey in mourning |publisher=IIHF |date=March 25, 2009 |access-date=March 25, 2009 )) ((Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot))</ref> || ((flag|Hungary)) || ((dts|2009|March|24|format=mdy)) || heart attack || Played professionally for [[Alba Volán Székesfehérvár]] in Hungary. Was selected as best player in the league three times, and won scoring title three times. Scored 115 points in 187 games for the [[Hungary men's national ice hockey team|Hungarian national team]].
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| 21 || ((Sortname|Kiril|Vajarov))<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-championship-oc09/home/news/news-singleview-world-championship-2009/article/bulgaria-goalie-vajarov-killed.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=2717&cHash=2b224a44e9 |title=Bulgaria goalie Vajarov killed |publisher=IIHF |date=April 20, 2009 |access-date=April 20, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526163933/http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-championship-oc09/home/news/news-singleview-world-championship-2009/article/bulgaria-goalie-vajarov-killed.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=2717&cHash=2b224a44e9 |archive-date=May 26, 2011 ))</ref> || ((flag|Bulgaria)) || ((dts|2009|April|18|format=mdy)) || stabbing || Goaltender who played for [[Slavia Sofia (ice hockey)|Slavia Sofia]] in Bulgaria. Was a member of [[Bulgaria men's national ice hockey team|Bulgarian national team]] for two World Championships.
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| 28 || ((Sortname|Robert|Müller|Robert Müller (hockey)|Muller, Robert))<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/robert-mueller-passes-away.html?tx_ttnews955&cHash=ba59900382 |title=Robert Müller passes away |publisher=IIHF |date=May 22, 2009 |access-date=May 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526170152/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/robert-mueller-passes-away.html?tx_ttnews955&cHash=ba59900382 |archive-date=May 26, 2011 ))</ref> || ((flag|Germany)) || ((dts|2009|May|21|format=mdy)) || brain cancer || Goaltender. Was drafted by the [[Washington Capitals]] in 2001. Champion of Germany in 2002–03 and 2006–07 seasons. Was a member of [[Germany men's national ice hockey team|German national team]]. Played 127 games for his national team, participated in eight [[IIHF World Championships]] and two [[Winter Olympics]] in 2002 and 2006. Inducted into the [[German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame]] in March 2009. German Hockey League retired his number 80 league-wide.
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| 18 || ((Sortname|Alexei|Kuchin|nolink=1))|| ((flag|Russia)) || ((dts|2009|September|26|format=mdy)) || car crash || Forward. Played for HC Krilya Sovetov (MHL, Russia).
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===2010–2019===
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! style="width:2.5%;"| Age
! style="width:10%;"| Player
! style="width:7%;"| Nationality
! style="width:12%;"| Date of death
! style="width:15%;"| Cause of death
! style="width:43%;" class="unsortable"| Notes
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| 23 || [[Igor Misko]]<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.lenta.ru/news/2010/07/06/hockey/|script-title=ru:23-летний хоккеист питерского СКА умер за рулем автомобиля
|publisher=Lenta.ru|language=ru|date=July 6, 2010 |access-date=July 6, 2010))</ref> || ((flag|Russia)) || ((dts|2010|July|6|format=mdy)) || cardiac arrest while driving || Played for [[SKA St. Petersburg]] of the [[Kontinental Hockey League]]. Died after having cardiac arrest while driving a car in the [[Kolpino]] region of [[St. Petersburg]].
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| 20 || Ben Pearson<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.cambridgenow.ca/newsarchives/archivedetails.cfm?id=2000|title=Cambridge's Ben Pearson Dies Tragically From Protein Diet Complications|publisher=Cambridge Now|date=October 9, 2010 |access-date=May 4, 2011))</ref> || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|2010|October|2|format=mdy)) || [[urea cycle disorder]] || Played for [[Norwich Merchants]], a junior C hockey team in Ontario. Also played for the OHL's Kingston Frontenacs and the Junior B [[Cambridge Winterhawks]]. His #7 jersey has been retired by the Merchants.
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| 19 || Markus Wächter || ((flag|Germany)) || ((dts|2010|November|03|format=mdy)) || heart attack || Played for ESV Kaufbeuren (Germany). Died in a hospital after collapsing following a bodycheck in a national junior league game. It was later announced that Wächter suffered from a heart condition.<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/tragedy-in-germany.html |title=Tragedy in Germany |publisher=IIHF |date=November 3, 2010 |access-date=November 3, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021102833/http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/tragedy-in-germany.html |archive-date=October 21, 2012 ))</ref>
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| 28 || [[Tom Cavanagh (ice hockey)|Tom Cavanagh]]<ref>((cite news|url=http://theahl.com/tom-cavanagh-1982-2011--p168638|title=Tom Cavanagh (1982–2011)|publisher=The AHL|date=January 7, 2011|access-date=January 8, 2011|archive-date=January 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111092423/http://theahl.com/tom-cavanagh-1982-2011--p168638|url-status=dead))</ref> || ((flag|United States)) || ((dts|2011|January|07|format=mdy)) || suicide<ref>((cite web|title=Tom Cavanagh: A tortured life|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/sharks/ci_17240917|work=San Jose Mercury News|date=January 29, 2011|last=Emmons|first=Mark |access-date=January 30, 2011))</ref> || Played for the San Jose Sharks and the Springfield Falcons (AHL). Diagnosed with schizophrenia; found dead in the Providence Mall parking garage after jumping to his death.
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| 23 || [[Mandi Schwartz]] || rowspan="3" | ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|2011|April|3|format=mdy)) || [[acute myeloid leukemia]] || Played for Yale University Bulldogs. Her younger brother [[Jaden Schwartz|Jaden]] is a member of the NHL's [[Seattle Kraken]].
