Scot Brian Kleinendorst (January 16, 1960 – December 17, 2019) was an American

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. Drafted in

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, Kleinendorst also played in the

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. He was the brother of

Kurt Kleinendorst Kurt Kleinendorst (born December 31, 1960) is an American professional ice hockey coach. Since January 2022, he is head coach of the Iserlohn Roosters from the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). Kleinendorst played four seasons at Providence College a ...

. Kleinendorst died on December 17, 2019, after being injured in a workplace accident at a paper mill on December 9. He suffered severe head trauma and multiple fractures after being ejected from a piece of heavy machinery he was operating, and died at a hospital in Duluth.

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