Entire KHL team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl killed in plane crash

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20110907/166504776.html

Among the players were ex NHLers Pavol Demitra, Karel Rachunek, and Ruslan Salei.

Another horrible tragedy in the hockey world.

Wow, no words.

Oh man. Very sad news. Wow.

Brad McCrimmon is their coach. Redwings G prospect Stefan Liv is also on the team.

Two former Senators players (Demitra and Rachunek).

From the reports, there may have been one survivor. Says 36 of 27 passengers died.

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/dead+plane+carrying+Russian+hockey+team+crashes/5363922/story.html

http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/41672-KHL-team-Lokomotiv-plane-crashes-kills-36.html

Dash wrote:From the reports, there may have been one survivor. Says 36 of 27 passengers died.

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/dead+plane+carrying+Russian+hockey+team+crashes/5363922/story.html

http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/41672-KHL-team-Lokomotiv-plane-crashes-kills-36.html

Yeah. A crew member. Russia Today is a good news source to follow for this story.

That's awful. So sad.

OMG terrible - my thoughts and prayers to all families involved

Tragic day...

Got to meet Rachunek a couple of times and he was a polite, nice guy. Demitra was a big part of the NA game for a long time.

Not to mention McCrimmon, who was at least talked about shortly as a possibly HC in Ottawa.

Sad day, terrible news. Condolences to all the families.

MacLean worked with McCrimmon in Detroit.

Anikeynko (former Sens prospect) is also on the roster.

Follow @dchesnokov for any updates. He's well-connected in Russia.

Lokomotiv officials said the entire team was on the plane, on their way to Minsk for a game against Dynamo.

Jesus. That's awful. What a blow for the entire hockey world -- I'm sure all those guys are friends with so many other NHLers.