List of ice hockey players who died during their careers
Appearance
This is a list of ice hockey players who died during their playing careers.
Age | Player | Nationality | Date of death | Cause of death | Notes |
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28 | Fred Higginbotham | ![]() |
September 1896 | horseback riding accident | Member of the Winnipeg Victorias; won Stanley Cup in February 1896 in a challenge match against the Montreal Victorias. |
24 | James A. McGee[1] | ![]() |
May 15, 1904 | horseback riding accident | Member of the Ottawa Silver Seven, captain of the Ottawa Rough Riders; brother of Frank McGee. |
22 | Owen McCourt | ![]() |
March 7, 1907 | On-ice head injury | Murder charges were laid against other players in game in Cornwall, Ontario. There were no convictions. |
28 | Hod Stuart | ![]() |
June 23, 1907 | 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. |
29 | Edgar Dey | ![]() |
February 13, 1912 | on-ice head injury | Stanley Cup winner with Ottawa Hockey Club in 1909. |
24 | Allan Davidson | ![]() |
June 16, 1915 | World War I casualty | Played professionally for Toronto Blueshirts. Stanley Cup winner in 1914. Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. |
32 | Hamby Shore | ![]() |
October 13, 1918 | influenza | Played nine seasons for the Ottawa Senators. |
26 | Hobey Baker | ![]() |
December 21, 1918 | aviation accident | Only member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and Hockey Hall of Fame, annual award to top male player in U.S. collegiate hockey named in his honour. |
36 | Joe Hall | ![]() |
April 5, 1919 | 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. |
33 | Jack Darragh | ![]() |
June 24, 1924 | peritonitis | Had played professionally since 1910 for the Ottawa Senators of the NHA and NHL, winning four Stanley Cups. Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. |
39 | Georges Vézina | ![]() |
March 27, 1926 | tuberculosis | Played sixteen seasons with the Montreal Canadiens from 1910–11 to 1925–26 winning two Stanley Cups; The National Hockey League has awarded the Vezina Trophy annually since his death; member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. On November 29, 1925, the home opener of the 1925–26 season, Vezina ran a temperature of 105 degrees. He started the first period, and, in the second, he collapsed in the crease. After this game, he was forced to retire from the NHL. |
25 | George Horne | ![]() |
July 31, 1929 | drowning | Played three seasons in the NHL From 1925 to 1929 with the Montreal Maroons and Toronto Maple Leafs. Stanley Cup champion in 1926. |
26 | Bobby Connors | ![]() |
July 27, 1931 | broken neck | Played three seasons and 78 games in the NHL from 1926 to 1929–30 for the New York Americans and Detroit Cougars. |
29 | Charlie Gardiner | ![]() |
June 13, 1934 | brain hemorrhage | Goaltender for the Chicago Black Hawks for seven seasons from 1926–27 until 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 | Jack "Newsy" Leswick | ![]() |
August 7, 1934 | drowning | Played 37 games for the Chicago Black Hawks in 1933–34. Found in a lake with no money, valuables, or car. Stanley Cup Champion in 1934. |
30 | Earl Miller | ![]() |
June 20, 1936 | unknown | Played five seasons and 109 games for the Chicago Black Hawks and Toronto Maple Leafs from 1927–28 to 1931–32. Stanley Cup champion in 1932. |
34 | Howie Morenz | ![]() |
March 8, 1937 | complications from leg injury | Played 14 seasons and 550 games in the National Hockey League, most notably with the Montreal Canadiens, from 1923–24 to 1936–37; Generally regarded the best player of his era, he won two scoring championships, three Hart Trophies and three Stanley Cups; The Canadiens retired his number 7; member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. |
30 | Don Deacon | ![]() |
December 25, 1943 | fall from balcony | Played three seasons and 30 games for the Detroit Red Wings from 1936 to 1940. |
20 | Red Garrett | ![]() |
November 25, 1944 | World War II casualty | Played 23 games for the New York Rangers in 1942–43; Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award is awarded annually by AHL to top rookie. |
25 | Joe Turner | ![]() |
January 12, 1945 | World War II casualty | Played one game in the NHL for the Detroit Red Wings as a goaltender, a 3-3 tie; the now-defunct IHL awarded the Turner Cup in his memory annually to the league champion. |
24 | Bill Barilko | ![]() |
August 26, 1951 | aviation accident | His plane crashed in 1951 but investigators did not find the crash until 1962. Played five seasons and won 4 Stanley Cups with the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1947 to 1951, and scored the legendary Cup-winning goal in overtime of game 5 in the 1951 Finals; the Leafs retired his number 5. Inspired the song "Fifty Mission Cap" by The Tragically Hip. |
26 | Ross Lowe | ![]() |
