# List of ice hockey players who died during their careers

This is a list of ice hockey players who died during their playing careers.

## Player deaths
### Before 1930

| Age | Player | Nationality | Date of death | Cause of death | Notes |
| 28 | Fred Higginbotham | Canada | September 7, 1896 | horse riding accident | Member of the Winnipeg Victorias; won Stanley Cup in February 1896 in a challenge match against the Montreal Victorias. |
| 24 | Frank O'Dwyer | United States | June 5, 1901 | hit by train | Member of the Columbia ice hockey team. |
| 20 | Frank Falvey | United States | January 14, 1903 | acute peritonitis | Member of the MIT men's ice hockey team and club president. |
| 24 | James A. McGee | Canada | May 15, 1904 | horse riding accident | Member of the Ottawa Silver Seven, captain of the Ottawa Rough Riders; brother of Frank McGee. |
| 23 | Archie Hooper | Canada | October 11, 1904 | complications from on-ice injury | Member of 1902 and 1903 Montreal Hockey Club Stanley Cup champions. |
| 24 | Alcide Laurin | Canada | February 24, 1905 | on-ice head injury | He received what The Ottawa Journal claimed on February 25, 1905, was an accidental stick blow to the head by 19-year-old Allan Loney, a player on a rival team from Maxville, Ontario. |
| 22 | Owen McCourt | Canada | March 7, 1907 | on-ice head injury | Murder charges were laid against other players in game in Cornwall, Ontario. There were no convictions. |
| 28 | Hod Stuart | Canada | June 23, 1907 | open water diving accident | Member of Montreal Wanderers, Stanley Cup champion in 1906 and 1907. All-star benefit game held for family. Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. |
| 28 | Edgar Dey | Canada | February 13, 1912 | on-ice chest injury | Stanley Cup winner with Ottawa Senators in 1909. |
| 23 | Del Irvine | Canada | April 13, 1916 | pneumonia | Played professionally for Portland Rosebuds. PCHA champion in 1916. |
| 32 | Hamby Shore | Canada | October 13, 1918 | influenza | Played nine seasons for the Ottawa Senators. |
| 23 | Chester Tutein | United States | November 17, 1918 | plane crash | Played three seasons for MIT. Enlisted in the United States Army Air Service after his junior year. |
| 37 | Joe Hall | Canada | April 5, 1919 | influenza | Member of Montreal Canadiens and former long-time member of Quebec Bulldogs. Led NHL in penalty minutes in both seasons played. Had played professionally since 1906. Died during 1919 Stanley Cup Finals. Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. |
| 22 | Foley Martin | Canada | December 9, 1923 | blood poisoning | Played two seasons in the Western Canada Hockey League from 1921 to 1923 with the Calgary Tigers. Died during opening road trip to start 1923–24 WCHL season. |
| 34 | Jack Darragh | Canada | June 28, 1924 | ruptured appendix | Played thirteen seasons for the Ottawa Senators. Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. |
| 39 | Georges Vézina | Canada | March 27, 1926 | tuberculosis | Played sixteen seasons with the Montreal Canadiens from 1910–11 to 1925–26 winning the Stanley Cup twice, Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, and namesake of the National Hockey League's Vezina Trophy. On November 28, 1925, the Canadiens' first game of the 1925–26 season, Vezina ran a temperature of 102°. He collapsed in the crease during the second period, never again returned to play, and died on the last day of that NHL season. |
| 26 | Edward Baker | Canada | January 10, 1929 | on-ice skull fracture | Played two professional seasons, in Hamilton (Can-Pro) and Niagara (IHL). Collided with a teammate and left the ice unassisted. He checked into a nearby hospital, where he died the following morning. |
| 25 | George Horne | Canada | July 31, 1929 | drowning | Played three seasons in the NHL from 1925 to 1929 with the Montreal Maroons and Toronto Maple Leafs. Stanley Cup champion in 1926. Drowned while attempting to swim to shore during a sudden storm that capsized his boat; two friends and a local guide survived. |
| 25 | Harry Heintzman | Canada | August 21, 1929 | complications from throat surgery | Three year player for Clarkson. Elected team captain at the conclusion of his third season. |

