Wally Tatomir Cause Of Death

Wally Tatomir, a Canadian-born American equipment manager for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League has died. He held four patents on ice hockey equipment.

His exact date of birth is not known. However, he was believed to have been born in 1946. He died September 18, 2022 at age 76.

What was Wally Tatomir’s cause of death? Wally Tatomir’s death cause was disclosed as heart attack.

Tatomir worked with ice hockey equipment for over 30 years and spent many years in the Ontario Hockey League with the Windsor Spitfires and the Detroit Junior Red Wings.

He was the head equipment manager for the Canadian National Junior Team at the infamous 1987 World Championship.

In the NHL, he previously worked as an equipment consultant for the Los Angeles Kings and the Detroit Red Wings.

He joined the Carolina Hurricanes (the then Hartford Whalers) in 1994.

He won the Stanley Cup with the Hurricanes as head equipment manager for the 2005–06 NHL season and announced his retirement about six years later, on June 6, 2012.

He is survived by 10 grandchildren in addition to his wife Constance, sons Shane and Ty, daughter Kim, and stepsons Derek and Mike Beneteau.