On Thursday, Sibir announced Tarasenko’s death at age 55. Andrei Tarasenko is the father of the Detroit forward, a two-time Stanley Cup winner with St. Louis and Florida. Vladimir Tarasenko .
“The Kontinental Hockey League expresses its condolences to the family and friends of Andrei Tarasenko,” the message said.
“The Russian Hockey Federation team expresses its sincere condolences to the family, friends, colleagues and all those who knew Andrei Vladimirovich,” the FHR said in a statement.
SKA head coach Roman Rotenberg, expressing his condolences, noted that Tarasenko, in the person of his son, had raised a world-class star.
— Andrei Vladimirovich was a wonderful person, hockey player and coach. Andrei Tarasenko raised a wonderful son, Vladimir, a world star, the pride of our hockey. His second son Valentin is also a professional hockey player. I offer my deepest condolences to Vladimir and Valentin Tarasenko, to all relatives and friends of Andrei Vladimirovich, to the Sibir hockey club and to all Novosibirsk fans. “Blessed memory of Andrei Tarasenko,” Rotenberg wrote.
As a player, Tarasenko played for Siberia, Novosibirsk SKA, Yaroslavl Torpedo, Togliatti Lada, Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo and Kazakhstan Kazakhmys. As a member of the Russian national team, Tarasenko competed in the 1994 Olympic Games and the 1995 World Championships.
Since 2008, Tarasenko has been part of the coaching staff of the Novosibirsk club, serving as the team’s head coach from 2009 to 2011.
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