Roman Lyashenko

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size =
played_for = Dallas Stars
New York Rangers
position = Right Wing
shot = Right
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 193
nationality = Russia
birth_date = birth date|1979|5|2|mf=y
birth_place = Murmansk, U.S.S.R.
death_date = death date and age|2003|7|5|1979|5|2
death_place = Antalya, Turkey
draft = 52nd overall
draft_year = 1997
draft_team = Dallas Stars
career_start = 2000
career_end = 2003

Roman Lyashenko (May 2, 1979 – July 5, 2003) was a Russian ice hockey player.

Born in Murmansk, he started his career in the NHL with the Dallas Stars during the 1999–2000 season. He went to the Stanley Cup Finals that season, but his team was defeated by the New Jersey Devils in six games. He played with Dallas until he was traded to the New York Rangers, along with Martin Rucinsky, in exchange for Manny Malhotra and Barrett Heisten on March 12, 2002. He spent the rest of the season with the Rangers.

The following year, he played only two games with the New York Rangers while spending the majority of that season with their farm team, the Hartford Wolf Pack. On July 7, 2003, he was found dead in a hotel room in Turkey where he was vacationing with his mother and sister -- it was reported that he committed suicide.

Apparently, Lyashenko had tried to slit his wrists, then hanged himself with a belt. He left a suicide note saying that he had an incurable disease, although medical examiners did not find any evidence of a disease. [ [http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/crimes/10-07-2003/3282-lyashenko-0 NHL Player Roman Lyashenko Commits Suicide in Turkey Hotel - Pravda.Ru ] ]

He is interred at Leontyevskoe Cemetery in Yaroslavl, Russia.

References

ee also

*List of ice hockey players who died during their playing career

External links

*Hockeydb|36950|Roman Lyashenko