Thats crazy man, this kid was a top prospect too. Sounded like he was a great person. Such a sad story, always hate when crap like this happens. R.I.P. He looks sooo young. was so young.
Playing career Nicknamed the Siberian Express, Cherepanov was in his second season with Avangard, a team in southwestern Siberia. In his rookie season in the RSL, Cherepanov had more points than now-NHL stars Evgeni Malkin, Alexander Ovechkin and Ilya Kovalchuk did in their first seasons in the Super League at the age of 17. In March 2007, Cherepanov surpassed the Russian league rookie goal scoring record previously held by Pavel Bure (17 goals).[1] Alexei Cherepanov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
My thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, and teammates. Jagr was in tears "Screaming Wake-up Alexi! :icon_sad: :icon_cry: