Rangers lose a member of their family

[StormShaman]

Roman Lyashenko found dead while on holiday in Turkey (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&storyID=3048192)

:sad:

[crazy4canes]

He was so young. How tragic. :cry:

[Jeff O Rocks]

How sad! :cry: I know what our players mean to us..I know their fans are devastated.... :sad:

[Shell]

I just saw this and was coming in to post it... tragic indeed.. lots of tragedy befalling Russian players.

[Turbulence]

Very sad...supposedly a great guy. Tragic...

[Captain Slack]

I just saw this and was coming in to post it... tragic indeed.. lots of tragedy befalling Russian players.

Which makes you wonder. Two players dead and two in car accidents, all of whom played on the same team at one point. All of which also are from Russia, who's underworld is known to be vindictive and into everything.

[Shell]

My thoughts exactly Slacker. I would love to learn more about the Russian mob.. seems fascinating if not dark and terrible

[Shell]

They are now saying suicide :sad:

Rangers' Lyashenko found dead
The 24-year-ol helped Russia capture the silver medal in the 2002 World Hockey Championships.

(posted Jul. 7, 2:09PM EDT)
ISTANBUL -- New York Rangers forward Roman Lyashenko was found dead in a hotel room while vacationing in Turkey.

The Rangers said Monday that the cause of death wasn't immediately known. However, Turkey's Anatolia news agency reported it was a suicide.

Yuri Koritskiy, a Russian consular official, said the 24-year-old hockey player had been with his mother and sister in Antalya, a southern Mediterranean resort province popular with Russian and other European tourists. He said Lyashenko died Saturday but would not provide any other details.

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

The consulate was making preparations to send the body back to Russia this week, Koritskiy said.

Lyashenko played regularly with the Dallas Stars his first two seasons in the NHL, then was traded to the New York Rangers late in the 2001-02 season. Last season, the forward played one game with New York, spending the year with Hartford for the American Hockey League, where he had 23 goals and 35 assists.

“Roman was a quality individual who had a positive impact on everyone he touched, both on and off the ice,” said Glen Sather, the Rangers' president, general manager and coach.

In 138 NHL games, Lyashenko had 14 goals and nine assists. The Russian was selected by Dallas in the second round of the 1997 NHL entry draft.

[Alicia]

what a shame...

[SouthernHockeyChick]

:sad: 24....geez.