Wade Belak
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"Wade William Belak" was a Canada/Canadian of Slovenian ancestry, professional ice hockey Forward (ice hockey)/forward and Defenceman (ice hockey)/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 (NHL). On August 31, 2011, he was found dead in a Toronto apartment.

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It's hard to believe. When you hear a name like Rick or Janet Gretzky, I mean, you have to wonder, how could she be involved.

We've been struggling for a few games, and we haven't played our best hockey yet for a full 60 minutes. And I think we showed in the first period against Ottawa -- a great team in first place -- that we can play five-on-five against anybody.

That's playing hockey in Toronto. When things are bad (fans) want to dismantle the team and fire everybody and bring in new people.

I was 20 years old when it happened. I thought this was pro hockey, do what the coach says. I look back on it now and, it was stupid.

We just got some bad bounces. Otherwise I didn't think we played that poorly.

Yeah, there's not much we can do about it now, the season's over.

It would be nice to see the coach get fined or something like that when you know he is the problem.

You be up 5-0 and he'd do that, ... I feel sorry for their players. They're expected to do that.

It was disrespectful. You don't need to do that. But it was nice to see the referee take action.