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| 28 || [[Derek Boogaard]] ||((dts|2011|May|13|format=mdy)) || accidental mixture of alcohol and oxycodone toxicity || Played six seasons and 277 games in the NHL, five with the Minnesota Wild and one with the New York Rangers, between 2005 and 2011.<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2011/05/13/sp-obit-boogaard.html|publisher=CBC.ca|date=May 13, 2011|title=Rangers forward Boogaard dead at 28 |access-date=May 14, 2011))</ref>
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| 27 || [[Rick Rypien]] ||((dts|2011|August|15|format=mdy)) || suicide<ref>((cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/hundreds-attend-funeral-for-nhler-rick-rypien/article2136233/ |author=Maki, Allan |title=Hundreds attend funeral for NHLer Rick Rypien |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]| date=August 20, 2011 |location=Toronto |access-date=August 9, 2013))</ref> || Played 119 NHL games between 2005 and 2011.
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| 36 || [[Pavol Demitra]] || ((flag|Slovakia)) || rowspan="25" | ((dts|2011|September|7|format=mdy)) || rowspan="25" | [[2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash]]<ref name="Lokomotiv">((cite news |url=http://www2.tsn.ca/story/?id=375297 |title=Canadian coach McCrimmon among 43 dead in Russian plane crash |newspaper=[[The Sports Network]] |date=September 7, 2011 |access-date=August 9, 2013))</ref> || Played 847 NHL games between 1993 and 2010. He won the [[Lady Byng Trophy]] for sportsmanship in 2000. In 2003 he won a Bronze Medal playing for Slovakia in the [[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championships]]. [[Slovakia men's national ice hockey team]] retired his number 38.<ref name="Czechs, Slovaks honour victims">((cite news|url=http://www.iihf.com/de/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=6055&cHash=8b274a3b69009bb01751b736908a3d38|title=Czechs, Slovaks honour victims|publisher=IIHF|date=September 9, 2011 |access-date=September 9, 2009))</ref>
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| 30 || [[Josef Vašíček]] || rowspan="3" | ((flag|Czech Republic)) || He was drafted 91st overall by the [[Carolina Hurricanes]] in the [[1998 NHL Entry Draft]] and played 460 games in the NHL as well as 166 in the KHL. He was on the Carolina team that won the [[Stanley Cup]] in [[2005–06 NHL season|2006]]. [[2005 IIHF World Championship]] gold medal winner. [[Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team]] retired his number 63.<ref name="Czechs, Slovaks honour victims"/>
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| 32 || [[Karel Rachůnek]] || Won a gold medal in 2010 and a bronze medal in 2011 playing for the Czech Republic in the [[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championships]]. He played 371 games in the NHL and 152 games in the KHL in his career. [[Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team]] retired his number 4.<ref name="Czechs, Slovaks honour victims"/>
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| 31 || [[Jan Marek (ice hockey b. 1979)|Jan Marek]] || Drafted by the [[New York Rangers]] in the 8th round (243rd overall) of the [[2003 NHL Entry Draft]]. Led the KHL in goals scored in the 2008–09 season with 35. Played 541 games professionally in the KHL and in the [[Czech Extraliga]]. [[2010 IIHF World Championship]] gold medal winner. [[Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team]] retired his number 15.<ref name="Czechs, Slovaks honour victims"/>
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| 30 || [[Stefan Liv]] || ((flag|Sweden)) || Playing for Sweden he won gold medals at the 2006 [[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championships]] and the [[2006 Winter Olympics]], a silver medal at the 2004 World Championships, and bronze medals at the 2002 and 2009 World Championships. He played 308 games in the [[Swedish Hockey League|Swedish Elite League]].
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| 37 || [[Kārlis Skrastiņš]] || ((flag|Latvia)) || Played 832 games in the NHL. He also played on Latvian national teams in the 2002, 2006, and 2010 Olympic Games and ten different [[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championships]] between 1993 and 2009. Nicknamed as "Iron Man" because of his streak of 495 consecutive appearances in the [[NHL]] regular games. Latvian national ice hockey team retired his number 7.
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| 36 || [[Ruslan Salei]] || ((flag|Belarus)) || He was the first Belarusian first round pick in the NHL, when the [[Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]] drafted him 9th overall in 1996. Played 917 games in the NHL over 14 years. He also played on the Belarusian national team in the 1998, 2002, and 2010 Olympic Games and nine different [[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championships]] between 1994 and 2010.
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| 24 || [[Vitali Anikienko]] || ((flag|Ukraine)) <br>((flag|Russia))<br/> || Drafted 70th overall in the [[2005 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[Ottawa Senators]]. Played 235 regular games for [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]] ([[KHL]]) scoring 67 (19+48) points. 2003 [[IIHF World U18 Championship]] bronze medal winner. [[2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2007 World Junior Championships]] silver medal winner.
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| 31 || [[Mikhail Balandin]] || rowspan="2" | ((flag|Russia)) || Played 158 regular games in the [[KHL]]. [[2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2000 World Junior Championships]] silver medal winner.
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| 24 || [[Gennady Churilov]] || Played 302 regular games in [[Russian Super League]] and [[KHL]] and 9 games for the [[Russia men's national ice hockey team|Russian National team]] in the 2010–11 [[Euro Hockey Tour]]. [[2006 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2006]] and [[2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2007 World Junior Championships]] silver medal winner.
