Recruited to play hockey for the University of Maine, Mantenuto was roommates with future Detroit Red Wings player Todd Jackson.
According to THR, actor and soldier Michael Mantenuto has died from an apparent suicide, just a few weeks before what would have been his 36th birthday.
He was found in his car on Monday, April 24 and his death was ruled to be from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
As soon as he could walk, his father began to teach him to ice skate and play hockey, while his three sisters learned to figure skate.