Alexander Vialevich Krevsun (russian: Александр Витальевич Кревсун; June 2, 1980 — July 3, 2002) was a Kazakhstani professional ice hockey player. He was drafted 124th overall by the Nashville Predators in the

1999 NHL Entry Draft The 1999 NHL Entry Draft was the 37th NHL Entry Draft. It was held on June 26 at the FleetCenter in Boston. According to ''Sports Illustrated'' and other sports news agencies, at the time the 1999 draft was considered one of the deepest in tale ...

. He played one season for the organization, playing in the ECHL for the New Orleans Brass and one game in the American Hockey League for the Milwaukee Admirals before he was released and he returned to Russia, signing for CSK VVS Samara Krevsun died on July 3, 2002, after suffering a

brain hemorrhage Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as cerebral bleed, intraparenchymal bleed, and hemorrhagic stroke, or haemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain, into its ventricles, or into both. It is one kind of bleed ...

during a cross-country preseason workout in

Samara Samara ( rus, Сама́ра, p=sɐˈmarə), known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev (; ), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with ...

.http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/news/2002/07/10/predators_prospect_ap/ Ex-Nashville prospect dies after workout

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