August 8, 1955 | drowning | Played three seasons and 77 games in the NHL from 1949 to 1952 for the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens; Les Cunningham Award recipient as AHL MVP for his performance during 1954–55, his last season. |
29 | Murray Balfour | ![]() |
May 30, 1965 | lung cancer | Played eight seasons and 306 games in the National Hockey League from 1956–57 to 1964–65 winning a Stanley Cup with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1961; he also played for the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins. |
22 | Jarmo Wasama | ![]() |
February 2, 1966 | car accident | Five-time all-star defenseman in SM-sarja. In 1995, the trophy of top rookie of SM-liiga was renamed Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy. |
22 | Butch Paul | ![]() |
March 25, 1966 | car accident | Played three games for the Detroit Red Wings in 1964–65. |
29 | Bill Masterton | ![]() |
January 15, 1968 | 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. |
23 | Viktor Blinov | ![]() |
July 9, 1968 | heart failure | Defenceman who played for Spartak Moscow. Champion of USSR (1967), European champion (1968), World champion (1968), champion of Olympic games (1968). Had the strongest slap shot in USSR (more than 200 km/h). Died during training. |
29 | Wayne Larkin | ![]() |
September 13, 1968 | Massive 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. |
40 | Terry Sawchuk | ![]() |
May 31, 1970 | injuries suffered in an off-ice shoving incident | Played 21 seasons and 972 games in the National Hockey League from 1949–50 to 1969–70; 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 goalies of all time; member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. |
21 | Michel Brière | ![]() |
April 13, 1971 | coma caused by a car accident | Pittsburgh Penguins rookie played 76 games in 1969–70; the Penguins retired his number 21; the Michel Briere Memorial Trophy is awarded annually by the QMJHL to the league MVP. |
19 | Konstantin Klimov | ![]() |
1971 | Unknown |
Forward. Played for the national Soviet junior team and HC Spartak Moscow. Champion of USSR (1969), winner of the USSR Cup (1970,1971), winner of the European Junior Championship (1970). |
19 | Jim Mahon | ![]() |
1971 | accidental electrocution | Former right winger for the Peterborough Petes. The OHL's Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy is named in his honour. |
19 | Paul Fendley | ![]() |
May 8, 1972 | on-ice head injury | Top NHL Prospect, led SOJAHL's Guelph CMC's to 1972 Centennial Cup and died as a result of hitting his head on the ice in final period of the deciding game. [1] [2] |
28 | Lennart Svedberg | ![]() |
July 29, 1972[2] | car accident | Represented Sweden in the 1968 Winter Olympics and six IIHF World Championships; in the 1970 World Championships he was named top defenceman |
44 | Tim Horton | ![]() |
February 21, 1974 | car accident | Played 24 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1949–50 to 1973–74, playing 20 of them for the Toronto Maple Leafs; named to the NHL First & Second All-Star Teams three times each; member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Also founder of the Tim Hortons restaurant chain. |
29 | Wayne Maki | ![]() |
May 12, 1974 | brain cancer | Played six seasons and 246 games in the National Hockey League, for the Chicago Black Hawks, St. Louis Blues and Vancouver Canucks. |
22 | Mikhail Kovalev | ![]() |
1975 | Unknown |
Defenseman. Played for the national Soviet junior team and HC CSKA Moscow. Winner of the European Junior Championship (1973). |
24 | Bob Gassoff | ![]() |
May 27, 1977 | motorcycle accident | Played four seasons and 245 games for the St. Louis Blues from 1973 to 1977; the Blues retired his number 3. |
30 | Veikko Suominen | ![]() |
December 21, 1978 | 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 team. |
27 | Scott Garland | ![]() |
June 9, 1979 | car accident | Played three seasons and 91 games in the NHL from 1975 to 1979 for the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Los Angeles Kings. |
24 | Alexander Najdenov | ![]() |
1979 | murdered, smothering |
Forward. Played for HC Spartak Moscow. His murderer was never found. |
26 | Don Ashby | ![]() |
May 30, 1981 | car accident | Played six seasons in the NHL for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Rockies, and Edmonton Oilers from 1975 to 1981 |
33 | Valeri Kharlamov | ![]() |
August 27, 1981 | car accident | Played in three Olympics, 11 IIHF World Championships and the 1972 Summit Series. Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. |
18 | Bruce Melanson | ![]() |
January 4, 1985 | heart failure caused by Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome | Played for the OHL's Oshawa Generals. Chosen 41st overall at the 1984 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders. |
17 | Anatoli Fetisov | ![]() |
June 1985 | car accident | Fetisov was a sure bet to play with the Soviet Union at the 1986 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in 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 accident. |
