{"id":448119,"date":"2024-03-19T17:32:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T17:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=448119"},"modified":"2024-03-19T17:32:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T17:32:15","slug":"former-nhl-player-konstantin-koltsov-jumps-off-the-hotel-balcony-apparent-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/former-nhl-player-konstantin-koltsov-jumps-off-the-hotel-balcony-apparent-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NHL Player Konstantin Koltsov Jumps Off The Hotel Balcony, Apparent Suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Miami-Dade Police Department has verified that Konstantin Koltsov, the former NHL player and partner of world No. 2 tennis champion Aryna Sabalenka, passed away by suicide.<\/p>\n<h2>Former NHL Player Konstantin Koltsov Jumps Off The Hotel Balcony, Apparent Suicide<\/h2>\n<p>A statement from the Miami-Dade Police Department states that &#8220;according to investigators on Monday, March 18, 2024, at approximately 12:39 a.m., Bal Harbour Police and Fire Rescue were dispatched to the St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort, 9703 Collins Avenue, in reference to a male that jumped from a balcony.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Konstantin Koltsov\u2019s death has been reported as a suicide by Miami-Dade Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to investigators on Monday, March 18, 2024, at approximately 12 : 39 a.m., Bal Harbour Police and Fire Rescue were dispatched to the St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort, 9703 Collins\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2mSPJ9rLt3\">pic.twitter.com\/2mSPJ9rLt3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Tennis Letter (@TheTennisLetter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTennisLetter\/status\/1770104959251668996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Miami-Dade Police Department, Homicide Bureau, responded and has taken over the investigation of Mr. Konstantin Koltsov&#8217;s apparent suicide,&#8221; the statement said. There is no suspicion of foul play.<\/p>\n<p>Following a defeat in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open last week, world No. 2 Sabalenka is scheduled to play in the Miami Open on Friday, March 22.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by the Tennis Channel, Sabalenka intends to continue competing in the WTA tournament but will not be attending press conferences.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Awful news. Former hockey player Konstantin Koltsov, the partner of World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka, has died suddenly at age 42. Prayers go out to Sabalenka and Koltsov&#39;s family. \ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pZCTFq74m7\">pic.twitter.com\/pZCTFq74m7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joshua S\u00e1nchez (@jnsanchez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jnsanchez\/status\/1770074901535236414?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With a first-round bye at the Miami Open, the 25-year-old Sabalenka will play either Spain&#8217;s Paula Badosa or Romania&#8217;s Simona Halep on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Known for his quickness on the ice, Koltsov most recently rejoined the team as an assistant coach after helping Salavat Yulaev win the Russian Super League in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>People magazine originally reported on Sabalenka and Koltsov&#8217;s relationship in June 2021, and the world number two has regularly shared pictures of the two of them on her Instagram account.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Konstantin Koltsov, who played 144 games with the Penguins and was a 1999 first-round draft pick, has died at the age of 42. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ebAuuj5uJy\">pic.twitter.com\/ebAuuj5uJy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; B\/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BR_OpenIce\/status\/1770057816369230242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When Sabalenka won the Australian Open in January for the second time in a row, Koltsov also cheered her on.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of his 18-year professional career, Koltsov represented Belarus at the Winter Olympics in 2002 and 2010 as well as the IIHF World Championships.<\/p>\n<p>In 1999, Koltsov was selected in the NHL&#8217;s inaugural draft. He spent three seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins, from 2002 to 2006. The franchise reports that he appeared in 144 NHL games.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let&#39;s look back at Konstantin Koltsov&#39;s 1st NHL goal <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YOO3Z8vtqN\">pic.twitter.com\/YOO3Z8vtqN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hockey News Hub (@HockeyNewsHub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HockeyNewsHub\/status\/1770043155431207243?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Later, from 2008 until 2016, he participated in the Continental Hockey League before formally quitting the game in November of the same year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"John Wall Says NBA Has Become Hard To Watch, Poor Defence Is To Blame\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/john-wall-says-nba-has-become-hard-to-watch-poor-defence-is-to-blame\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">John Wall Says NBA Has Become Hard To Watch, Poor Defence Is To Blame<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Miami-Dade Police Department has verified that Konstantin Koltsov, the former NHL player and partner of world No. 2 tennis champion Aryna Sabalenka, passed away by suicide. Former NHL Player Konstantin Koltsov Jumps Off The Hotel Balcony, Apparent Suicide A statement from the Miami-Dade Police Department states that &#8220;according to investigators on Monday, March 18, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":448120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[21889,24832,24831,24833,4093],"class_list":["post-448119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhl","tag-konstantin-koltsov","tag-konstantin-koltsov-news","tag-konstantin-koltsov-suicide","tag-nhl-konstantin-koltsov","tag-nhl-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}