years after the draft; the forward broke up in russia, playing for novokuznetsk metallurgist, kazan akbarsawas difficult, including due to the language barrier, but during the break the athlete improved his english. this is one of the main character traits of constantine; he was a hardworking person. with an inextinguishable thirst for knowledge, the hockey player grabbed every opportunity to become better, seminars, internships, gaining, and then transferring experience; in total, koltsov played 144 matches in the nhl; only seven belarusians played more in the strongest league on the planet. he had great skating, he flew around the ice and was physically strong, he was a nice guy, it was my first season in pittsburgh, we didn’t have the most... strong team, but we had a great team. koltsov was part of it, and my condolences go out to his family. this is sad news. after the nhl, the hockey player played in the russian championship and the khl. over the course of 10 seasons , solovat yulaev, atlant, and dynamo minsk were added to their track record. the striker was the first of our compatrio