### 1930–1969

| Age | Player | Nationality | Date of death | Cause of death | Notes |
| 26 | Bobby Connors | Great Britain | July 27, 1931 | diving accident | Played three seasons and 78 games in the NHL from 1926 to 1929–30 for the New York Americans and Detroit Cougars. |
| 29 | Charlie Gardiner | Canada | June 13, 1934 | brain hemorrhage | Goaltender for the Chicago Black Hawks for seven seasons from 1926–27 until 1933–34, the year they won the Stanley Cup; Gardiner was a multiple award winner, winning the Vezina Trophy twice, and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. |
| 24 | Jack "Newsy" Leswick | Canada | August 7, 1934 | drowning | Played 37 games for the Chicago Black Hawks in 1933–34. Body found in the Assiniboine River without his wallet or other valuables. Stanley Cup champion in 1934. |
| 30 | Earl Miller | Canada | June 20, 1936 | unknown | Played five seasons and 109 games for the Chicago Black Hawks and Toronto Maple Leafs from 1927–28 to 1931–32. Stanley Cup champion in 1932. |
| 34 | Howie Morenz | Canada | March 8, 1937 | complications from leg injury | Played 14 seasons and 550 games in the National Hockey League, most notably with the Montreal Canadiens, from 1923–24 to 1936–37; generally regarded as the best player of his era, he won two scoring championships, three Hart Trophies and three Stanley Cup championships; The Canadiens retired his number 7; member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. |
| 24 | Russell McConnell | Canada | September 7, 1942 | World War II casualty | Played four championship seasons with McGill University; most valuable player of Quebec Senior Hockey League in 1938–39. Turned down pro offers from New York Rangers to serve in Royal Canadian Navy. |
| 24 | Norbert Sterle | United States | November 19, 1943 | World War II casualty | Played one season at Illinois, led program to an Intercollegiate championship. |
| 31 | Don Deacon | Canada | December 25, 1943 | fall from balcony | Played three seasons and 30 games for the Detroit Red Wings from 1936 to 1940. |
| 34 | Ladislav Troják | Czechoslovakia | November 8, 1948 | plane crash | Played for LTC Praha from 1934 to 1948. |
| 23 | Harijs Mellups | Latvia Soviet Union | January 7, 1950 | plane crash | Mellups was the starting goaltender of the first-ever Soviet national team game. Played several seasons in the Soviet League for VVS Moscow, which lost 11 players in the 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash. |
| 27 | Roberts Šūlmanis | Soviet Union | January 7, 1950 | plane crash | Played several seasons in the Soviet League for Dinamo Riga. Joined VVS Moscow in 1949. |
| 24 | Ivan Novikov | Soviet Union | January 7, 1950 | plane crash | 1947 Soviet Championship bronze medal winner. 1948 Soviet Championship silver medal winner. |
| 30 | Boris Bocharnikov | Soviet Union | January 7, 1950 | plane crash | 1947 Soviet Championship gold medal winner. 1948 Soviet Championship bronze medal winner. |
| 33 | Zdenek Zigmund | Soviet Union | January 7, 1950 | plane crash | 1947 Soviet Championship bronze medal winner. 1948 Soviet Championship silver medal winner. |
| 27 | Yuri Tarasov | Soviet Union | January 7, 1950 | plane crash | Brother of hall of fame player Anatoli Tarasov. |
| | Vasily Volodin | Soviet Union | January 7, 1950 | plane crash | |
| | Eugeny Voronin | Soviet Union | January 7, 1950 | plane crash | |
| 28 | Yuri Zhiburtovich | Soviet Union | January 7, 1950 | plane crash | |
| | Victor Isaev | Soviet Union | January 7, 1950 | plane crash | |
| | Alexander Moiseev | Soviet Union | January 7, 1950 | plane crash | |
| 30 | Johnny Holota | Canada | March 10, 1951 | car crash | Played two seasons and 15 games in the NHL from 1942 to 1946 for the Detroit Red Wings. |
| 24 | Bill Barilko | Canada | August 26, 1951 | plane crash | His plane crashed in 1951 but investigators did not find the crash until 1962. Played five seasons and won the Stanley Cup four times with the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1947 to 1951, and scored the legendary cup-winning goal in overtime of game five in the 1951 finals; the Leafs retired his number 5. Inspired the song "Fifty Mission Cap" by The Tragically Hip. |
| 26 | Ross Lowe | Canada | August 8, 1955 | drowning | Played three seasons and 77 games in the NHL from 1949 to 1952 for the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens; Les Cunningham Award recipient as AHL MVP for his performance during 1954–55, his last season. |
| 28 | Murray Balfour | Canada | May 30, 1965 | lung cancer | Played eight seasons and 306 games in the National Hockey League from 1956–57 to 1964–65 winning the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1961; he also played for the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins. |
| 22 | Jarmo Wasama | Finland | February 2, 1966 | car crash | Five-time all-star defenseman in SM-sarja. In 1995, the trophy of top rookie of SM-liiga was renamed the Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy. |
| 22 | Butch Paul | Canada | March 25, 1966 | car crash | Played three games for the Detroit Red Wings in 1964–65. |
| 29 | Bill Masterton | Canada | January 15, 1968 | on-ice head injury | Played 30 games in the 1967–68 NHL season with the Minnesota North Stars and is the only player in NHL history to be killed as a direct result of an on-ice incident; the NHL annually awards the Bill Masterton Trophy in his honour, and the North Stars retired his number 19. |
| 27 | Elov Seger | Canada | March 8, 1968 | brain tumor | All-American, helped Michigan Tech win a National Championship in 1962. |
| 22 | Viktor Blinov | Soviet Union | July 9, 1968 | heart failure | Defenceman who played for Spartak Moscow. Champion of USSR (1967), European champion (1968), World champion (1968), champion of Olympic Games (1968). Died during training. |
| 29 | Wayne Larkin | Canada | September 13, 1968 | coronary thrombosis | Played eight seasons in American Hockey League. Died on the ice during the first practice of the New York Rangers training camp, held in Kitchener, Ontario. Won 1959 Memorial Cup with Winnipeg Braves. |