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| 25 || [[Robert Dietrich (ice hockey)|Robert Dietrich]] || ((flag|Germany)) || Member of the [[Germany men's national ice hockey team|German National team]] in [[2007 IIHF World Championship|2007]], [[2010 IIHF World Championship|2010]] and [[2011 IIHF World Championship|2011]] [[IIHF World Championships]].
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| 23 || [[Marat Kalimulin]] || rowspan="4" | ((flag|Russia)) || Played 102 regular games in the [[KHL]]. [[2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2008 World Junior Championships]] bronze medal winner.
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| 23 || [[Alexander Kalyanin]] || Played 94 regular games in the [[KHL]] and 6 games for the [[Russia men's national ice hockey team|Russian National team]] in the 2010–11 [[Euro Hockey Tour]].
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| 24 || [[Andrei Kiryukhin]] || Played 107 regular games in the [[KHL]]. [[2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2007 World Junior Championships]] silver medal winner.
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| 21 || [[Nikita Klyukin]]|| Played 104 regular games in the [[KHL]] for [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]]. [[2007 IIHF World U18 Championships|2007 World U18 Championship]] Gold Medal winner. [[2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2009 World Junior Championships]] bronze medal winner.
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| 21 || [[Sergei Ostapchuk]] || ((flag|Belarus)) || Played 36 regular games in the [[KHL]] for [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]].
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| 18 || [[Maxim Shuvalov]] || ((flag|Russia)) ||[[2011 IIHF World U18 Championships|2011 World U18 Championship]] bronze medal winner. Played 51 regular games in the [[Minor Hockey League|MHL]] for Loko Yaroslavl.
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| 19 || [[Pavel Snurnitsyn]] || ((flag|Russia)) || Played 115 regular games in the [[Minor Hockey League|MHL]] for Loko Yaroslavl.
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| 20 || [[Daniil Sobchenko]] || ((flag|Ukraine)) <br>((flag|Russia))|| Played 51 regular games in the [[KHL]] for [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]]. [[2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2011 World Junior Championship]] gold medal winner.
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| 31 || [[Ivan Tkachenko (ice hockey)|Ivan Tkachenko]] || rowspan="4" | ((flag|Russia)) || Was selected by the [[Columbus Blue Jackets]] in the 4th round (98th overall) of the [[2002 NHL Entry Draft]]. Played 553 regular games in [[Russian Super League]] and [[KHL]]. Winner of [[2001–02 Russian Superleague season|2002]] and [[2002–03 Russian Superleague season|2003 Russian Superleague]] championships. [[2002 IIHF World Championship]] silver medal winner.
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| 33 || [[Pavel Trakhanov]] || Played 589 regular games in [[Russian Super League]] and [[KHL]].
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| 20 || [[Yuri Urychev]] || Played 23 regular games in the [[KHL]] for [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]]. [[2011 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2011 World Junior Championship]] gold medal winner.
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| 23 || [[Alexander Vasyunov]] || Forward. Drafted 58th overall in the [[2006 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[New Jersey Devils]]. Played 18 [[NHL]] regular games scoring 5 (1+4) points and 187 [[American Hockey League|AHL]] games scoring 91 (39+52) points. [[2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2007 World Junior Championships]] silver medal winner.
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| 38 || [[Alexander Vyukhin]] || ((flag|Ukraine)) <br>((flag|Russia))|| Goaltender. Played 647 regular games in [[Russian Super League]] and [[KHL]]. Winner of [[2003–04 Russian Superleague season|2003–04 Russian Superleague]] championship.
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| 21 || [[Artem Yarchuk]] || rowspan="3" | ((flag|Russia)) ||[[2008 IIHF World U18 Championships|2008 World U18 Championship]] silver medal winner.
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| 26 || [[Alexander Galimov]] ||((dts|2011|September|12|format=mdy)) || [[2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash|injuries sustained in a plane crash]]<ref name="Russia">((cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/russia-hockey-team-killed-plane-crash-photos-list-victims-310416|title=Russia Hockey Team Killed in Plane Crash|date=September 7, 2011|newspaper=[[International Business Times]]|access-date=August 9, 2013))</ref><ref name="NYT Galimov">((cite news|last1=Barry|first1=Ellen|title=Last Member of Team Dies 5 Days After Crash in Russia|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/world/europe/13russia.html|work=New York Times|access-date=July 7, 2015|date=September 12, 2012))</ref>|| Member of the silver medal-winning Russian U20 team at the [[2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2005 World Junior Championships]].
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| 16 || Maxim Koposov ||((dts|2012|February|17|format=mdy)) || hit by puck during game<ref name=Koposov>((cite news |url=http://en.ria.ru/sports/20120217/171368375.html |title=Teenage Hockey Player Dies After Being Hit by Puck |newspaper=RIA Novosti (English) |date=February 17, 2012 |location=Penza |access-date=August 9, 2013))</ref> ||
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| 23 || Bryan Rufenach || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|2012|June|4|format=mdy)) || [[electrocution]]<ref>((cite news |url=http://www.thepost.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3578744 |title=Former Lindsay Muskies blueliner 'didn't mind giving back' |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608003207/http://www.thepost.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3578744 |archive-date=June 8, 2012 |access-date=August 9, 2013))</ref> || Drafted 208th overall in the [[2007 NHL Entry Draft]], by the [[Detroit Red Wings]]. Fatally electrocuted while on vacation in [[Switzerland]].
