Rangers prospect dies during game
 

NEW YORK (TICKER) ?New York Rangers prospect Alexei Cherepanov died during a game in his native Russia on Monday night. He was 19.

The New York Post reported that Cherepanov suffered a heart attack and collapsed on the bench during Avangard Omsk?s game against Vityav Chekhov.

Former Rangers captain Jaromir Jagr had just finished a shift with Cherepanov and was talking to the him when the Russian suddenly collapsed.

TSN of Canada reported that medical officials attempted to get Cherepanov?s heart beating again. According to the web site, the ambulance that is normally at all games had already departed and had to be called back to the arena. The report stated that it took between ?15 and 20 minutes? to transport Cherepanov from the arena to the hospital.

How sad is that only 19... :(

FULL STORY HERE

Damn, that sucks. RIP.

I thought they had checks for the signs of these heart problems after the deaths in soccer?

A real shame at only 19

very sad news

Efedrin?

drugs dont kill people!

maybe he was poisoned by the KGBs???

maybe this would not have happend in the U.S.A. :2 cents:

that is fucked up ! i couldnt believe it. was ranked 1st and was picked 15th i think cos russians ... nobody want to take risks ... well... RIP... sad story...

Not in the good old USSR.

this guy was a really really fucking good prospect.. it really sucks

rip

didnt some one last season on the rangers team die also?

Very sad news!

Yeah, no one ever dies in the US during sports games. :1orglaugh



:upsidedow

thats so sad! I read it last night :(

yeah to young to die

Jiri Fischer of the Detroit Red Wings comes to mind. He didn't die, but he collapsed on the bench during a game back in 2005. He's still on the team, but hasn't played since the incident, except to play in a charity hockey game.

Jiri Fischer collapses at game

It happens around the 1 min mark:


and the continuation of it:


Here's a good write-up on it, a year later, in which Jiri actually states, "I died. I died and I was brought back."

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/column...ott&id=2666130

"There was no pulse, no heartbeat, and with emergency technicians and team trainers helping out, Colucci cut away Fischer's jersey and pads and administered an AED (automated external defibrillator) to shock Fischer's heart back to life."

Scary shit. Sadly, you can never predict when something like this will happen. That last article on Jiri says that if he had collapsed anywhere other than the Joe Louis Arena, he'd be dead. Being in Russia, where they may not have as many trained medical staff on hand, obviously did have a bearing on poor Alexei's life. :2 cents:

his heard was 3 times the weight of normal heart. Just read reports in russian news papers. Poor kid. My heart and thoughts go to Alex and his family.
RIP...
this should have never happened to 19 year old kid.. NEVER...

i heard about that,crazy

R.I.P Alex ((
very sad news ((((

I just heard they're doing an investigation on his death...:disgust