• Alexander Kuzmenko was fatally injured on fishing trip

• Region had been flagged as site of recent bear activity

• Forward joined Pittsburgh Penguins this year

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.

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