### 1970–1989

| Age | Player | Nationality | Date of death | Cause of death | Notes |
| 40 | Terry Sawchuk | Canada | May 31, 1970 | injuries suffered in an off-ice shoving incident | Played 21 seasons and 972 games in the National Hockey League from 1949 to 1970; 14 of those seasons played with the Detroit Red Wings who retired his number 1; set numerous NHL goalie records and won numerous NHL awards; considered by many to be one of the greatest goalies of all time; member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. |
| 20 | Janez Kokalj | Yugoslavia | January 24, 1971 | injuries suffered after falling from a moving train | Defender played for his home town HK Celje. His team played a match in Belgrade in the afternoon a day early. While returning from the game, he mistakenly opened a main door and was sucked out of the train. He died on the spot as a result of the injuries suffered from the fall near Vinkovci. |
| 21 | Michel Brière | Canada | April 13, 1971 | car crash | Pittsburgh Penguins rookie played 76 games in 1969–70; the Penguins retired his number 21; the Michel Brière Memorial Trophy is awarded annually by the QMJHL to the league MVP. |
| 28 | Lennart Svedberg | Sweden | July 29, 1972 | car crash | Represented Sweden in the 1968 Winter Olympics and six IIHF World Championships; in the 1970 World Championships he was named top defenceman |
| 44 | Tim Horton | Canada | February 21, 1974 | car crash | Played 24 seasons and 1,446 games in the National Hockey League from 1949 to 1974, playing 20 seasons and 1,185 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs; named to the NHL's First and Second All-Star teams three times each; member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Also founder of the Tim Hortons restaurant chain. |
| 29 | Wayne Maki | Canada | May 12, 1974 | brain cancer | Played six seasons and 246 games in the National Hockey League, for the Chicago Black Hawks, St. Louis Blues and Vancouver Canucks. |
| 24 | Bob Gassoff | Canada | May 27, 1977 | motorcycle crash | Played four seasons and 245 games for the St. Louis Blues from 1973 to 1977; the Blues retired his number 3. |
| 26 | Danijel Kerkoš | Yugoslavia | June 8, 1978 | car crash | Forward. Played for HK Celje his entire career and was a member of Yugoslavia's junior national team in his younger years. |
| 30 | Veikko Suominen | Finland | December 21, 1978 | suicide | Played 331 SM-sarja games for Kiekko-67, Upon Pallo and Ilves. Won one SM-sarja Championship with Ilves in 1972 and played 8 games for Finnish national team. |
| 27 | Scott Garland | Canada | June 9, 1979 | car crash | Played three seasons and 91 games in the NHL from 1975 to 1979 for the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Los Angeles Kings. |
| 29 | Vyacheslav Solodukhin | Soviet Union | December 1979 | Suicide by Carbon monoxide poisoning | Forward. Played for SKA Saint Petersburg and the Summit Series. |
| 24 | Vladislav Najdenov | Soviet Union | 1979 | murdered, smothering | Forward. Played for HC Spartak Moscow. His murderer was never found. |
| 26 | Don Ashby | Canada | May 30, 1981 | car crash | Played six seasons in the NHL for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Rockies, and Edmonton Oilers from 1975 to 1981 |
| 33 | Valeri Kharlamov | Soviet Union | August 27, 1981 | car crash | Played in three Olympics, 11 IIHF World Championships and the 1972 Summit Series. Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. |
| 28 | Rauli Levonen | Finland | December 1, 1981 | heart attack | Played 9 seasons in Finnish SM-liiga for Ässät Pori and won championship title in 1978. Father of ex-pro hockey player Jarno Levonen, cousin of ex-player and international referee Jari Levonen. Suffered a heart attack during a 3rd division game and died later at hospital. |
| 30 | Konstantin Klimov | Soviet Union | January 8, 1982 | car crash | Forward. Played for the national Soviet junior team and HC Spartak Moscow. Champion of USSR (1969, 1974), winner of the USSR Cup (1970,1971,1974), winner of the European Junior Championship (1970). |
| 28 | Mikhail Kovalev | Soviet Union | 1982 | murdered | Defenseman. Played for the national Soviet junior team and HC CSKA Moscow. Winner of the European Junior Championship (1973). |
| 18 | Jože Gradišar | Yugoslavia | March 1, 1983 | heart attack | Defender for HK Tivoli died only two days after his 18th birthday. While preparing with the junior national team in Sarajevo for the European U18 Group C championship that was due to take place he suddenly collapsed after a morning practice. Despite immediate medical assistance he died on the way to the hospital. |
| 25 | Palle Schultz | Denmark | December 1984 | injury | Played several seasons in Danish 1. Division and won championship title in 1983 with Herlev IK. Died in December 1984 in Kopenhagen Hospital after he was hit by stick during league game |
| 17 | Anatoli Fetisov | Soviet Union | June 1985 | car crash | Fetisov was a sure bet to play with the Soviet Union at the 1986 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Hamilton and a strong candidate for selection in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft; his older brother, former NHLer Viacheslav Fetisov, was the driver in the crash. |
| 26 | Pelle Lindbergh | Sweden | November 11, 1985 | car crash | Philadelphia Flyers goalie played five seasons from 1981 until his death in 1985; Vezina Trophy recipient for 1984–85 NHL season; the Flyers created the Pelle Lindbergh Memorial Trophy and award it annually to the team's most improved player. |
| 18 | George Pelawa | United States | August 30, 1986 | car crash | Played for Bemidji High School, was the Calgary Flames' first-round pick (16th overall) in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. Was named Minnesota Mr. Hockey in 1986 as the top high-school player in the state. |
| 20 | Trent Kresse | Canada | December 30, 1986 | bus crash | Killed when Swift Current Broncos team bus crashed on the way to a WHL game in Regina. The league awards the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy to its player of the year, partially in his honour. |
| 19 | Scott Kruger | Canada | December 30, 1986 | bus crash | Killed when Swift Current Broncos team bus crashed on the way to a WHL game in Regina. The league awards the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy to its player of the year, partially in his honour. |
| 20 | Chris Mantyka | Canada | December 30, 1986 | bus crash | Killed when Swift Current Broncos team bus crashed on the way to a WHL game in Regina. The league awards the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy to its player of the year, partially in his honour. |
| 16 | Brent Ruff | Canada | December 30, 1986 | bus crash | Killed when Swift Current Broncos team bus crashed on the way to a WHL game in Regina. The league awards the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy to its player of the year, partially in his honour. Brother of Lindy Ruff. |
| 27 | Andrew Zemko | Soviet Union | July 1988 | unknown, supposedly heart attack | Defenseman, played for Torpedo Togliatti during 1985–1988. Died during cross-country run in training camp. |
| 30 | Bjørn Skaare | Norway | June 21, 1989 | car accident | One game in the NHL for the Detroit Red Wings. First Norwegian to play in the NHL. |
| 18 | Neil Carnes | United States | July 30, 1989 | motorcycle crash | Neil Carnes played in the QMJHL from 1986 to 1987 through 1988–89 with the Verdun Junior Canadiens and the Laval Titan. Drafted in the 3rd round (46th overall) by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft, Carnes died in a motorcycle accident in his hometown of Plymouth, Michigan shortly after playing in the 1989 Memorial Cup with Laval. Neil scored 79 goals and had 145 assists for a total of 224 points in 164 career QMJHL games. |
| 23 | Duncan MacPherson | Canada | August 9, 1989 | Hit by snow grooming machine, then buried | Drafted 20th overall in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders. Frozen body found in a glacier in Austria in 2003. |