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| 34 || Remir Khaidarov || rowspan="2" | ((flag|Russia)) || ((dts|2012|June|29|format=mdy)) || fire<ref name=Khaidarov>((cite news |url=http://en.ria.ru/sports/20120629/174311413.html |title=Hockey Player Dies Trying to Save Family From Blaze |newspaper=RIA Novosti (English) |date=June 29, 2012 |location=Kazan |access-date=August 9, 2013))</ref> ||
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| 32 || [[Dmitri Uchaykin]] ||((dts|2013|March|31|format=mdy)) || hit in head during game<ref>((cite news|url=https://vancouversun.com/sports/Russian+hockey+player+dies+after+head+Kazakhstan+league+game/8175726/story.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412025109/http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Russian+hockey+player+dies+after+head+Kazakhstan+league+game/8175726/story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 12, 2013|title=Russian hockey player dies after hit to the head in Kazakh league|author=Vancouver Sun|date=March 31, 2013|work=[[Vancouver Sun]]|location=Vancouver|access-date=April 1, 2013))</ref> || Played for [[Amur Khabarovsk]] of the [[Russian Superleague]] and [[Kontinental Hockey League]]. Was a member of [[HC Ertis-Pavlodar]] in the [[Kazakhstan Vyschaya Liga]] at the time of his death.
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| 20 || [[Kristiāns Pelšs]] || ((flag|Latvia)) || ((dts|2013|June|11|format=mdy)) || drowning<ref name=pelss>((cite web|title=Oilers confirm death of Prospect Pelss in Latvia|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=425578|date=June 15, 2013|publisher=TSN |access-date=June 16, 2013))</ref> || Pelšs was drafted by the [[Edmonton Oilers]] in the 7th round of the [[2010 NHL Entry Draft]]. He appeared in 20 games for the [[Oklahoma City Barons]] of the [[American Hockey League]], and also played in two games for the [[Latvian national ice hockey team]].
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| 23 || Scott Winkler || ((flag|Norway)) || ((dts|2013|June|12|format=mdy)) || undetermined<ref>((cite news|url=http://blogs.gazette.com/collegehockey/2013/06/13/former-tiger-scott-winkler-dead-at-23/|title=Former Tiger Scott Winkler dies unexpectedly at 23|author=The Gazette|date=June 13, 2013|work=[[The Gazette (Colorado Springs)|The Gazette]]|location=Colorado Springs|access-date=June 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806062919/http://blogs.gazette.com/collegehockey/2013/06/13/former-tiger-scott-winkler-dead-at-23/|archive-date=August 6, 2013|url-status=dead))</ref> || Chosen in the third round of the [[2008 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[Dallas Stars]]. Spent four years at [[Colorado College]]. Also played for Russell Stover midgets and the [[USHL]]'s [[Cedar Rapids RoughRiders]]. Appeared at two World Under-18s and two World Junior Championships for Norway, including being named Best Forward at the 2010 World Juniors. Made the WCHA's All-Academic Team for three consecutive years.
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| 16 || Jordan Boyd || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|2013|August|12|format=mdy)) || cardiac arrest<ref name="Jordan Boyd didn't get defibrillator in key moments after collapse (CBC)">((cite news | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/jordan-boyd-didn-t-get-defibrillator-in-key-moments-after-collapse-1.2649863 | title=Jordan Boyd didn't get defibrillator in key moments after collapse | publisher=CBC | date=May 22, 2014 | access-date=June 18, 2014 | author=Davenport, Ruth))</ref> || Played for [[Acadie–Bathurst Titan]] in the [[QMJHL]]
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| 27 || ((Sortname|Tomasz|Stasiowski|nolink=1)) || ((flag|Poland)) || ((dts|2013|October|05|format=mdy)) || motorcycle crash<ref name="Tomasz Stasiowski Death (Polish)">((cite web | url=http://www.wprost.pl/ar/419703/Nie-zyje-27-letni-reprezentant-Polski/ | title=Tomasz Stasiowski Death | publisher=WProst | date=October 7, 2013 | access-date=November 29, 2013 | language=pl))</ref> || Played in the [[Polska Liga Hokejowa|Polish Extraliga]] for [[TMH Polonia Bytom]], and for Poland U-18, U-20.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.sportfan.pl/artykul/makabra-byly-reprezentant-polski-zginal-na-motocyklu-46316 | title=Makabra: były reprezentant Polski zginął na motocyklu |date=October 6, 2013 |publisher=sportfan.pl |access-date=October 6, 2013))</ref>
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|19 || Peter Halash || ((flag|United States)) || ((dts|2014|January|5|format=mdy)) || car accident<ref name="CJOnline">((cite web|url=http://cjonline.com/news/2014-01-07/roadrunners-mourn-loss-halash-fatality-auto-accident|title=RoadRunners mourn loss of Halash in fatality auto accident|work=CJOnline.com|date=January 7, 2014|access-date=November 17, 2016))</ref> || Played for the [[Topeka Roadrunners]] in the [[North American Hockey League|NAHL]].<ref name="CJOnline"/> Died in a single-car accident on icy roads in Kansas.<ref name="CJOnline"/>
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|20 || Terry Trafford || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|2014|March|11|format=mdy)) || suicide<ref name="TraffordTSN">((cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/chl/story/?id=446149|title=Police report that Trafford's death was self-inflicted|work=TSN.ca|date=March 13, 2014|access-date=March 13, 2014))</ref> || Played for the [[Saginaw Spirit]] in the [[Ontario Hockey League|OHL]].<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/terry-trafford-s-body-found-in-michigan-1.2568969 |title=Terry Trafford's body found in Michigan|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=March 11, 2014|access-date=March 12, 2014))</ref> Died as a result of self-inflicted asphyxiation after going missing 8 days prior.<ref name="TraffordTSN"/>
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|30 || Jozef Salajka || ((flag|Slovakia)) || ((dts|2014|May|20|format=mdy)) || motorcycle accident"<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.pluska.sk/soubiznis/domaci-soubiznis/tragicka-smrt-hokejistu-salajku-30-pohreb-namiesto-svadby-touto-kraskou.html|title=Tragická smrť hokejistu Salajku|work=Pluska|date=May 22, 2014|access-date=May 22, 2014))</ref> || Played 5 games for MsHK Žilina in Slovak extraliga. Salajka spent his entire career in minor leagues in Slovakia and Czech Republic.
