What is Zarley Zalapski?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | position = [[Defenceman|Defence]] | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 215 | ntl_team = CAN | birth_date = {{birth date|1968|4|22|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Edmonton|Edmonton, Alberta]], Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|12|10|1968|4|22|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Calgary|Calgary, Alberta]], Canada | career_start = 1987 | career_end = 2010 | draft = 4th overall | draft_year = 1986 | draft_team = [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] | image = Zarley Zalapski, Lausanne Hockey Club - HC Sierre, 20.01.2010.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = Zalapski in 2010 | played_for = [[Pittsburgh Penguins]]<br>[[Hartford Whalers]]<br>[[Calgary Flames]]<br>[[Montreal Canadiens]]<br>[[Philadelphia Flyers]] }} '''Zarley Bennett Zalapski''' (April 22, 1968 – December 10, 2017) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]]-[[Switzerland|Swiss]] professional [[ice hockey]] [[defenceman]]. He was born in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]]. He played from 1987 to 2010. He played for the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]], the [[Hartford Whalers]], the [[Calgary Flames]], the [[Montreal Canadiens]] and for the [[Philadelphia Flyers]]. Zalapski died on December 12, 2017 in [[Calgary]], Alberta of a viral infection at the age of 49.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former NHL defenceman Zarley Zalapski dead at 49 - Sportsnet.ca|url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/former-nhl-defenceman-zarley-zalapski-dead-49/|website=Sportsnet.ca|access-date=12 December 2017|date=12 December 2017}}</ref> After his death, his sister sent his brain to [[Toronto]] to be studied. Doctors said that Zalapski had [[chronic traumatic encephalopathy]] (CTE).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/article-zarley-zalapskis-story-shows-cte-isnt-black-and-white/|accessdate=July 27, 2023|title=Zarley Zalapski's story shows CTE isn't black and white|newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=14 September 2018 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{icehockeystats}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Zalapski, Zarley}} [[Category:1968 births]] [[Cat