### 1990–1999

| Age | Player | Nationality | Date of death | Cause of death | Notes |
| 18 | Kirill Tarasov | Soviet Union | 1990 | car crash | Candidate for the Soviet National Junior team. Vyacheslav Kozlov, then the top junior player in the country who would go on to play 18 years in the NHL, was seriously injured in the same accident. |
| 26 | Luděk Čajka | Czechoslovakia | February 14, 1990 | on-ice spinal injury | Played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. Chosen 115th overall in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. His death led to installation of no-touch icing in Europe. |
| 34 | Vladimir Durdin | Soviet Union | May 27, 1990 | car crash | Played 11 seasons for Dynamo Riga in the Soviet Championship League and one season for Ässät Pori in the Finnish first division. Member of 1978 Soviet All-Stars squad that played exhibition games against WHA teams. Father of Sergei Durdin, who later played in the United Hockey League. |
| 19 | Miran Schrott | Italy | January 14, 1992 | cardiac arrest following on-ice slash | Played for HC Gardena in Italy's Serie B league. Jimmy Boni, the player who slashed him, was charged with culpable homicide in his death but later pleaded guilty to manslaughter. |
| 20 | Aleš Kalan | Slovenia | March 12, 1992 | car crash | An up-and-coming defender died as a result of a one-car crash incident just three days past his twentieth birthday after fighting for his life for 12 days in a hospital. Member of HK Acroni Jesenice played for Yugoslavia junior national team at U18 and U20 level. |
| 19 | Artem Kopot | Russia | July 20, 1992 | car crash | A promising defenceman with the world champion Commonwealth of Independent States national junior team. Drafted in sixth round of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins, Kopot was involved in a fatal one-car crash the following month in his hometown, five days prior to his twentieth birthday. |
| 30 | Roger Hägglund | Sweden | June 6, 1992 | car crash | Played three games for the Quebec Nordiques in 1984–85. |
| 27 | John Kordic | Canada | August 8, 1992 | lung failure due to heart malfunction from a drug overdose | Played 7 seasons and 244 games in the NHL from 1985 to 1992, most notably with the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs. Won Stanley Cup in 1986 with Montreal. Won 1982-83 Memorial Cup with WHL's Portland Winter Hawks. |
| 26 | Sergei Bushmelyov | Russia | August 28, 1992 | murdered | |
| 18 | Gary Rippingale | England Great Britain | October 31, 1992 | choked on vomit | Played for the Nottingham Panthers of the British Hockey League. He also played for the Great Britain national ice hockey team at Under-18 level. He died following the Panthers' Halloween party. The number 3 jersey is retired by the Panthers in his honour. |
| 19 | Todd Klassen | Canada | July 22, 1993 | car crash | Played for the Tri-City Americans of the Western Hockey League. Drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft. |
| 25 | Mike Colman | United States | April 5, 1994 | car crash | Played fifteen games for the San Jose Sharks in 1991–92. |
| 27 | Peter Mrozik | United States Slovakia | June 28, 1994 | car crash | Slovak-born American ice hockey player. Played in the 1st. Slovak National Hockey League in 1991. Later Mrozik resumed his career in Estonia. |
| 24 | Jakub Szal | Poland | December 8, 1994 | heart attack | Played in the Polish Extraliga for Podhale Nowy Targ, STS Sanok. |
| 23 | Piotr Milan | Poland | January 23, 1995 | bus accident | Played in the Polish Extraliga for STS Sanok. |
| 29 | Peter Karlsson | Sweden | March 11, 1995 | stabbed to death | Played in the SEL for VIK Västerås HK. |
| 28 | Bengt Åkerblom | Sweden | October 15, 1995 | on-ice accident | Played 53 SEL games for Djurgårdens IF and five seasons for Mora IK in the second-level league. Neck was cut by a skate during an exhibition game. |
| 21 | Alexander Osadchy | Russia | 1996 | suicide | Drafted in round 4, #80 overall, by the San Jose Sharks during the 1993 NHL Draft. |
| 25 | Michel Breistroff | France | July 17, 1996 | airplane crash | Played for France national team at 1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Played NCAA Division I hockey for Harvard University. |
| 25 | Jeff Batters | Canada | August 23, 1996 | car crash | Played 16 games over two seasons for the St. Louis Blues from 1993 to 1995. |
| 24 | Yanick Dupré | Canada | August 16, 1997 | leukemia | Played three seasons and 35 games for the Philadelphia Flyers from 1991 to 1996, the Yanick Dupre Memorial is awarded annually by the Flyers organization and by the American Hockey League for a player's service to his local community. |
| 20 | Graham Christie | Canada | November 25, 1997 | on-ice accident | Played in the SJHL at the time of his death. The PJHL Rookie of the Year trophy is named in his honour. |
| 29 | Stéphane Morin | Canada | October 6, 1998 | heart attack, during game | Played five seasons and 90 games in the National Hockey League for the Quebec Nordiques and Vancouver Canucks; he was awarded the Leo P. Lamoureux Memorial Trophy as the IHL's leading scorer in 1995. |
| 29 | Chad Silver | Canada Switzerland | December 3, 1998 | heart attack | Played nine seasons and 374 games in the National League A mostly for the HC Fribourg-Gottéron and ZSC Lions Zurich. |
| 26 | Tibor Haviar | Slovakia | 1999 | shooting | Was goalkeeper, played for MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš and STS Sanok and represented Western Slovakia. Shot dead by unknown offender. |
| 34 | Petri Rautiainen | Finland | 1999 | brain tumor | Played two seasons in SM-liiga for Ässät Pori and Jokipojat Joensuu. Last two seasons of his career he played for Newcastle Cobras in the British Ice Hockey Superleague. Died on a relapsed brain tumor. His jersey was retired by Newcastle in 2001. |
| 32 | Steve Chiasson | Canada | May 3, 1999 | impaired driving | Played thirteen seasons and 751 games in the NHL for the Detroit Red Wings, Calgary Flames, Hartford Whalers and Carolina Hurricanes from 1986–87 to 1998–99. |
| 22 | Dmitri Tertyshny | Russia | July 23, 1999 | slashed jugular vein in boat accident | Played 62 games for the Philadelphia Flyers in 1998–99 |

