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Sergejs Žoltoks
Hockey player

Sergejs Žoltoks

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Place of birth
Riga
Place of death
Minsk
Age
31 years
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Biography

Sergei Zholtok (December 2, 1972 – November 3, 2004) was a Latvian professional ice hockey center who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers, Minnesota Wild and Nashville Predators.

Playing career

Žoltoks was drafted by the Boston Bruins 55th overall in 1992 NHL Entry Draft. Prior to 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 1992–93 NHL season and the 1993–94 NHL season, Žoltoks spent the next years playing in minor leagues.

Žoltoks returned to the NHL in the 1996–97 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 2004–05 NHL lockout, Žoltoks returned to Latvia and played for the Riga 2000 team in the Latvian national hockey championship and the Open Belarus hockey championship. On November 3, 2004, his cardiac arrhythmia resurfaced during the game between HK Riga 2000 (Latvia) and HC Dinamo Minsk (Belarus). Žoltoks left the game with 5 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 a game due to this arrhythmia, and had been observed in a hospital overnight. He was allowed to return to play after missing seven games.

During his 10 years in the NHL, he played in 588 regular-season games, scored 111 goals and had 147 assists.

Awards and achievements

  • 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 Žoltoks.

Career statistics

  Regular season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1990–91Dinamo RigaUSSR3940416
1991–92Pardaugava RigaCIS276396
1992–93Providence BruinsAHL643135665763584
1992–93Boston BruinsNHL10110
1993–94Providence BruinsAHL5429336216
1993–94Boston BruinsNHL242132
1994–95Providence BruinsAHL78233558421385136
1995–96Las Vegas ThunderIHL8251501013015713206
1996–97Las Vegas ThunderIHL1913142720
1996–97Ottawa SenatorsNHL571216281971120
1997–98Ottawa SenatorsNHL7810132316110220
1998–99Montreal CanadiensNHL70715226
1998–99Fredericton CanadiensAHL73470
1999–00Quebec CitadellesAHL10112
1999–00Montreal CanadiensNHL6826123828
2000–01Montreal CanadiensNHL32110118
2000–01Edmonton OilersNHL37416202230000
2001–02Minnesota WildNHL7319203928
2002–03Minnesota WildNHL781626421818211130
2003–04Minnesota WildNHL5913162919
2003–04Nashville PredatorsNHL11112061010
2004–05HK Riga 2000BHL643712
NHL totals58811114725816645414180

International

YearTeamCompGPGAPtsPIM
1990SovietEJC664106
1991SovietWJC72242
1992CISWJC732510
1994LatviaWC-B46174
1997LatviaWC53362
1999LatviaWC64044
2001LatviaWC65164
2002LatviaWC60442
2004LatviaWC732510
Junior int'l totals2010102014
Senior int'l totals3421113226

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