Habs13 Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 TSN.ca Staff 11/3/2004 Sergei Zholtok, a centre who finished the 2003-2004 NHL season with the Nashville Predators, died Wednesday in Latvia. He was 31. A third-round pick of the Boston Bruins in 1992, Zholtok played 588 NHL games for six teams, scoring 111 goals and 258 points. Zholtok was playing for Riga in Latvia this year and collapsed in the team's dressing room before a game in Belarus. Zholtok was forced to the sidelines a couple of times last year with mysterious health ailments that included dizziness and fatigue. RDS is reporting that he suffered from cardiac arrhythmia. Zholtok had his greatest success with the Minnesota Wild, scoring a career-high 42 points in 2002-2003, then following up with 13 points in 18 playoff games as the Wild made an improbable run to the Western Conference Finals.. He also played for Ottawa, Montreal and Edmonton in the NHL. TSN Yahoo News HabsWorld News Edited the title, and added the link to HW and Y!'s news [Edited on 2004-11-4 by sakiqc] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony_ Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 holy shit :| Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Man NL Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Very sad :nono: RIP Sergei. <img src=http://www.geocities.com/nhl_fan_site_two/sergeizholtok.jpg> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puck7x Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Wow this is a shocker. He was pretty good as a habs (under the circumstances, we had bad teams a few years ago) . I remember his line with Petrov/Zubrus well. RIP Sergei... one of the good guys of the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycing Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 RIP Sergi!... wow, what a surprise. My sympathies to his family, and friends who have to experience a heart breaking time now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doktor Kosmos Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 I too liked seeing Zholtok in the red-white-and-blue. My thoughts go out to his family and friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch_Habs_Fan Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 What a Shock! (after the killing of a movie director by a Moslim fundamentalist and the death of a great cyclist in holland, the third shock in 2 days) My mind goes to his family! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakiqc Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 That is a bad news. I keep good memories from Zholtok. He was looking and playing like an artist. Not the typical north-american player we're used to see. The Red line gave Habs fan the only bit of excitation during the dark years. 31 is pretty young to die. It came suddenly and at the hockey game. That's a shock. Best wish to his family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombTHEice Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Man, that's really shocking news ... RIP Sergej. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanpuck33_ Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 Note: Ribiero, I split the thread because we were very off topic in our discussion of NBA vs. NHL injuries. I moved that part of the thread to The Lounge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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