NHL’s Andrei Kuzmenko steps away from team after father killed in Siberia bear attack

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Pittsburgh Penguins forward Andrei Kuzmenko has left the team following the death of his father, Alexander Kuzmenko, who died from a bear attack in Siberia. Alexander was a respected hockey coach, and the incident occurred during a fishing trip in Tuva near Russia's border with Mongolia.

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Andrei Kuzmenko has stepped away from the team after his father, Alexander Kuzmenko, was killed in a bear attack in Siberia this week. REN TV was the first to report the death of the 62-year-old, who was a well-known hockey coach in Russia. Kuzmenko was with a group on a fishing trip on Tuesday in Tuva, a landlocked region in Siberia near Russia’s southern border with Mongolia, according to REN TV’s reports.