height_ft death_date birth_date career_start death_place shoots draft_year image_size image caption weight_lb birth_place draft_team draft played_for career_end position league height_in article_title
6 31 august 2011 3 july 1976 1996 toronto , on , can right 1994 250px wade belak.png belak nashville predators pictured warming up during his time with the 222 saskatoon , sk , can quebec nordiques 12th overall colorado florida panthers nashville predators avalanche calgary flames toronto maple leafs coventry blaze 2011 right wing nhl 5 wade belak

wade belak

wade william belak -lrb- born wade william aadland ; july 3 , 1976 -- august 31 , 2011 -rrb- was a canadian of slovenian ancestry , professional ice hockey forward and defenceman .
he was drafted 12th overall by the quebec nordiques in the 1994 nhl entry draft .
he played for the colorado avalanche , calgary flames , toronto maple leafs , florida panthers , and the nashville predators in the national hockey league -lrb- nhl -rrb- .
on august 31 , 2011 , he was found dead in a toronto apartment .
