What is Wade Belak?
{{Infobox Ice Hockey Player | image = Wade Belak.png | image_size = 230px | played_for = [[Colorado Avalanche]]<br/>[[Calgary Flames]]<br/>[[Toronto Maple Leafs]]<br/>[[Florida Panthers]]<br/>[[Nashville Predators]] | league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]] | position = [[Defenceman (ice hockey)|Defence]]/[[Forward (ice hockey)|forward]] | shoots = Right | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | weight_lb = 222 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1976|7|3|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Saskatoon]], [[Saskatchewan|SK]], [[Canada|CAN]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2011|8|31|1976|7|3}} | death_place = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario|ON]], [[Canada|CAN]] | draft = 12th overall | draft_year = 1994 | draft_team = [[Quebec Nordiques]] | career_start = 1996 | career_end = 2011 | website = {{URL|http://www.wadebelak.com/}} }} '''Wade Belak''' (July 3, 1976 – August 31, 2011) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] professional [[ice hockey]] player that played a career total of 18 seasons in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). He was drafted by the [[Quebec Nordiques]] with the 12th overall pick in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. Belak retired from the NHL on March 8, 2011 and remained with the Predators in an organizational role. On August 31, 2011, He was found dead in his condo at the One King Street West hotel in Toronto.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thescore.com/home/articles/164359-another-tragedy |title=Another tragedy |publisher=The Score |date=2011-09-01 |accessdate=2011-10-14 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> His death was later treated as a [[suicide]] by Toronto police.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2011/08/31/sp-belak-death.html |title=Ex-NHLer Belak committed suicide: sources |publisher= CBC |date=2011-08-31 |accessdate=2011-10-14}}</ref> Before his death he was preparing to take part in the upcoming season of [[Battle of the Blades]]. After his death, an autopsy revealed that Belak had been suffering from [[chronic traumatic encephalopathy]] (CTE).<ref>{{cite web|