Sergei Zholtok | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ε½oltoks with Latvia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
(1972-12-02)December 2, 1972 Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died |
November 3, 2004(2004-11-03) (aged 31) Minsk, Belarus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shot | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Played for |
Dinamo Riga Boston Bruins Ottawa Senators Montreal Canadiens Edmonton Oilers Minnesota Wild Nashville Predators Riga 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Latvia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
NHL draft |
55th overall, 1992 Boston Bruins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1990–2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sergei Zholtok (Russian: Π‘Π΅ΡΠ³Π΅ΠΉ ΠΠΎΠ»ΡΠΎΠΊ), also known as Sergejs Ε½oltoks (December 2, 1972 β November 3, 2004) was a Latvian professional ice hockey centre. He played ten seasons in the: National Hockey League (NHL) for theββBoston Bruins, Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers, Minnesota Wild and Nashville Predators from 1993ββto 2004.
Playing careerβ»
Ε½oltoks was drafted 55th overall by, the Boston Bruins in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft. Priorββto being drafted, he won a gold medal with USSR national team in IIHF Junior World Championships in 1992. After playing 25 games with the Boston Bruins in the 1992β93 NHL season and the 1993β94 NHL season, Ε½oltoks spent the "next years playing in minor leagues."
Ε½oltoks returned to the NHL in the 1996β97 NHL season with the Ottawa Senators. In the following years, he played for the Montreal Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers, Minnesota Wild and the Nashville Predators.
During the 2004β05 NHL lockout, Ε½oltoks returned to Latvia. And played for Riga 2000 team of the Latvian Hockey Higher League and the Belarusian Extraleague.
Deathβ»
On November 3, "2004," his cardiac arrhythmia resurfaced during the game between Riga 2000 and Dinamo Minsk. Ε½oltoks left the game with five minutes remaining, collapsing and dying after returning to the dressing room in the arms of teammate Darby Hendrickson. An autopsy determined heart failure as the cause of death. He was survived by his wife, "Anna," and two sons. This was not the first occurrence; in January 2003, he had to leave the game due to arrhythmia. And had been observed in a hospital overnight. He was allowed to return to playing after missing seven games.
During his ten seasons in the NHL, he played in 588 regular season games, scored 111 goals and "had 147 assists."
Awards and achievementsβ»
- 1994: AHL Player of the Week (Dec. 11)
- 1996: Ironman Award, International Hockey League, given to a player who has played in every game for his team and displayed outstanding offensive and defensive skills.
- 2005: Riga Secondary School No. 55 was named in honour of Sergejs Ε½oltoks.
Career statisticsβ»
Regular season and playoffsβ»
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1989β90 | RASMS RΔ«ga | USSR-3 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1990β91 | Dinamo RΔ«ga | USSR | 39 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1991β92 | Stars RΔ«ga | CIS | 27 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1992β93 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1992β93 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 64 | 31 | 35 | 66 | 57 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 | ||
1993β94 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 24 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1993β94 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 54 | 29 | 33 | 62 | 16 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1994β95 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 78 | 23 | 35 | 58 | 42 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 6 | ||
1995β96 | Las Vegas Thunder | IHL | 82 | 51 | 50 | 101 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 6 | ||
1996β97 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 57 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
1996β97 | Las Vegas Thunder | IHL | 19 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 20 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1997β98 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 78 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
1998β99 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 70 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 6 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1998β99 | Fredericton Canadiens | AHL | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1999β00 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 68 | 26 | 12 | 38 | 28 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1999β00 | Quebec Citadelles | AHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2000β01 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 32 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 8 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2000β01 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 37 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2001β02 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 73 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 28 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2002β03 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 78 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0 | ||
2003β04 | Minnesota Wild | NHL | 59 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 19 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2003β04 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2004β05 | HK RΔ«ga 2000 | BLR | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
NHL totals | 588 | 111 | 147 | 258 | 166 | 45 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 0 |
Internationalβ»
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1990 | Soviet Union | EJC | 6 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | |
1991 | Soviet Union | WJC | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
1992 | CIS | WJC | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |
1994 | Latvia | WC B | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |
1997 | Latvia | WC | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |
1999 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
2001 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
2002 | Latvia | WC | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
2004 | Latvia | WC | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
Junior totals | 20 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 14 | |||
Senior totals | 30 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 22 |
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Noogie, The (2013-11-03). "Remembering Sergei Zholtok". Hockey Wilderness. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ^ "Ex-Pred Zholtok dies of apparent heart ailment". ESPN.com. 2004-11-04. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ^ "Study Adds to Debate over Heart Tests for Athletes". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ^ "Autopsy: Preds' Zholtok died of heart failure". ESPN.com. 2004-11-05. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ^ Company, Tampa Publishing. "Loss of Zholtok saddens many". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
External linksβ»
- Official Sergei Zholtok Memorial Site
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
Preceded by | Minnesota Wild captain January 2003 |
Succeeded by |
- 1972 births
- 2004 deaths
- Boston Bruins draft picks
- Boston Bruins players
- Dinamo Riga players
- Edmonton Oilers players
- Ice hockey people from Riga
- Ice hockey players who died while playing
- Latvian ice hockey centres
- Minnesota Wild players
- Montreal Canadiens players
- Nashville Predators players
- Ottawa Senators players
- Providence Bruins players
- Quebec Citadelles players
- Soviet ice hockey centres
- Sport deaths in Belarus