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Very sad day in the hockey world.Please send out prayers/good thoughts out to all and their families.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=587792
| Passengers: Vitaly Anikeenko; Yuri Bahvalov; Alexander Belyaev; Mikhail Balandin; Alexander Vasyunov(notes); Joseph Vashichek; Alexander E. Vyuhin; Robert Genrikhovich Ditrih; Pavol Demitra; Andrey Zimin; Marat Natfullovich Kalimulin; Alexander G. Karpovtsev; Alexander I. Kalyanin; Andrey Kiryuhin; Nikita Klyukin; Igor Borisovich Korolev; Nikolai Krivonosov; Evgeny Kunnov; Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Kuznetsov; Stephen Daniel Patrick Liv; Jan Marek; Brad Byron MacCrimmon; Sergey I. Ostapchuk; Vladimir Leonidovich Piskunov; Karel Rahunek; Ruslan Salei; Evgeny Sidorov; Karlis Martinovic Skrastinsh; Pavel Snurnitsyn; Daniel E. Sobchenko; Gennady S. Churilov; Maxim A. Shuvalov; Artem Nikolaevich Yarchuk. |
Apparently two people survived, There were two survivors: a crew member and a player I'm not familiar with, Alexander Galimov, hospitalized with burns to 80% of his body.
The Lokomotiv roster was full of players with NHL ties.
McCrimmon, played in the NHL and most recently served as an assistant coach with the Detroit Red Wings before taking the Yaroslavl job in May. The Russian Times confirmed that McCrimmon also died in the crash.
Defensemen Rachunek, Ruslan Salei and Karlis Skrastins, as well as forwards Demitra and Vasicek all spent a good deal of time in the NHL.
Forward Vasyunov played a handful of games with the New Jersey Devils this past season. Devils GM Lou Lamoriello confirmed that Vasyunov died in the crash.
"I can't say enough about him," Lamoriello told reporters Wednesday. "(Vasyunov) wanted to go over (to Russia) and play a lot and come back here. He was so proud to be a Devil."
Rachunek, a ninth-round pick of the Ottawa Senators in the 1997 Entry Draft, also played for the Devils. He also played with the Ottawa Senators and New York Rangers, but had some of his most successful years playing in Russia. He was coming off a career-best 11-goal, 46-point season for Lokomotiv in his third stint with the club.
Former NHLers Igor Korolev and Alexander Karpovtsev were listed as assistant coaches for Lokomotiv.
McCrimmon played defense for six NHL teams -- Boston, Philadelphia, Calgary, Detroit, Hartford and Phoenix -- in a 17-year career, appearing in 1,222 regular-season games in the NHL, collecting 81 goals, 322 assists and 1,416 penalty minutes. |
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| Thank you Abu for making and sharing that. |
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One of the lucky ones that got to see Demitra skate with the MN Wild.
Raises my stick Lokomotiv, Salutes! RIP |
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| Kert wrote: | One of the lucky ones that got to see Demitra skate with the MN Wild.
Raises my stick Lokomotiv, Salutes! RIP |
Awesome..I never got to see him except on the tube. |
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Update:
Plans to rebuild team
The KHL said the start of its season will be postponed until Sept. 12. The league said in a statement the decision was made by KHL president Alexander Medvedev and its chairman of the board of directors, Vyacheslav Fetisov. A cup match Wednesday between Salavat Yulaev and Atlant in the central Russian city of Ufa was called off midway after news of the crash was announced.
The league's president also announced plans to reform Lokomotiv. He said each team in the league should give up to three players to a new Lokomotiv team. He says that will free up between 40 and 45 players from which Lokomotiv can select. |
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| RIP Alexander Galimov, valiant effort |
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"All of Yaroslavl, all of the country, all of the world followed the doctors' words, believing, hoping, praying that he would defeat death and remain with us," Yaroslavl Governor Sergei Vakhrukov said Monday.
The governor described Galimov, a forward, as a fan favorite who remained true to his home club for many years. "He carried the team spirit of Lokomotiv and through his indomitable character often reversed the course of the most difficult games," Vakhrukov said. |
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