A former KHL star who also served as captain died suddenly aged just 44. The causes of his death were not disclosed five days after the June 15 tragedy.
Dmitry Tarasov played in the KHL for 18 years, much of it at club Khabarovsk (HC Amur), where he was captain.
With this formation he ended his career in 2016.
This name joins a sad and long list of Russian ice hockey players who have died prematurely in recent years.
A month ago, Le Journal chronicled the case of 30 Russian players who died under unclear circumstances, including a heart attack aged 22, poisoning, drowning, disappearance and death in their sleep.
If the Russian mafia was responsible for hockey-related murders in the late 1990s, the death tide that has continued since then has raised questions about player safety.