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|21 || Nick Egan || ((flag|United States)) || ((dts|2014|August|9|format=mdy)) || hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, cardiac arrest<ref name="Egan">((cite web|url=http://www.estevanmercury.ca/article/20140813/ESTMERCURY0204/140819977/-1/estmercury/egan-remembered-as-kind-person-fierce-player|title=Egan remembered as kind person, fierce player|work=estevanmercury.ca|date=August 13, 2014|access-date=August 31, 2014))</ref> || Defenceman for the [[Estevan Bruins]] of the [[Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League]]. Had graduated from the team and was pursuing a professional contract.<ref name="EganBruins">((cite news |url=http://www.estevanbruins.com/news_article/show/408822?referrer_id=631321 |title=Bruins lose one of our own |publisher=Estevan Bruins |date=August 9, 2014 |access-date=August 9, 2014))</ref>
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| 16 || Alexander Orekhov || ((flag|Russia)) || ((dts|2016|February|2|format=mdy)) || hit in the neck by a puck<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/russian-prospect-alexander-orekhov-16-passes-away-after-puck-to-the-neck/|title=Russian prospect Alexander Orekhov, 16, passes away after puck to the neck|author=Jared Clinton|date=February 2, 2016|work=[[The Hockey News|Hockey News, The]]|access-date=February 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204042714/http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/russian-prospect-alexander-orekhov-16-passes-away-after-puck-to-the-neck/|archive-date=February 4, 2016|url-status=dead))</ref> || Played for [[Metallurg Novokuznetsk]] of the Russia U18 League. Played 18 games, picking up 9 points before his death.
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| 14 || Ladislav Balogh || ((flag|Slovakia)) || ((dts|2016|December|12|format=mdy)) || hit by a police car<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.cas.sk/clanok/482799/mladeho-hokejistu-zrazili-policajti-lacko-vyhraj-svoj-zivotny-zapas/|title=Mladého hokejistu Lacka zrazili policajti: Desivá predtucha jeho otca! |date=December 5, 2016 ))</ref> || Played for HC Petržalka 2010. He died just one day after his birthday.
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| 20 || Markus Olsson || ((flag|Sweden)) || ((dts|2017|April|9|format=mdy)) || drowning<ref name="Markus Olsson death (Swedish)">((cite web | url=http://www.expressen.se/sport/hockey/modo-spelaren-markus-olsson-20-hittad-dod/ | title=Markus Olsson death | publisher=Expressen.se | date=April 9, 2017 | access-date=June 2, 2017 | language=sv))</ref> || Goaltender for [[MODO Hockey]]'s youth team.
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| 25 || Michael Doan || rowspan="12" | ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|2017|July|15|format=mdy)) || car crash<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.saultstar.com/2017/07/16/sault-native-dies-in-car-crash/|title=Sault native Doan dies in car crash|author=Sault Star|date=July 16, 2017|work=saultstar.com|location=Sault Ste. Marie|access-date=July 23, 2017))((Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref> || Played for the [[Soo Thunderbirds]] of the [[NOJHL]], [[Wellington Dukes]] and the [[Huntsville Wildcats]] of the [[OJHL]] from 2010 to 2012. Played three seasons with the Northern Michigan University, and then a year with the Windsor Lancers CIS hockey team. Completed his first season in the [[SPHL]] with the [[Knoxville Ice Bears]] and the [[Evansville Thunderbolts]]
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| 24 || Sarah Stevenson ||((dts|2017|October|31|format=mdy)) || complications from [[neisseria meningitidis]]<ref>((cite news|title=In memory of Sarah Louise Stevenson|url=http://roadhouseandrose.com/book-of-memories/3274836/stevenson-sarah/obituary.php|date=October 31, 2017|access-date=April 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424202719/http://roadhouseandrose.com/book-of-memories/3274836/stevenson-sarah/obituary.php|archive-date=April 24, 2018|url-status=dead))</ref> || Played 34 games for the [[Toronto Furies]] of the [[CWHL]] during the 2015–16 season. Also played four seasons at [[Liberty Flames and Lady Flames|Liberty University]]. First ACHA player drafted in the CWHL. 
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| 16 || Adam Herold || rowspan="9" |((dts|2018|April|6|format=mdy)) || rowspan="9" | [[Humboldt Broncos bus crash|bus crash]]<ref name = humboldtbroncos/> || Played 1 regular season game in the [[SJHL]] with the [[Humboldt Broncos]] and played 4 regular season games in the [[Western Hockey League]] with the [[Prince Albert Raiders]]. Was drafted 35th overall in the [[WHL Bantam Draft|2016 WHL Bantam Draft]] by the [[Prince Albert Raiders]].
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| 18 || Logan Hunter || Played 55 regular season games in the [[SJHL]] with the [[Humboldt Broncos]].
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| 20 || Jaxon Joseph|| Played 104 regular season games in the [[SJHL]] between the [[Humboldt Broncos]] & [[Melfort Mustangs]] and played 21 regular season games in the [[British Columbia Hockey League|BCHL]] with the [[Surrey Eagles]]. Son of NHL defenseman [[Chris Joseph (ice hockey)|Chris Joseph]].