26 | Pelle Lindbergh | ![]() |
November 11, 1985 | car accident | 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 and award it annually to the team's most improved player. |
18 | George Pelawa | ![]() |
September 1986 | car accident | 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. |
20 | Trent Kresse[3] | ![]() |
December 30, 1986 | team bus accident | 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. |
19 | Scott Kruger[3] | ![]() |
December 30, 1986 | team bus accident | 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. |
20 | Chris Mantyka[3] | ![]() |
December 30, 1986 | team bus accident | 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. |
16 | Brent Ruff[3] | ![]() |
December 30, 1986 | team bus accident | 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. |
27 | Andrew Zemko | ![]() |
July 1988 | unknown, supposedly heart attack | Defenseman, played for Torpedo Togliatti (today club known as HC Lada Togliatti, KHL, Russia) during 1985-1988. Died during cross-country in training camp. |
19 | Neil Carnes | ![]() |
July 30, 1989 | motorcycle accident | Neil Carnes played three seasons in the QMJHL (1986-87 to 1988-89). In his third year, he was traded from the Verdun Junior Canadiens to the Laval Titan where he won the President's Cup.Drafted in the 3rd round (46th overall) by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1988 NHL entry draft, Carnes never got the chance to play in the NHL. He died in a tragic motorcycle accident in Plymouth, Michigan shortly after the 1989 Memorial Cup Tournament. Neil scored 79 goals and had 145 assists for a total of 224 points in 164 career QMJHL games. He was 19 years old at the time of his death. |
23 | Duncan MacPherson | ![]() |
August 13, 1989 | exposure | Drafted 20th overall in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders. Frozen body found in 2003. |
18 | Kirill Tarasov | ![]() |
1990 | car accident | A candidate for the Soviet Nation Junior team; Vyacheslav Kozlov, then the top junior player in the country and current NHLer, was seriously injured in the same accident. |
26 | Luděk Čajka | ![]() |
February 14, 1990 | 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. |
19 | Artem Kopot | ![]() |
1992 | car accident | A promising defenseman with the world champion Commonwealth of Independent States national junior team and Drafted sixth round of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins. |
19 | Miran Schrott | ![]() |
1992 | died on the ice after being slashed in the chest by an opposing player, stopping his heart. | Played for HC Gardena in Italy's Serie B league. Jimmy Boni, the player who slashed him, was charged with culpable homicide in his death but later pled guilty to manslaughter. |
30 | Roger Hägglund | ![]() |
June 6, 1992 | car accident | Played three games for the Quebec Nordiques in 1984–85. |
27 | John Kordic | ![]() |
August 8, 1992 | drug overdose | Played 7 seasons and 244 games in the NHL from 1985 to 1992, most notably with the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs. Won Stanley Cup in 1986 with Montreal. |
25 | Mike Colman | ![]() |
April 5, 1994 | car accident | Played fifteen games for the San Jose Sharks in 1991–92. |
29 | Peter Karlsson | ![]() |
March 11, 1995 | stabbed to death | Played in the SEL for Västerås IK. |
28 | Bengt Åkerblom[4] | ![]() |
October 15, 1995 | on-ice neck and throat injuries | Played 53 SEL games for Djurgårdens IF and five seasons for Mora IK in the second-level league before the accident, which occurred during an exhibition game. |
25 | Michel Breistroff | ![]() |
July 17, 1996 | aviation accident (TWA Flight 800) |
Played in French national team in 1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. |
25 | Jeff Batters | ![]() |
August 23, 1996 | car accident | Played two seasons and sixteen games for the St. Louis Blues from 1993 to 1995. |
24 | Yanick Dupré | ![]() |
August 16, 1997 | leukemia | Played three seasons and 35 games for the Philadelphia Flyers from 1991 to 1996, the Yanick Dupre Memorial is awarded annually by the Flyers organization. |
20 | Graham Christie[5] | ![]() |
November 1997 | died after being struck in the chest by a puck during a game | Played in the SJHL at the time of his death. The PJHL Rookie of the Year trophy is named in his honour. |
29 | Stéphane Morin | ![]() |
October 6, 1998 | heart attack | 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 IHL's leading scorer in 1995. |
29 | Chad Silver [6] | ![]() ![]() |
December 3, 1998 | heart attack | Played nine seasons and 374 games in the National League A mostly for the HC Fribourg-Gotteron and ZSC Lions Zurich. |
32 | Steve Chiasson | ![]() |
May 3, 1999 | car accident | Played thirteen seasons and 751 games in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Calgary Flames, Hartford Whalers and Carolina Hurricanes from 1986–87 to 1998–99. |
