What is Alexei Tezikov?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Alexei Tezikov (31499762142).jpg | image_size = 230px | played_for = [[HC Lada Togliatti|Lada Togliatti]]<br>[[Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod]]<br>[[Washington Capitals]]<br>[[Vancouver Canucks]]<br>[[HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk|Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk]]<br>[[Severstal Cherepovets]]<br>[[HC Sibir Novosibirsk|Sibir Novosibirsk]]<br>[[Amur Khabarovsk]] | position = [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|Defence]] | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 207 | birth_date = {{birth date|1978|06|22}} | birth_place = [[Tolyatti|Togliatti]], [[Soviet Union]] | death_date = July 16, 2020 (aged 42) | draft = 115th overall | draft_year = 1996 | draft_team = [[Buffalo Sabres]] | career_start = 1994 | career_end = 2015 }} '''Alexei Pavlovich Tezikov''' ({{lang-ru|Алексей Павлович Тезиков}}; June 22, 1978 – July 16, 2020) was a [[Russians|Russian]] professional [[ice hockey]] [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|defenceman]]. He played in the [[National Hockey League]] with the [[Washington Capitals]] and [[Vancouver Canucks]]. Tezikov left North America following the [[2001-02 NHL season|2001–02]] season, returning to his native Russia to play in the [[Russian Superleague]] and [[Kontinental Hockey League]] over the next 11 years. Tezikov died on July 16, 2020, at the age of 42, after suffering a [[heart attack]] on the street.<ref>[https://www.sport-express.ru/hockey/khl/news/eks-igrok-lady-i-torpedo-tezikov-skonchalsya-v-vozraste-42-let-1692529/ Серебряный призер МЧМ и экс-игрок «Вашингтона» Тезиков скончался в возрасте 42 лет. Ему стало плохо на улице] {{in lang|ru}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tezikov, Alexei}} [[Category:1978 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Washington Capitals players]] [[Category:Vancouver Canucks players]] [[Category:Russian ice hockey defencemen]] {{sports-bio-stub}}