Post Gazette · Apr 7, 2017
Former Wheeling Nailers coach found dead in Pittsburgh
David Gove in 2006 playing for the Carolina Hurricanes.The former head coach of the Wheeling Nailers hockey team was found dead Wednesday in Pittsburgh.
The Allegheny County medical examiner’s office said the body David Gove, 38, was found shortly before 4 p.m. in the 1400 block of Fifth Ave. in Uptown. He was pronounced dead less than a half-hour later.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette news partner KDKA-TV reported that Mr. Gove died at a men’s shelter in Uptown.
The medical examiner’s office said the cause and manner of Mr. Gove’s death remain under investigation, but KDKA said he appeared to died from a drug overdose.