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| 19 || Jacob Leicht || Played 43 regular season games in the [[SJHL]] with the [[Humboldt Broncos]].
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| 21 || Conner Lukan || Played 56 regular season games in the [[SJHL]] with the [[Humboldt Broncos]] and played 161 regular season games in the [[Alberta Junior Hockey League|AJHL]] with the [[Spruce Grove Saints]]. Was drafted 166th overall in the [[WHL Bantam Draft|2012 WHL Bantam Draft]] by the [[Brandon Wheat Kings]].
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| 20 || Logan Schatz || Played 187 regular season games in the [[SJHL]] with the [[Humboldt Broncos]]. Was drafted 186th overall in the [[WHL Bantam Draft|2012 WHL Bantam Draft]] by the [[Kootenay Ice]]. Schatz was the Broncos team captain.
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| 18 || Evan Thomas || Played 49 regular season games in the [[SJHL]] with the [[Humboldt Broncos]]. Was drafted 209th overall in the [[WHL Bantam Draft|2014 WHL Bantam Draft]] by the [[Kootenay Ice]].
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| 18 || Parker Tobin || Played 22 regular season games in the [[SJHL]] with the [[Humboldt Broncos]] and played 48 regular season games in the [[Alberta Junior Hockey League|AJHL]] between the [[Spruce Grove Saints]], [[Drayton Valley Thunder]] & [[Olds Grizzlys]].
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| 21 || Stephen Wack || Played 99 regular season games in the [[SJHL]] between the [[Humboldt Broncos]] and played 76 regular season games in the [[Alberta Junior Hockey League|AJHL]] between the [[Whitecourt Wolverines]] & [[Camrose Kodiaks]]. Was drafted 156th overall in the [[WHL Bantam Draft|2012 WHL Bantam Draft]] by the [[Prince George Cougars]].
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| 21 || Logan Boulet ||((dts|2018|April|7|format=mdy)) || [[Humboldt Broncos bus crash|injuries sustained in a bus crash]]<ref name = humboldtbroncos>((cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/humboldt-broncos-crash-victims-1.4609856 | title = All 16 victims of Humboldt Broncos bus crash | access-date = September 9, 2018 | publisher = CBC))</ref> || Played 134 regular season games in the [[SJHL]] between the [[Humboldt Broncos]] & [[Kindersley Klippers]].
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| 32 || [[Sergei Ogorodnikov]] || ((flag|Russia)) || June 2018 || personal water craft accident<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/russian-prospect-alexander-orekhov-16-passes-away-after-puck-to-the-neck/|title=ПОБЕДИТЕЛЬ ЮНИОРСКОГО ЧЕМПИОНАТА МИРА ПОГИБ, РАЗБИВШИСЬ В АВАРИИ НА ВОДНОМ МОТОЦИКЛЕ|work=Sport. Express|access-date=June 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902062757/http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/russian-prospect-alexander-orekhov-16-passes-away-after-puck-to-the-neck/|archive-date=September 2, 2016|url-status=dead))</ref> ||A [[2004 NHL Entry Draft|2004]] [[New York Islanders]]' draft pick, Ogorodnikov represented Russia on two World Juniors teams and played primarily in Russia from 2003 to 2018.
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| 18 || Alec Reid || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|2019|March|3|format=mdy)) || complications related to epilepsy<ref>((cite news|url=http://theqmjhl.ca/article/the-qmjhl-family-mourns-the-loss-of-armadas-alec-reid|title=The QMJHL family mourns the loss of Armada's Alec Reid|work=QMJHL|access-date=March 3, 2019))</ref> || Played one season in the [[QMJHL]] between the [[Drummondville Voltigeurs]] and [[Blainville-Boisbriand Armada]], with whom he was a member of at the time of his death.
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| 21 || Arunas Bermejo || ((flag|Mexico)) || ((dts|2019|April|25|format=mdy)) || heart attack<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/10781/mexicos-bermejo-passes-away|title=Mexico's Bermejo passes away|last=Merk|first=Martin|date=May 3, 2019|publisher=IIHF.com|access-date=June 9, 2019))</ref> || Had moved to Lithuania to further his hockey career. Played for the [[Mexico men's national ice hockey team|Mexico national team]] at junior level and at the [[2017 IIHF World Championship Division II|2017 Division IIB World Championship]].
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| 24 || Florian Janny || ((flag|Austria)) || ((dts|2019|October|6|format=mdy)) || murder<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/ice-hockey-star-one-of-five-dead-in-bloody-ski-resort-massacre/IHUIG2NISV6HH6S2FRYQTERCZQ/ | title=Ice hockey star one of five dead in bloody ski resort massacre |publisher=nzherald.co.nz | date=October 6, 2019))</ref> || Shot to death along with his girlfriend and her family members.
