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Former Pittsburgh Penguins winger and KHL star Konstantin Koltsov died on Monday at the age of 42, according to a statement from his Russian club, Salavat Yulaev. Koltsov was an assistant coach for the team.
No cause of death was announced. A tweet from Belarus Hockey on Monday night reported he was in Miami.
Koltsov played with the Penguins from 2003 to 2006 during their Generation X campaign and was one of the fastest players in the NHL. He registered 38 points and scored 12 goals in 144 NHL games. He last played professionally in 2015-16 for Minsk Dynamo of the KHL.
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