### 2000–2009

| Age | Player | Nationality | Date of death | Cause of death | Notes |
| 28 | Artur Malicki | Poland | February 14, 2001 | hit by car as a pedestrian | Played in the Polish Extraliga for Unia Oświęcim. |
| 38 | Sergei Ageikin | Russia | May 31, 2001 | leukemia | Played for Spartak Moskwa, Podhale Nowy Targ, Vityaz Podolsk, participated in IIHF World Championships 1986 (won gold medal with Soviet Union). |
| 32 | Viacheslav Bezukladnikov | Russia | July 10, 2001 | liver cirrhosis | Master of Sports, forward. Champion of Russia (1994, 1996), winner of the European Cup (1997). Played for Avtomobilist Sverdlovsk, SKA Sverdlovsk, HC Lada Togliatti and the Russian national team, including at the 1994 Winter Olympics. One of the annual Russian ice hockey tournaments for children named in his honour. Only 11-year-old players can participate in this tournament because Bezukladnikov played with this jersey number. |
| 22 | Zoltan Batovsky | Slovakia | August 8, 2001 | car crash | Played for the Kentucky Thoroughblades (AHL). Won a bronze medal at the 1999 World Junior Championships in Winnipeg, Slovakia's first IIHF medal as an independent nation. Played in the QMJHL for the Drummondville Voltigeurs. |
| 26 | Alexei Yegorov | Russia | March 2, 2002 | Died from falling after escaping attackers | Drafted in round 3 #66 overall by the San Jose Sharks during the 1994 NHL Draft. Played two seasons with the Sharks. |
| 22 | Alexander Krevsun | Kazakhstan | July 3, 2002 | cerebral hemorrhage | Drafted 124th overall in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft by the Nashville Predators. Died during a cross country workout with CSK VVS Samara. |
| 22 | Terence Tootoo | Canada | August 26, 2002 | suicide | Played for the Roanoke Express (ECHL) and OCN Blizzard (MJHL). Brother of NHLer Jordin Tootoo. |
| 24 | Roman Lyashenko | Russia | July 5, 2003 | suicide | Played four seasons in the NHL for the Dallas Stars and New York Rangers from 1999 to 2003. |
| 23 | Trevor Ettinger | Canada | July 26, 2003 | suicide | Chosen 159th overall at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft by the Edmonton Oilers. Was playing for the AHL's Syracuse Crunch at the time of his death. |
| 27 | Grzegorz Pastuszak | Poland | August 14, 2003 | hit by car as a pedestrian | Played in the Polish Extraliga for SKH Sanok. |
| 25 | Dan Snyder | Canada | October 5, 2003 | car crash | Played three seasons and 49 games for the Atlanta Thrashers from 2000 to 2003; the OHL renamed its Humanitarian of the Year award to the Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy in Snyder's honour; Dany Heatley was the driver in the accident. |
| 35 | Viktor Karachun | Belarus | August 11, 2004 | cancer | Played for Dinamo Minsk, Podhale Nowy Targ, German clubs in DEL, participated in IIHF World Championships 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002, and Winter Olympics in 1998 and 2002. |
| 27 | Anatoli Ustyugov | Russia | September 27, 2004 | murder, head injury | Played in Russia on teams such as Amur Khabarovsk, Lada Tolliati, and Spartak Moscow. |
| 31 | Sergejs Žoltoks | Latvia | November 3, 2004 | hypertrophic cardiomyopathy during a match | Played ten seasons and 588 games in the National Hockey League for six teams from 1992 to 2004. |
| 18 | Jaxon Logan | USA | January 21, 2005 | on-ice accident | Played for Brigham Young University men's ice hockey. Was hit by a puck which stopped his heart. |
| 28 | Jonathan Delisle | Canada | March 16, 2006 | car crash | Drafted and played one game with Montreal Canadiens. Delisle died in an auto accident in March 2006 as a member of the Saint-Georges CRS Express. The Delisle Trophy has been named in his honor and is awarded to the LNAH player who "best exemplifies leadership in the regular season." |
| 21 | Stefan Blaho | Slovakia | August 30, 2006 | car crash | Drafted 120th overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders. Played for the Sudbury Wolves and the Sarnia Sting of the OHL. |
| 22 | Alexei Savin | Belarus | June 18, 2007 | car crash | Played for the Belarusian national team. |
| 31 | Martin Čech | Czech Republic | September 6, 2007 | car crash | Played in the Czech Extraliga. |
| 26 | Darcy Robinson | Canada | September 27, 2007 | heart attack | Played for Associazione Sportiva Asiago Hockey. His former team, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, dedicated their Robo's Readers program in his memory. |
| 19 | Mickey Renaud | Canada | February 18, 2008 | hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | Captain of the Windsor Spitfires in the OHL; chosen in the 5th round of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames. |
| 21 | Luc Bourdon | Canada | May 29, 2008 | motorcycle accident | Drafted 10th overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the Vancouver Canucks; played 36 games in the NHL from 2006 to 2008. |
| 20 | KJ Ramolla | Canada | June 28, 2008 | car crash | Played for the Newmarket Hurricanes of the OPJHL. Chosen in the fifth round of the 2004 OHL Priority Selection by the Kingston Frontenacs. |
| 21 | Igor Antosik | Russia | July 25, 2008 | unknown | Central forward. Played for Russian national junior team, Dynamo Moscow (KHL, Russia) and Atlant Mytishchi (KHL, Russia) farm clubs. Died during cross-country in training camp. |
| 18 | Domagoj Kapec | Croatia | September 12, 2008 | car crash | Played for KHL Zagreb in his homeland. Represented Croatia at two IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships. |
| 19 | Alexei Cherepanov | Russia | October 13, 2008 | Myocarditis | Drafted 17th overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. In 2008 played for Omsk Avangard (KHL, Russia). Omsk retired his number seven. KHL award to top rookie of the year named in his honour. |
| 21 | Don Sanderson | Canada | January 2, 2009 | on-ice head injury | Played for the Whitby Dunlops of the Ontario Hockey Association. Struck head on ice during fight on December 12, 2008, and died three weeks later. Drafted by the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL in 2003. |
| 19 | Jordan Mistelbacher | Canada | January 13, 2009 | alcohol poisoning | Played center for the Winnipeg Saints of the MJHL and Everett Silvertips of the Western Hockey League. |
| 33 | Gábor Ocskay | Hungary | March 24, 2009 | heart attack | Played professionally for Alba Volán Székesfehérvár in Hungary. Was selected as best player in the league three times, and won scoring title three times. Scored 115 points in 187 games for the Hungarian national team. |
| 21 | Kiril Vajarov | Bulgaria | April 18, 2009 | stabbing | Goaltender who played for Slavia Sofia in Bulgaria. Was a member of Bulgarian national team for two World Championships. |
| 28 | Robert Müller | Germany | May 21, 2009 | brain cancer | Goaltender. Was drafted by the Washington Capitals in 2001. Champion of Germany in 2002–03 and 2006–07 seasons. Was a member of German national team. Played 127 games for his national team, participated in eight IIHF World Championships and two Winter Olympics in 2002 and 2006. Inducted into the German Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in March 2009. German Hockey League retired his number 80 league-wide. |
| 18 | Alexei Kuchin | Russia | September 26, 2009 | car crash | Forward. Played for HC Krilya Sovetov (MHL, Russia). |

