What is Dušan Pašek?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | image= | image_size=230px | image_caption= | played_for= [[HC Slovan Bratislava|Slovan Bratislava]] ([[Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League|CSEx]])<br>[[Minnesota North Stars]] ([[National Hockey League|NHL]]) | league = | position = [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]] | shot = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 200 | ntl_team = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1960|9|7}} | birth_place = [[Bratislava]], [[Czechoslovakia]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1998|3|15|1960|9|7|df=y}} | death_place = [[Bratislava]], [[Slovakia]] | draft = 81st overall | draft_year = 1982 | draft_team = [[Minnesota North Stars]] | career_start = 1977 | career_end = 1993 | halloffame = }} {{MedalTableTop |medals= {{Medal|Sport | Men's [[Ice hockey at the Winter Olympics|ice hockey]]}} {{Medal|Olympic}} {{Medal|Silver| [[1984 Winter Olympics|1984 Sarajevo]] |[[Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics|Team]]}} }} '''Dušan Pašek''' (7 September 1960 – 15 March 1998) was a [[Czechoslovakia]]n professional [[ice hockey]] [[Centre (ice hockey)|centre]]. Pašek played one season in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). He played with the [[Minnesota North Stars]]. Pašek was drafted with the 81st overall pick by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft. He also played for Czechoslovakia at the [[1984 Winter Olympics]] where they won a silver medal. When he retired, he became the president of the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation. On 15 March 1998, Pašek committed [[suicide]] by gunshot in his office at Slovan Bratislava in the wake of Slovakia's disappointing performance at the [[1998 Winter Olympics]] in [[Nagano, Nagano|Nagano]], [[Japan]]. He left six [[suicide note]]s for his wife, his three children, the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation and Slovan Bratislava officials. He said that he was sorry for killing himself and asked that others try to understand his decision.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1982/82081.html|accessdate=2014-03-14|title=1982 NHL Draft Pick - Dusan