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| 29 || [[Samvel Mnatsyan]] || ((flag|Russia)) || ((dts|2019|October|6|format=mdy)) || cancer<ref>((cite web|url=https://en.khl.ru/news/2019/10/06/457323.html | title=Samvel Mnatsyan passed away |publisher=en.khl.ru | date=October 6, 2019))</ref> || Defenceman. Played 183 games in the [[KHL]] for [[Barys Nur-Sultan]], [[HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk]] and [[Admiral Vladivostok]].
|}

===2020–present day===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! style="width:3.5%;"| Age
! style="width:10%;"| Player
! style="width:7%;"| Nationality
! style="width:12%;"| Date of death
! style="width:15%;"| Cause of death
! style="width:43%;" class="unsortable"| Notes
|-
| 18 || [[Vilen Prokofyev]] || ((flag|Kazakhstan)) || ((dts|2020|February|3|format=mdy)) || [[Ewing's sarcoma]]<ref>((cite web|url=https://en.khl.ru/news/2020/02/03/465679.html | title=The Snezhnye Barsy and Kazakhstani junior national team's goalie Vilen Prokofyev passed away after four months of struggle against Ewing's sarcoma. Vilen was only 18.))</ref> || Goaltender. Played in the [[Junior Hockey League|MHL]] for the [[Snezhnye Barsy]]. Played 4 games for the Kazakhstan U-18 team.
|-
| 25 || [[Colby Cave]] || ((flag|Canada)) || ((dts|2020|April|11|format=mdy)) || brain bleed due to a [[colloid cyst]]<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/edmonton-oilers-forward-colby-cave-dies-age-25/ | title=Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave dies at age 25))</ref> || Player in the [[National Hockey League|NHL]] for the [[Edmonton Oilers]]. Also played in the NHL for the [[Boston Bruins]]. Was in medically induced coma prior to death.
|-
| 20 || [[Ondřej Buchtela]] || ((flag|Czech Republic)) || ((dts|2020|July|24|format=mdy)) || [[heart cancer]]<ref>((cite web|url=https://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/hokej/381949/ondrej-buchtela-20-zemrel-v-nasich-srdcich-zustanes-pise-lauko-a-liberec.html|title=Ondřej Buchtela (†20) zemřel. V našich srdcích zůstaneš, píše Lauko a Liberec)) ((in lang|CS))</ref> || Played 27 regular season games for [[Piráti Chomutov]] of the [[Czech Extraliga]] over three seasons. He also had a number of loan spells in the [[1st Czech Republic Hockey League]] and last played for [[HC Benátky nad Jizerou]]. Played in the [[2017 IIHF World U18 Championships]] for the Czech Republic.
|-
| 30 || [[Adam Comrie]] || ((flag|United States)) || ((dts|2020|August|8|format=mdy)) || [[motorcycle accident]]<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.mlive.com/news/2020/08/former-saginaw-spirit-player-adam-comrie-killed-in-motorcycle-crash.html | title=Former Saginaw Spirit player Adam Comrie killed in motorcycle crash | date=August 9, 2020))</ref> || Drafted 80th overall in the 2008 NHL draft by Florida Panthers. Comrie spent eight seasons in the [[American Hockey League|AHL]] and the [[ECHL]] before joining [[Klagenfurt AC]] whom he helped capture league title in [[EBEL]] in 2019.
|-
|19
|[[Timur Faizutdinov]]
| ((flag|Russia))
|March 16, 2021
|hit in head by puck<ref>((cite web|date=March 16, 2021|title=Russian hockey player dies after being hit by puck|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/russian-hockey-player-dies-after-being-hit-by-puck/|website=Seattle Times))</ref>
|Faizutdinov was the captain of the MHK Dynamo St. Petersburg of the [[Junior Hockey League (Russia)|MHL]] at the time of his death.
|-
| 32 || [[Marek Trončinský]]
| ((flag|Czech Republic))
|May 22, 2021
|unknown<ref>((cite web|date=May 23, 2021|title=the Czech Marek Trončinský died at the age of 32. He also played for Slovan|url=https://www.sport7.sk/161170/v-32-rokoch-zomrel-cech-marek-troncinsky-hraval-aj-za-slovan|website=Sport 7))</ref>
|Trončinský played as a defenseman for the team Gyergyói HK of the [[Erste Liga (ice hockey)|Erste Liga]] at the time of his death.
|-
| 24 || [[Matīss Kivlenieks]]
| ((flag|Latvia))
| July 4, 2021
| fireworks accident<ref>((cite news |last1=Kaplan |first1=Emily |title=Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Matiss Kivlenieks, 24, dies in 'tragic accident' |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/31764017/columbus-blue-jackets-goalie-matiss-kivlenieks-24-dies-tragic-accident |access-date=July 5, 2021 |publisher=ESPN))</ref>
|Goaltender for the [[Columbus Blue Jackets]] of the NHL. Also played for the [[Latvian national ice hockey team|Latvian national team]] in the [[2021 IIHF World Championship]].
|-
| 20 || Mack Motzko
| ((flag|United States))
| July 24, 2021
| car crash<ref>((cite news |last1=Myers |first1=Jess|title=UPDATED: Mack Motzko, son of Minnesota Gopher men's hockey head coach, killed in car accident |url=https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/sports/hockey/7126687-UPDATED-Mack-Motzko-son-of-Minnesota-Gopher-mens-hockey-head-coach-killed-in-car-accident |access-date=July 25, 2021 |publisher=Duluth News Tribune))</ref>
|During his final season, played for [[Sioux Falls Stampede]] in [[USHL]] and [[New Mexico Ice Wolves]] in [[NAHL]]. Son of long-time college coach [[Bob Motzko]].
|-
| 24 || [[Boris Sádecký]]
| ((flag|Slovakia))
| November 3, 2021
|cardiac arrest<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.si.com/hockey/.amp/news/slovak-player-boris-s%C3%A1deck%C3%BD-passes-away |title=Slovak Player Boris Sádecký Passes Away &#124; The Hockey News |publisher=Si.com |date=2021-11-03 |accessdate=2022-08-01))</ref>
|At the time of his death, Sádecký was playing as a forward for the Bratislava Capitals of the ICE Hockey League. He collapsed during a game in Austria on November 2, 2021, and died the next morning.
