What is Tom Lysiak?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Tom Lysiak Panini 1979.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1953|4|22|mf=n}} | birth_place = [[High Prairie, Alberta]], Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|5|30|1953|4|22|mf=n}} | death_place = [[Atlanta, Georgia]], U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 205 | position = [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]] | shoots = Left | played_for = [[Atlanta Flames]]<br>[[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]] | ntl_team = CAN | draft = 2nd overall | draft_year = 1973 | draft_team = [[Atlanta Flames]] | wha_draft = 23rd overall | wha_draft_year = 1973 | wha_draft_team = [[Houston Aeros (WHA)|Houston Aeros]] | career_start = 1973 | career_end = 1986 }} [[File:Atlantaflamesgoalhug.jpg|thumb|Tom Lysiak (l.) celebrates with [[Dave Shand]] and [[Harold Phillipoff]] after a goal against the Colorado Rockies in 1978]] '''Thomas James Lysiak''' (April 22, 1953 &ndash; May 30, 2016) was a [[Canadian people|Canadian]] [[ice hockey]] player. He was selected as the second overall pick in round 1 of the [[1973 NHL Amateur Draft]] by the [[Atlanta Flames]], and was selected by the [[Houston Aeros (WHA)|Houston Aeros]] in round 2 of the [[1973 WHA Amateur Draft]] (23rd overall). In each of his last two seasons at [[Medicine Hat Tigers|Medicine Hat]], Lysiak was awarded the [[Bob Clarke Trophy]] as the [[Western Hockey League|Western Canada Hockey League's]] leading scorer (with a total of 297 points in 135 games). Lysiak died of [[leukemia]] in [[Roswell, Georgia]] on May 30, 2016 at age 63.<ref>Block, Chris [http://thethirdmanin.com/2013/09/10/blow-to-1980s-blackhawk-legends-battle-with-cancer/ ''Blow to 1980’s Blackhawk legend’s battle with cancer''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708032106/http://thethirdmanin.com/2013/09/10/blow-to-1980s-blackhawk-legends-battle-with-cancer/ |date=2016-07-08 }} The Third Man In.com September 10, 2013</ref><ref>Cain, Brandon M. [http://www.secondcityhockey.com/2016/5/30/11812842/former-medicine-h