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Sergei Zholtok
December 2, 1972 - November 3, 2004

Sergei Zholtok was acquired by the Predators in a trade with Minnesota for draft picks at the trade deadline on March 5, 2004. While with the Wild, he was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat, which kept him out of seven games in January 2003. During the lockout, he and former Wild teammate Darby Hendrickson signed with the Riga2000 hockey club in Zholtok's hometown. During a championship away game in  Belarus, he left to go back to the locker room with five minutes remaining in the game. He later collapsed and was pronounced dead in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. He was a member of his native Latvian team that won silver at the 1994 World Championships and ten seasons in the NHL, where he logged 588 games. He leaves behind a wife, Anna,  and two sons, Edgar and Nikita..

Year Team GP   G   A Pts 1992 BOS   1   0   1   1 1993 BOS  24   2   1   3 1996 OTT  57  12  16  28 1997 OTT  78  10  13  23 1998 MON  70   7  15  22 1999 MON  68  26  12  38 2000 MON  32   1  10  11 2000 EDM  37   4  16  20 2001 MIN  73  19  20  39 2002 MIN  78  16  26  42 2003 MIN  59  13  16  29 2003 NSH  11   1   1   2 Career   588 111 147 258

Alexander Krevsun
June 2, 1980 - July 3, 2002
Alexander Krevsun was a fourth round draft pick by the Predators in the 1999 Entry Draft. After one season playing in Russia, Krevsun moved to the NHL world where he played for New Orleans of the ECHL. The following season he returned to the Russian league. While training for the upcoming season, he collapsed halfway through a 10-km run. He later died of a stroke. Krevsun leaves behind a wife and a daughter.

Year    Team        League              GP  G  A PtsPIM
1996-97 Lada        Togliatti Russia2    0  0  0  0
1997-98 Lada        Togliatti 2 Russia3 37 10  5 15 24
1998-99 Lada        Togliatti 2 Russia4 24 10  4 14 30
1998-99 CSK         Samara 2 Russia4     8  4  0  4  4
1998-99 CSK         Samara Russia        5  0  2  2  4
1999-00 CSK         Samara 2 Russia4     1  0  0  0  0
1999-00 Krylja      Sovetov Russia2     14  1  1  2 16
2000-01 New Orleans ECHL                48  8 13 21 24

Norman "Bud" Poile
Bud Poile, father of GM David Poile, died in 2005 at the age of 80. He helped the Toronto Maple Leafs with the Stanley Cup in 1947. He also played for Chicago, Detroit, the New York Rangers, and Boston. As a coach he spent 13 seasons in the Western Hockey League, nine with the Edmonton Flyers, and four with the San Francisco Seals. He was the first general manager of the Philadelphia Flyers and Vancouver Canucks. He served eight years at the Central Hockey League commissioner and also served six years as the International Hockey League commissioner. He received the Lester Patrick Award for outstanding service to hockey in the United States in 1989 and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990.