### 2010–2019

| Age | Player | Nationality | Date of death | Cause of death | Notes |
| 23 | Igor Misko | Russia | July 6, 2010 | cardiac arrest while driving | Played for SKA St. Petersburg of the Kontinental Hockey League. Died after having cardiac arrest while driving a car in the Kolpino region of St. Petersburg. |
| 20 | Ben Pearson | Canada | October 2, 2010 | urea cycle disorder | Played for Norwich Merchants, a junior C hockey team in Ontario. Also played for the OHL's Kingston Frontenacs and the Junior B Cambridge Winterhawks. His #7 jersey has been retired by the Merchants. |
| 19 | Markus Wächter | Germany | November 3, 2010 | heart attack | Played for ESV Kaufbeuren (Germany). Died in a hospital after collapsing following a bodycheck in a national junior league game. It was later announced that Wächter suffered from a heart condition. |
| 28 | Tom Cavanagh | United States | January 7, 2011 | suicide | Played for the San Jose Sharks and the Springfield Falcons (AHL). Diagnosed with schizophrenia; found dead in the Providence Mall parking garage after jumping to his death. |
| 23 | Mandi Schwartz | Canada | April 3, 2011 | acute myeloid leukemia | Played for Yale University Bulldogs. Her younger brother Jaden is a member of the NHL's Seattle Kraken. |
| 28 | Derek Boogaard | Canada | May 13, 2011 | accidental mixture of alcohol and oxycodone toxicity | Played six seasons and 277 games in the NHL, five with the Minnesota Wild and one with the New York Rangers, between 2005 and 2011. |
| 27 | Rick Rypien | Canada | August 15, 2011 | suicide | Played 119 NHL games between 2005 and 2011. |
| 36 | Pavol Demitra | Slovakia | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | Played 847 NHL games between 1993 and 2010. He won the Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship in 2000. In 2003 he won a Bronze Medal playing for Slovakia in the World Championships. Slovakia men's national ice hockey team retired his number 38. |
| 30 | Josef Vašíček | Czech Republic | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | He was drafted 91st overall by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft and played 460 games in the NHL as well as 166 in the KHL. He was on the Carolina team that won the Stanley Cup in 2006. 2005 IIHF World Championship gold medal winner. Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team retired his number 63. |
| 32 | Karel Rachůnek | Czech Republic | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | Won a gold medal in 2010 and a bronze medal in 2011 playing for the Czech Republic in the World Championships. He played 371 games in the NHL and 152 games in the KHL in his career. Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team retired his number 4. |
| 31 | Jan Marek | Czech Republic | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | Drafted by the New York Rangers in the 8th round (243rd overall) of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. Led the KHL in goals scored in the 2008–09 season with 35. Played 541 games professionally in the KHL and in the Czech Extraliga. 2010 IIHF World Championship gold medal winner. Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team retired his number 15. |
| 30 | Stefan Liv | Sweden | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | Playing for Sweden he won gold medals at the 2006 World Championships and the 2006 Winter Olympics, a silver medal at the 2004 World Championships, and bronze medals at the 2002 and 2009 World Championships. He played 308 games in the Swedish Elite League. |
| 37 | Kārlis Skrastiņš | Latvia | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | Played 832 games in the NHL. He also played on Latvian national teams in the 2002, 2006, and 2010 Olympic Games and ten different World Championships between 1993 and 2009. Nicknamed as "Iron Man" because of his streak of 495 consecutive appearances in the NHL regular games. Latvian national ice hockey team retired his number 7. |
| 36 | Ruslan Salei | Belarus | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | He was the first Belarusian first round pick in the NHL, when the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim drafted him 9th overall in 1996. Played 917 games in the NHL over 14 years. He also played on the Belarusian national team in the 1998, 2002, and 2010 Olympic Games and nine different World Championships between 1994 and 2010. |
| 24 | Vitali Anikienko | Ukraine Russia | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | Drafted 70th overall in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft by the Ottawa Senators. Played 235 regular games for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL) scoring 67 (19+48) points. 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship bronze medal winner. 2007 World Junior Championships silver medal winner. |
| 31 | Mikhail Balandin | Russia | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | Played 158 regular games in the KHL. 2000 World Junior Championships silver medal winner. |
| 24 | Gennady Churilov | Russia | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | Played 302 regular games in Russian Super League and KHL and 9 games for the Russian National team in the 2010–11 Euro Hockey Tour. 2006 and 2007 World Junior Championships silver medal winner. |
| 25 | Robert Dietrich | Germany | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | Member of the German National team in 2007, 2010 and 2011 IIHF World Championships. |
| 23 | Marat Kalimulin | Russia | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | Played 102 regular games in the KHL. 2008 World Junior Championships bronze medal winner. |
| 23 | Alexander Kalyanin | Russia | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | Played 94 regular games in the KHL and 6 games for the Russian National team in the 2010–11 Euro Hockey Tour. |
| 24 | Andrei Kiryukhin | Russia | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | Played 107 regular games in the KHL. 2007 World Junior Championships silver medal winner. |
| 21 | Nikita Klyukin | Russia | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | Played 104 regular games in the KHL for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. 2007 World U18 Championship Gold Medal winner. 2009 World Junior Championships bronze medal winner. |
| 21 | Sergei Ostapchuk | Belarus | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | Played 36 regular games in the KHL for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. |
| 18 | Maxim Shuvalov | Russia | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | 2011 World U18 Championship bronze medal winner. Played 51 regular games in the MHL for Loko Yaroslavl. |
| 19 | Pavel Snurnitsyn | Russia | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | Played 115 regular games in the MHL for Loko Yaroslavl. |
| 20 | Daniil Sobchenko | Ukraine Russia | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | Played 51 regular games in the KHL for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. 2011 World Junior Championship gold medal winner. |
| 31 | Ivan Tkachenko | Russia | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | Was selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 4th round (98th overall) of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. Played 553 regular games in Russian Super League and KHL. Winner of 2002 and 2003 Russian Superleague championships. 2002 IIHF World Championship silver medal winner. |
| 33 | Pavel Trakhanov | Russia | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | Played 589 regular games in Russian Super League and KHL. |
| 20 | Yuri Urychev | Russia | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | Played 23 regular games in the KHL for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. 2011 World Junior Championship gold medal winner. |
