A cause of death hockey player Cherepanova

The cause of death hockey player Omsk Avangard Alexei Cherepanova, who died on October 13, was heart failure caused by gipertrofiey heart muscle (miokardiopatiey). The opinion rendered sudmedekspert who conducted the autopsy the body of 19-year-old athlete, said the site channel "Sport".

According to Managing Director of the Continental Hockey League (KHL), Vladimir Shalaev, heart Cherepanova weighed about 495 grams with a standard of 290 grams.

Earlier, the representative of the Russian Prosecutor's Office Investigation Committee for the Moscow Region said that he was Cherepanova coronary heart disease. Mass-media "Vanguard" denied this, stressing that the hockey player regularly undergo medical examinations and complained of health.

Cherepanov fainted during the match championship KHL "The Knight" - "Vanguard", held on 13 October in podmoskovnom Chekhov. Ice hockey player was taken to a local hospital and died at 22:55.