|-
| 35 || [[Cho Min-ho]]
| ((flag|South Korea))
| June 15, 2022
|lung cancer<ref name="yahoo1">((cite web | url=https://sports.yahoo.com/cho-min-ho-south-korea-114905575.html | title=Cho Min-Ho, South Korea's first Olympic hockey goal scorer in 2018, dies at 35 | access-date=July 19, 2022 | archive-date=June 16, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616015812/https://sports.yahoo.com/cho-min-ho-south-korea-114905575.html | url-status=dead ))</ref>
|Captain of the [[Anyang Halla]] of [[Asia League Ice Hockey]] and scored the first-ever [[Winter Olympics]] goal for [[South Korea at the 2018 Winter Olympics|South Korea in 2018]], when it was the host country.<ref name="yahoo1"/>
|-
| 18 || Abakar Kazbekov
| ((flag|Russia))
| December 17, 2022
|fall from window<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/london-knights-centre-abakar-kazbekov-dead-at-18-1.6689647 |title=London Knights centre Abakar Kazbekov dead at age 18 |access-date=December 17, 2022 |publisher=CBC.ca))</ref>
|Played for the [[London Knights]] of the [[Ontario Hockey League|OHL]]. Went first overall in the 2021 OHL Under-18 Priority Selection.
|-
| 33 || Dale Harrop
| ((flag|New Zealand))
| December 17, 2022
|surfing accident, drowning<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/41174/nz_mourns_death_of_harrop |title=NZ mourns death of Harrop|last=Merk|first=Martin|date=December 20, 2022|access-date=December 20, 2022 |publisher=IIHF.com))</ref>
|Played in the [[New Zealand Ice Hockey League|NZIHL]] for the [[Canterbury Red Devils]] and [[West Auckland Admirals]].  Represented New Zealand internationally for over a decade.
|-
| 37 || Aditya Rama Putra
| ((flag|Indonesia))
| December 22, 2022
|unknown<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/41194/aditya_rama_putra_passes_away|title=Aditya Rama Putra passes away|author=FHEI|date=December 22, 2022|access-date=December 23, 2022|publisher=IIHF.com))</ref>
|Played for the [[Indonesia men's national ice hockey team|Indonesian national team]] between 2016 and 2022.
|-
| 20 || Alex Graham
| ((flag|Great Britain))
| June 25, 2023
|unknown<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/sport/othersport/1784688/Alex-Graham-dead-ice-hockey-Sheffield-Steelers|title=British ice hockey star dies just 20 years old as Sheffield Steelers rocked by tragedy|last=McEachen|first=Jack|date=June 26, 2023|access-date=June 26, 2023|work=[[Daily Express]]))</ref>
|Played 45 games for the [[Sheffield Steelers]] of the [[Elite Ice Hockey League]] between 2020 and 2023.
|-
| 33 || [[Mike Hammond (ice hockey)|Mike Hammond]]
| ((flag|Great Britain))
| July 20, 2023
| Car crash<ref>((cite web|url=https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/great-britain-national-hockey-player-killed-in-crash-on-vancouver-island-1.6487605|title=Great Britain national hockey player killed in crash on Vancouver Island |last=Coyne|first=Todd|date=July 20, 2023|publisher=CTV News|accessdate=October 29, 2023))</ref>
|Played 34 games with the [[Great Britain men's national ice hockey team|British national team]].
|-
| 21 || [[Rodion Amirov]]
| ((flag|Russia))
| August 14, 2023
| Brain tumor<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/38192190/maple-leafs-prospect-rodion-amirov-21-dies-brain-tumor|title=Maple Leafs prospect Rodion Amirov, 21, dies from brain tumor|last=Clark|first=Ryan S.|date=August 14, 2023|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=October 29, 2023))</ref>
| Selected 15th overall by the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] in the [[2020 NHL Draft]]. Played 70 games for [[Salavat Yulaev Ufa]] of the [[KHL]] between 2019 and 2021.
|-
| 25 || Jan Dalgic
| ((flag|Germany))
| October 15, 2023
| Brain tumor<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.blick.ch/sport/eishockey/neun-monate-nach-diagnose-eishockey-goalie-erliegt-mit-25-jahren-an-hirntumor-id19043250.html|title=Eishockey-Goalie stirbt mit 25 Jahren an Hirntumor|trans-title=Ice hockey goalie dies of brain cancer at age 25|date=October 15, 2023|publisher=Blick|accessdate=October 29, 2023))</ref>
| Appeared in 38 [[DEL2]] games for [[ESV Kaufbeuren]], as well as 96 [[Oberliga (ice hockey)|Oberliga]] games for various teams. Also part of the roster in DEL for [[Kölner Haie]] in 2017 and [[ERC Ingolstadt]] in 2019, without appearing on-ice.<ref>((Cite web |title=Jan Dalgic at eliteprospects.com |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/206646/jan-dalgic |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=www.eliteprospects.com |language=en))</ref>
|-
| 29 || [[Adam Johnson (ice hockey)|Adam Johnson]]
| ((flag|United States)) 
| October 28, 2023
| Throat cut by skate during game<ref>((cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/ice-hockey/67253892|title=Adam Johnson: Nottingham Panthers forward dies after neck cut in Challenge Cup match|publisher=BBC Sport|language=English|date=29 October 2023|accessdate=29 October 2023))</ref>
| Appeared in 13 games for the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] from 2018 to 2020. He was playing for the [[Nottingham Panthers]] of the [[Elite Ice Hockey League|EIHL]] at the time of his death.
|}

==See also==
*[[Sportspeople who died during their careers]]
*[[Sudden cardiac death of athletes]]
*[[List of ice hockey players who died in wars]]

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.losthockey.com LostHockey.com]

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