Dmitri Tertyshny
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| Position | Defenseman |
| Shot | Left |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) |
| Pro Clubs | Philadelphia Flyers |
| Nationality |  Russia |
| Born | December 26, 1976, Chelyabinsk, USSR |
| Died | July 23, 1999, Okanagan Lake, BC, CA |
| NHL Draft | 132nd overall, 1995 Philadelphia Flyers |
| Pro Career | 1998 – 1999 |
Dmitri Tertyshny (December 26, 1976 - July 23, 1999) was a Russian professional ice hockey defenseman.
[edit] Playing career
After spending a year with Traktor Chelyabinsk of the CIS/Russian League, Tertyshny was selected in the sixth round with the Flyers' #132 overall draft pick in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. He spent three more seasons with Chelyabinsk before joining the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1998-99 season.
[edit] Tragic accident
On July 23, 1999, during the offseason after his rookie NHL campaign, Tertyshny was on a boating trip to Okanagan Lake in British Columbia with two players from the Flyers' minor-league affiliate Philadelphia Phantoms, Francis Belanger and Mikhail Chernov, when a freak accident caused him to suffer fatal injuries. The boat hit a wave and caused him to fall forward overboard. The boat ran over him and its propeller slashed his neck and likely his jugular vein.
He left behind a wife, Polina, who was four months pregnant at the time with their first child.
Their son, Alexander, was born on January 3, 2000 at Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia. The couple had picked out names for their child only weeks before the accident: Alexander for a boy and Anastasia for a girl. [citation needed]
