Andrei Borisovich Troschinsky (russian: Андрей Борисович Трощи́нский; February 14, 1978 – December 21, 2015) was a Kazakh professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player, who played for Kazakhstan National Hockey Team at the

1999 Asian Winter Games The 4th Asian Winter Games ( ko, 제 4 회 동계 아시안 게임, je 4 hoe dong-gye asian geim) were held from January 30 to February 6, 1999, in the province of Kangwon (Gangwon), South Korea. The games were staged in three different clusters ...

. Troschinsky was a graduate of the

Ust-Kamenogorsk Oskemen ( kk, Өскемен, translit=Öskemen ), or Ust-Kamenogorsk (russian: Усть-Каменого́рск), is the administrative center of East Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan. Population: Name The city has two official names. In the ...

school. He was drafted 170th overall in the sixth round of the

1998 NHL Entry Draft The 1998 NHL Entry Draft was the 36th NHL Entry Draft. It was held on June 27 at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York. A total of 258 players were drafted. The last active players in the NHL from this draft class were Brian Gionta, Mi ...

St. Louis Blues The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis. The Blues compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference. The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the s ...

, but never signed a contract or participated in a game with them. He was the younger brother of Alexei Troschinsky.

Death

In the morning of 21 December 2015, Troschinsky felt unwell upon waking up and called an ambulance; while in the vehicle he had a

heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which may tr ...

and died.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

* 1978 births 2015 deaths Arlan Kokshetau players Kazakhstani ice hockey centres St. Louis Blues draft picks Sportspeople from Oskemen Kazzinc-Torpedo players Worcester IceCats players Metallurg Magnitogorsk players HK Acroni Jesenice players Saryarka Karagandy players Barys Nur-Sultan players Yertis Pavlodar players Olympic ice hockey players of Kazakhstan Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Kazakhstani expatriate ice hockey people Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 1999 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Ice hockey players at the 1999 Asian Winter Games Ice hockey players at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Ice hockey players at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Asian Games medalists in ice hockey Kazakhstani expatriate sportspeople in the United States Kazakhstani expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Kazakhstani expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate ice hockey players in Slovenia Expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia {{Kazakhstan-icehockey-bio-stub