[wintersforge]

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_pag ... 02,00.html

-that just flat out sucks.... annoy: cry:

LATVIAN and NHL hockey star Sergei Zholtok died during a Belarus championship game yesterday between Dynamo Minsk and Latvia's Riga 2000.

The 31-year-old collapsed with five minutes remaining of play and was pronounced dead in an ambulance on his way to hospital.

Reports said Zholtok died of a heart attack.

Zholtok appeared in 588 NHL games from 1992-2004 with Boston, Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton, Minnesota and Nashville. He joined the Nashville Predators in March in a trade from Minnesota.

Zholtok played 11 games for Nashville last season but was appearing in the Belarus championship because of the NHL lockout.