22 | Dmitri Tertyshny[7] | ![]() |
July 23, 1999 | slashed jugular vein in boat accident | Played 62 games for the Philadelphia Flyers in 1998–99. |
32 | Viacheslav Bezukladnikov | ![]() |
July 10, 2001 | liver cirrhosis | Master of Sports, forward. Champion of Russia (1994, 1996), silver medalist of Russian championships (1993, 1995, 1997), winner of the European Cup (1997). Played for "Avtomobilist" Sverdlovsk, "SKA" Sverdlovsk, HC Lada Togliatti and the Russian national team. 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 | Zoltan Batovsky | ![]() |
August 8, 2001 | car accident | 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. |
27 | Alexei Yegorov | ![]() |
March 2, 2002 | Drug overdose | Played eleven games for the NHL's San Jose Sharks in 1995–96 and 1996–97. |
22 | Terence Tootoo | ![]() |
August 26, 2002 | suicide | Played for the Roanoke Express (ECHL) and OCN Blizzard (MJHL). Brother of NHLer Jordin Tootoo. |
24 | Roman Lyashenko[8] | ![]() |
July 5, 2003 | suicide by hanging | Played four seasons in the NHL for the Dallas Stars and New York Rangers from 1999 to 2003. |
23 | Trevor Ettinger | ![]() |
July 26, 2003 | suicide | Chosen 159th overall at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft by the Edmonton Oilers. Was playing for the AHL's Syracuse Crunch at the time of his death. |
25 | Dan Snyder[9] | ![]() |
October 5, 2003 | car accident | Played three seasons and 49 games for the Atlanta Thrashers from 2000 to 2003; the 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. |
31 | Sergei Zholtok[10] | ![]() |
November 3, 2004 | hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | Played ten seasons and 588 games in the National Hockey League for six teams from 1992–93 to 2003–04. |
18 | Jaxon Logan[11] | ![]() |
January 21, 2005 | on-ice accident | Played for Brigham Young University men's ice hockey. Was hit by a puck which stopped his heart. |
28 | Jonathan Delisle | ![]() |
March 16, 2006 | car accident | Drafted and played one game with Montreal Canadiens |
21 | Stefan Blaho | ![]() |
August 30, 2006 | car accident | 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 OHL. |
22 | Alexei Savin | ![]() |
June 18, 2007 | car accident | Played for the Belarusian national team. |
30 | Martin Čech | ![]() |
September 6, 2007 | car accident | Played in the Czech Extraliga. |
26 | Darcy Robinson[12] | ![]() |
September 27, 2007 | 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. |
19 | Mickey Renaud[13] | ![]() |
February 18, 2008 | hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | Captain of the Windsor Spitfires in the OHL; chosen in the 5th round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames. |
21 | Luc Bourdon[14] | ![]() |
May 29, 2008 | motorcycle accident | Drafted 10th overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the Vancouver Canucks; played 36 games in the NHL from 2006–2008. |
20 | KJ Ramolla | ![]() |
June 28, 2008 | car accident | Played for the Newmarket Hurricanes of the OPJHL. Chosen in the fifth round of the 2004 OHL Priority Selection by the Kingston Frontenacs. |
21 | Igor Antosik | ![]() |
July 25, 2008 | 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. |
18 | Domagoj Kapec | ![]() |
September 12, 2008 | car accident | Played for KHL Zagreb in his homeland. Represented Croatia at two IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships. |
19 | Alexei Cherepanov[15][16] | ![]() |
October 13, 2008 | 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] |
21 | Don Sanderson | ![]() |
January 2, 2009 | 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. |
34 | Gábor Ocskay[17] | ![]() |
March 24, 2009 | 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 Hungarian national team. |
21 | Kiril Vajarov[18] | ![]() |
April 18, 2009 | stabbing | Goaltender who played professionally for Slavia Sofia in Bulgaria. Was a member of Bulgarian national team for two World Championships. |
28 | Robert Müller[19] | ![]() |
May 21, 2009 | 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 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. Kölner Haie retired his number 80. |
29 | Nathan Marsters[20] | ![]() |
June 8, 2009 | car accident | Goaltender. Was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in 2000. Had a minor league career with the Augusta Lynx, Wheeling Nailers and Portland Pirates. |
18 | Alexei Kuchin | ![]() |
September 26, 2009 | car accident | Forward. Played for HC Krilya Sovetov (MHL, Russia). |
22 | Matt Cook[21] | ![]() |
April 4, 2010 | bone cancer | Won a bronze medal at the 2009 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships playing for Canada. |
See also
Notes
- ^ "Sad Death of Ottawa's Captain". The Globe. May 14, 1904. p. 9.
- ^ Diamond, Dan (2003). Total Hockey: Second Edition. Toronto: Total Sports Publishing. p. 640. ISBN 1-894963-16-4.
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