
Hunters eliminated the bear that fatally wounded hockey coach Alexander Kuzmenko while fishing in Tuva on September 24.
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Hockey coach Alexander Kuzmenko died on September 24 in Tuva after being attacked by a bear on the Bolshoi Yenisei River.
The bear that killed hockey coach Alexander Kuzmenko, father of Pittsburgh Penguins forward Andrei Kuzmenko, has been eliminated. Artysh Salchak, head of the Tuva State Committee for Fishery and Hunting Supervision, reported this to TASS.
According to the official, it was done by hunters. Kuzmenko died after being attacked by a bear while fishing in Tuva on September 24. The 62-year-old specialist was with friends on the Bolshoi Yenisei River.
The coach was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, but he could not be saved.
Alexander Kuzmenko was the founder of the Moscow Polar Bears hockey school. His son Andrei, who became an NHL player, began training under his leadership. Among Kuzmenko's students were Nikita Korostelev, Daniil Grigoriev and Alexander Pelevin.

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