This was reported on the website of the last club of the player "Dynamo-Altai".
Details of the incident were not specified.
“We express our deepest condolences to Vadim's family and friends, hockey amateurs and professionals - everyone who loved him.
The memory of him will remain with us forever, ”the message says.
Orekhov played for Sarmatians from Orenburg, Tambov, Gornyak from Rudny, Novopolotsk Khimik and Metallurg from Zhlobin.
For Siberia, he played one match in the KHL in the 2013/14 season.
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