Former NHL star Raymond Sawada has died aged 38 after he suffered a heart attack while playing hockey.
Sawada enjoyed a long professional hockey career. He played for the Dallas Stars from 2008 to 2011, scoring one goal from right wing in 11 appearances.
However, most of his career was spent in the American Hockey League, where he appeared 287 times for the Iowa Stars, Manitoba Moose and St. John’s IceCaps. Sawada also spent time with the Colorado Eagles of the ECHL, before moving to Finland, Great Britain and Japan with Tappara, the Belfast Giants and the Oil Eagles respectively.