| 23 | Alexander Vasyunov | Russia | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | Forward. Drafted 58th overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils. Played 18 NHL regular games scoring 5 (1+4) points and 187 AHL games scoring 91 (39+52) points. 2007 World Junior Championships silver medal winner. |
| 38 | Alexander Vyukhin | Ukraine Russia | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | Goaltender. Played 647 regular games in Russian Super League and KHL. Winner of 2003–04 Russian Superleague championship. |
| 21 | Artem Yarchuk | Russia | September 7, 2011 | 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash | 2008 World U18 Championship silver medal winner. |
| 26 | Alexander Galimov | Russia | September 12, 2011 | injuries sustained in a plane crash | Member of the silver medal-winning Russian U20 team at the 2005 World Junior Championships. |
| 16 | Maxim Koposov | Russia | February 17, 2012 | hit by puck during game | |
| 23 | Bryan Rufenach | Canada | June 4, 2012 | electrocution | Drafted 208th overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, by the Detroit Red Wings. Fatally electrocuted while on vacation in Switzerland. |
| 34 | Remir Khaidarov | Russia | June 29, 2012 | fire | |
| 32 | Dmitri Uchaykin | Russia | March 31, 2013 | hit in head during game | Played for Amur Khabarovsk of the Russian Superleague and Kontinental Hockey League. Was a member of HC Ertis-Pavlodar in the Kazakhstan Vyschaya Liga at the time of his death. |
| 20 | Kristiāns Pelšs | Latvia | June 11, 2013 | drowning | Pelšs was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the 7th round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. He appeared in 20 games for the Oklahoma City Barons of the American Hockey League, and also played in two games for the Latvian national ice hockey team. |
| 23 | Scott Winkler | Norway | June 12, 2013 | undetermined | Chosen in the third round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft by the Dallas Stars. Spent four years at Colorado College. Also played for Russell Stover midgets and the USHL's Cedar Rapids RoughRiders. Appeared at two World Under-18s and two World Junior Championships for Norway, including being named Best Forward at the 2010 World Juniors. Made the WCHA's All-Academic Team for three consecutive years. |
| 16 | Jordan Boyd | Canada | August 12, 2013 | cardiac arrest | Played for Acadie–Bathurst Titan in the QMJHL |
| 27 | Tomasz Stasiowski | Poland | October 5, 2013 | motorcycle crash | Played in the Polish Extraliga for TMH Polonia Bytom, and for Poland U-18, U-20. |
| 19 | Peter Halash | United States | January 5, 2014 | car accident | Played for the Topeka Roadrunners in the NAHL. Died in a single-car accident on icy roads in Kansas. |
| 20 | Terry Trafford | Canada | March 11, 2014 | suicide | Played for the Saginaw Spirit in the OHL. Died as a result of self-inflicted asphyxiation after going missing 8 days prior. |
| 30 | Jozef Salajka | Slovakia | May 20, 2014 | motorcycle accident | Played 5 games for MsHK Žilina in Slovak extraliga. Salajka spent his entire career in minor leagues in Slovakia and Czech Republic. |
| 21 | Nick Egan | United States | August 9, 2014 | hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, cardiac arrest | Defenceman for the Estevan Bruins of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. Had graduated from the team and was pursuing a professional contract. |
| 16 | Alexander Orekhov | Russia | February 2, 2016 | hit in the neck by a puck | Played for Metallurg Novokuznetsk of the Russia U18 League. Played 18 games, picking up 9 points before his death. |
| 14 | Ladislav Balogh | Slovakia | December 12, 2016 | hit by a police car | Played for HC Petržalka 2010. He died just one day after his birthday. |
| 20 | Markus Olsson | Sweden | April 9, 2017 | drowning | Goaltender for MODO Hockey's youth team. |
| 25 | Michael Doan | Canada | July 15, 2017 | car crash | Played for the Soo Thunderbirds of the NOJHL, Wellington Dukes and the Huntsville Wildcats of the OJHL from 2010 to 2012. Played three seasons with the Northern Michigan University, and then a year with the Windsor Lancers CIS hockey team. Completed his first season in the SPHL with the Knoxville Ice Bears and the Evansville Thunderbolts |
| 24 | Sarah Stevenson | Canada | October 31, 2017 | complications from neisseria meningitidis | Played 34 games for the Toronto Furies of the CWHL during the 2015–16 season. Also played four seasons at Liberty University. First ACHA player drafted in the CWHL. |
| 16 | Adam Herold | Canada | April 6, 2018 | bus crash | Played 1 regular season game in the SJHL with the Humboldt Broncos and played 4 regular season games in the Western Hockey League with the Prince Albert Raiders. Was drafted 35th overall in the 2016 WHL Bantam Draft by the Prince Albert Raiders. |
| 18 | Logan Hunter | Canada | April 6, 2018 | bus crash | Played 55 regular season games in the SJHL with the Humboldt Broncos. |
| 20 | Jaxon Joseph | Canada | April 6, 2018 | bus crash | Played 104 regular season games in the SJHL between the Humboldt Broncos & Melfort Mustangs and played 21 regular season games in the BCHL with the Surrey Eagles. Son of NHL defenseman Chris Joseph. |
| 19 | Jacob Leicht | Canada | April 6, 2018 | bus crash | Played 43 regular season games in the SJHL with the Humboldt Broncos. |
| 21 | Conner Lukan | Canada | April 6, 2018 | bus crash | Played 56 regular season games in the SJHL with the Humboldt Broncos and played 161 regular season games in the AJHL with the Spruce Grove Saints. Was drafted 166th overall in the 2012 WHL Bantam Draft by the Brandon Wheat Kings. |
| 20 | Logan Schatz | Canada | April 6, 2018 | bus crash | Played 187 regular season games in the SJHL with the Humboldt Broncos. Was drafted 186th overall in the 2012 WHL Bantam Draft by the Kootenay Ice. Schatz was the Broncos team captain. |
| 18 | Evan Thomas | Canada | April 6, 2018 | bus crash | Played 49 regular season games in the SJHL with the Humboldt Broncos. Was drafted 209th overall in the 2014 WHL Bantam Draft by the Kootenay Ice. |
| 18 | Parker Tobin | Canada | April 6, 2018 | bus crash | Played 22 regular season games in the SJHL with the Humboldt Broncos and played 48 regular season games in the AJHL between the Spruce Grove Saints, Drayton Valley Thunder & Olds Grizzlys. |
| 21 | Stephen Wack | Canada | April 6, 2018 | bus crash | Played 99 regular season games in the SJHL between the Humboldt Broncos and played 76 regular season games in the AJHL between the Whitecourt Wolverines & Camrose Kodiaks. Was drafted 156th overall in the 2012 WHL Bantam Draft by the Prince George Cougars. |
| 21 | Logan Boulet | Canada | April 7, 2018 | injuries sustained in a bus crash | Played 134 regular season games in the SJHL between the Humboldt Broncos & Kindersley Klippers. |
| 32 | Sergei Ogorodnikov | Russia | June 2018 | personal water craft accident | A 2004 New York Islanders' draft pick, Ogorodnikov represented Russia on two World Juniors teams and played primarily in Russia from 2003 to 2018. |
| 18 | Alec Reid | Canada | March 3, 2019 | complications related to epilepsy | Played one season in the QMJHL between the Drummondville Voltigeurs and Blainville-Boisbriand Armada, with whom he was a member of at the time of his death. |
| 21 | Arunas Bermejo | Mexico | April 25, 2019 | heart attack | Had moved to Lithuania to further his hockey career. Played for the Mexico national team at junior level and at the 2017 Division IIB World Championship. |
| 24 | Florian Janny | Austria | October 6, 2019 | murder | Shot to death along with his girlfriend and her family members. |
| 29 | Samvel Mnatsyan | Russia | October 6, 2019 | cancer | Defenceman. Played 183 games in the KHL for Barys Nur-Sultan, HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk and Admiral Vladivostok. |

