Roman Lyashenko
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Roman Lyashenko (May 2, 1979 - July 5, 2003) was a Russian hockey player. Born in Murmansk, he started his career in the NHL with the Dallas Stars in the 1999-2000 Season and he went to the Stanley Cup Finals that season in which the Stars were defeated by the New Jersey Devils in six games. He played with Dallas until he was traded to the New York Rangers along with Martin Rucinsky in exchange for Manny Malhotra and Barrett Heisten on March 12, 2002. He spent the rest of the season with the Rangers. The following year, he played only two games with the New York Rangers while spending the majority of that season with their farm team, the Hartford Wolf Pack. On July 7, 2003, he was found dead in a hotel room in Turkey where he was vacationing with his mother and sister; it was reported that he took his own life. He apparently tried to slit his wrists, then hung himself with a belt. One source to the Rangers was heard saying he did it because of "lack of playing time., Others say that the suicide was motivated because he contracted an incurable disease. Some reports have said he had contracted AIDS.