Retired Belarusian hockey player Konstantin Koltsov dies in Florida at 42

FILE - Ottawa Senator's Lance Ward, left, chases Pittsburgh Penguins' Konstantin Koltsov in the second period of a preseason hockey game at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton, N.Y., Sept. 23, 2005. Retired Belarusian hockey player-turned-coach Konstantin Koltsov has died. He was 42. Miami-Dade Police detective Argemis Colome confirmed Koltsov's death in a statement sent to The Associated Press Tuesday, March 19, 2024.

FILE - Ottawa Senator's Lance Ward, left, chases Pittsburgh Penguins' Konstantin Koltsov in the second period of a preseason hockey game at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton, N.Y., Sept. 23, 2005. Retired Belarusian hockey player-turned-coach Konstantin Koltsov has died. He was 42. Miami-Dade Police detective Argemis Colome confirmed Koltsov's death in a statement sent to The Associated Press Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (Diogenes Agcaoili Jr./Press & Sun-Bulletin via AP, File)


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MIAMI — Retired Belarusian hockey player-turned-coach Konstantin Koltsov has died in Florida. He was 42. Miami-Dade Police confirmed Koltsov's death and called it an apparent suicide. Koltsov had been dating second-ranked women's tennis player Aryna Sabalenka, who was set to play in a tournament in Miami. Koltsov had been serving as an assistant coach for a team in the KHL. He played in 144 NHL games for the Pittsburgh Penguins from 2003-06.

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