### 2020–present day

| Age | Player | Nationality | Date of death | Cause of death | Notes |
| 18 | Vilen Prokofyev | Kazakhstan | February 3, 2020 | Ewing's sarcoma | Goaltender. Played in the MHL for the Snezhnye Barsy. Played 4 games for the Kazakhstan U-18 team. |
| 25 | Colby Cave | Canada | April 11, 2020 | brain bleed due to a colloid cyst | Player in the NHL for the Edmonton Oilers. Also played in the NHL for the Boston Bruins. Was in medically induced coma prior to death. |
| 20 | Ondřej Buchtela | Czech Republic | July 24, 2020 | heart cancer | Played 27 regular season games for Piráti Chomutov of the Czech Extraliga over three seasons. He also had a number of loan spells in the 1st Czech Republic Hockey League and last played for HC Benátky nad Jizerou. Played in the 2017 IIHF World U18 Championships for the Czech Republic. |
| 30 | Adam Comrie | United States | August 8, 2020 | motorcycle accident | Drafted 80th overall in the 2008 NHL draft by Florida Panthers. Comrie spent eight seasons in the AHL and the ECHL before joining Klagenfurt AC whom he helped capture league title in EBEL in 2019. |
| 19 | Timur Faizutdinov | Russia | March 16, 2021 | hit in head by puck | Faizutdinov was the captain of the MHK Dynamo St. Petersburg of the MHL at the time of his death. |
| 32 | Marek Trončinský | Czech Republic | May 22, 2021 | unknown | Trončinský played as a defenseman for the team Gyergyói HK of the Erste Liga at the time of his death. |
| 24 | Matīss Kivlenieks | Latvia | July 4, 2021 | fireworks accident | Goaltender for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the NHL. Also played for the Latvian national team in the 2021 IIHF World Championship. |
| 20 | Mack Motzko | United States | July 24, 2021 | car crash | During his final season, played for Sioux Falls Stampede in USHL and New Mexico Ice Wolves in NAHL. Son of long-time college coach Bob Motzko. |
| 24 | Boris Sádecký | Slovakia | November 3, 2021 | cardiac arrest | At the time of his death, Sádecký was playing as a forward for the Bratislava Capitals of the ICE Hockey League. He collapsed during a game in Austria on November 2, 2021, and died the next morning. |
| 35 | Cho Min-ho | South Korea | June 15, 2022 | lung cancer | Captain of the Anyang Halla of Asia League Ice Hockey and scored the first-ever Winter Olympics goal for South Korea in 2018, when it was the host country. |
| 18 | Abakar Kazbekov | Russia | December 17, 2022 | suicide | Played for the London Knights of the OHL. Went first overall in the 2021 OHL Under-18 Priority Selection. |
| 33 | Dale Harrop | New Zealand | December 17, 2022 | surfing accident, drowning | Played in the NZIHL for the Canterbury Red Devils and West Auckland Admirals. Represented New Zealand internationally for over a decade. |
| 37 | Aditya Rama Putra | Indonesia | December 22, 2022 | unknown | Played for the Indonesian national team between 2016 and 2022. |
| 20 | Alex Graham | Great Britain | June 25, 2023 | unknown | Played 45 games for the Sheffield Steelers of the Elite Ice Hockey League between 2020 and 2023. |
| 33 | Mike Hammond | Great Britain | July 20, 2023 | Car crash | Played 34 games with the British national team. |
| 21 | Rodion Amirov | Russia | August 14, 2023 | Brain tumor | Selected 15th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2020 NHL Draft. Played 70 games for Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the KHL between 2019 and 2021. |
| 25 | Jan Dalgic | Germany | October 15, 2023 | Brain tumor | Appeared in 38 DEL2 games for ESV Kaufbeuren, as well as 96 Oberliga games for various teams. Also part of the roster in DEL for Kölner Haie in 2017 and ERC Ingolstadt in 2019, without appearing on-ice. |
| 29 | Adam Johnson | United States | October 28, 2023 | Throat cut by skate during game | Appeared in 13 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins from 2018 to 2020. He was playing for the Nottingham Panthers of the EIHL at the time of his death. |
| 31 | Alexander Reichenberg | Norway | May 5, 2024 | Suicide | Played 494 games in the Norwegian Eliteserien for Storhamar and Lillehammer, the latter of which he was an assistant captain at the time of his death. Reichenberg also had stints in the SHL, EBEL, and ELH. Reichenberg featured for the Norway men's national ice hockey team in the 2018 Olympic Games and in several IIHF World Cups. |
| 31 | Johnny Gaudreau | United States | August 29, 2024 | Struck by car while cycling | Played in the NHL for the Calgary Flames and Columbus Blue Jackets. Across parts of 11 NHL seasons, was a 7-time NHL All Star, NHL All-Rookie Team selection, one-time NHL First All-Star Team selection, and the 2017 recipient of the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy. Gaudreau's brother and retired ice hockey player, Matthew, was killed in the same crash. Matthew was head coach at Gloucester Catholic High School in New Jersey at the time of his death. |
| 26 | Tobias Eder | Germany | January 29, 2025 | Cancer | Played 263 games in the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga for Eisbären Berlin, Düsseldorf EG and EHC München, Eder featured for the Germany men's national ice hockey team in several IIHF events including Division I A in the 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and the 2024 IIHF World Championship. |