Every Deceased NHL Player From My Lifetime

I had maintained this list over on Facebook, but with Facebook shutting down its blogging services, I might as well transition this to this forum. Over the past year or so I've been keeping track of the players in each of the four major team sports (baseball, basketball, football, hockey) that made it to the top league in their respective sport (MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL) sometime in my lifetime (I was born January 25, 1985) that has since passed away. The list of NHL players that has passed away has been fairly small, which makes sense since the rosters are generally pretty small. The list now consists of 113 names, nine of which passed away in the tragic Yaroslav Lokomotiv plane accident in 2011. These players are listed in reverse chronological order from their final NHL games. If they played their last game on the same day, then the player that died later is listed earlier.

*indicates the player is in the Hall of Fame

12/26/2021 - Chris Smith (1992-2023)

05/08/2021 - Matiss Kivlenieks (1996-2021)

02/21/2020 - Colby Cave (1994-2020)

10/22/2019 - Adam Johnson (1994-2023)

04/07/2018 - Jimmy Hayes (1989-2021)

10/15/2017 - Nicolas Kerdiles (1994-2023)

04/09/2015 - Ray Emery (1982-2018)

03/27/2012 - Steve Montador (1979-2015)

05/12/2011 - Ruslan Salei (1974-2011)

04/10/2011 - Karlis Skrastins (1974-2011)

04/02/2011 - Marek Svatos (1982-2016)

02/03/2011 - Raymond Sawada (1985-2023)

01/24/2011 - Wade Belak (1976-2011)

01/23/2011 - Alexander Vasyunov (1988-2011)

12/09/2010 - Derek Boogaard (1982-2011)

11/17/2010 - Rick Rypien (1984-2011)

05/11/2010 - Pavol Demitra (1974-2011)

03/30/2009 - Tom Cavanagh (1982-2011)

04/15/2008 - Chris Simon (1972-2024)

04/05/2008 - Luc Bourdon (1987-2008)

04/04/2008 - Josef Vasicek (1980-2011)

03/22/2008 - Karel Rachunek (1979-2011)

10/21/2006 - David Gove (1978-2017)

04/30/2006 - Greg Johnson (1971-2019)

04/18/2006 - Konstantin Koltsov (1981-2024)

04/17/2006 - Bryan Marchment (1969-2022)

11/23/2005 - Alexander Karpovtsev (1970-2011)

04/17/2004 - Sergei Zholtok (1972-2004)

04/04/2004 - Roman Cechmanek (1971-2023)

04/04/2004 - Garrett Burnett (1975-2022)

04/04/2004 - Igor Korolev (1970-2011)

04/05/2003 - Roman Lyashenko (1979-2003)

03/24/2003 - Dan Snyder (1978-2003)

06/13/2002 - Gino Odjick (1970-2023)

04/25/2002 - Bob Probert (1965-2010)

12/29/2001 - Alexei Tezikov (1978-2020)

05/10/2001 - Vladimir Tsyplakov (1969-2019)

01/18/2001 - Kaspars Astashenko (1975-2012)

04/09/2000 - Dmitri Nabokov (1977-2019)

03/08/2000 - Zarley Zalapski (1968-2017)

11/28/1999 - B.J. Young (1977-2005)

11/03/1999 - Shawn Burr (1966-2013)

05/02/1999 - Steve Chiasson (1967-1999)

04/22/1999 - Dmitri Tertyshny (1976-1999)

03/24/1999 - Petr Klima (1964-2023)

03/20/1999 - Peter Zezel (1965-2009)

02/12/1999 - Sasha Lakovic (1971-2017)

10/21/1998 - Jonathan Delisle (1977-2006)

06/05/1997 - Dale Hawerchuk* (1963-2020)

12/04/1997 - Barry Potomski (1972-2011)

04/12/1997 - Todd Ewen (1966-2015)

04/03/1997 - Brad McCrimmon (1959-2011)

01/30/1997 - Alexei Yegorov (1975-2002)

12/09/1996 - Greg Smyth (1966-2018)

12/07/1996 - Valeri Karpov (1971-2014)

04/27/1996 - Marc Potvin (1967-2006)

02/25/1996 - Yanick Dupre (1972-1997)

12/14/1995 - Blaine Lacher (1970-2024)

11/24/1995 - Denis Tsygurov (1971-2015)

10/12/1995 - Sergei Bautin (1967-2022)

05/03/1995 - Gaetan Duchesne (1962-2007)

05/03/1995 - Jeff Batters (1970-1996)

05/01/1995 - Bryan Fogarty (1969-2002)

03/30/1995 - Tom Kurvers (1962-2021)

03/29/1995 - Andrei Lomakin (1964-2006)

04/14/1994 - Guy Leveque (1972-2005)

02/14/1994 - Reggie Savage (1970-2023)

11/16/1993 - Stephane Morin (1969-1998)

05/04/1993 - Greg Parks (1967-2015)

12/07/1992 - Michel Mongeau (1965-2010)

04/16/1992 - Michael Colman (1968-1994)

02/06/1992 - Paul Cyr (1963-2012)

12/26/1991 - John Kordic (1965-1992)

11/26/1991 - Ilkka Sinisalo (1958-2017)

11/16/1991 - Walt Poddubny (1960-2009)

10/05/1991 - Mark Pavelich (1958-2021)

03/31/1991 - Guy Lafleur* (1951-2022)

03/30/1991 - Jeff Parker (1964-2017)

12/22/1990 - Igor Vyazmikin (1966-2009)

04/01/1990 - Mitch Molloy (1966-2024)

04/01/1990 - Borje Salming* (1951-2022)

03/31/1990 - Scot Kleinendorst (1960-2019)

03/31/1990 - Vladimir Krutov (1960-2012)

03/22/1990 - Sergei Mylnikov (1958-2017)

01/10/1990 - Doug Wickenheiser (1961-1999)

04/11/1989 - Dusan Pasek (1960-1998)

04/02/1989 - Paul Jerrard (1954-2023)

02/05/1989 - Miroslav Frycer (1959-2021)

01/02/1989 - Mark Reeds (1960-2015)

12/29/1988 - Ray Podloski (1966-2018)

12/21/1988 - Glen Cochrane (1958-2024)

11/17/1988 - Randy Boyd (1962-2022)

11/13/1988 - Richie Dunn (1957-2016)

10/16/1988 - Joel Baillargeon (1964-2022)

05/22/1988 - Tom McCarthy (1961-2022)

04/14/1988 - Greg Terrion (1960-2018)

04/14/1988 - Willie Huber (1958-2010)

04/12/1988 - Clark Gillies* (1954-2022)

03/19/1988 - Dave Semenko (1957-2017)

01/06/1988 - Rik Wilson (1962-2016)

11/19/1987 - Ron Talakoski (1962-2009)

05/02/1987 - Mike Bossy* (1957-2022)

04/04/1987 - Brad Maxwell (1957-2023)

03/24/1987 - Mitch Wilson (1962-2019)

03/23/1987 - Peter McNab (1952-2022)

04/12/1986 - Tom Lysiak (1953-2016)

04/12/1986 - Gary Lupul (1959-2007)

12/21/1985 - Rick Lapointe (1955-1999)

11/07/1985 - Pelle Lindbergh (1959-1985)

05/30/1985 - Miroslav Dvorak (1951-2008)

04/11/1985 - Bob Miller (1956-2020)

03/26/1985 - Arto Javanainen (1959-2011)

03/10/1985 - Roger Belanger (1965-2011)

02/21/1985 - Bill Kitchen (1960-2012)