KHL Lokomotiv plane crash; several ex-NHLers dead

[interpathway 9]

Lokomotiv of the KHL were flying this morning to prepare for a game when their charter flight crashed. Nu survivors expected, almost all players were on the plane. Pavol Demitra included. Awful story.

http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/comments/breaking-_khl_air_tragedy/

[HattrickSwayze 3]

Holy..... Wow that is terrible. Ruslan Salei too. I remember thinking one day if this had ever happened, and passed it off as something that never would. What a shame.

[psh 25]

Lokomotiv of the KHL were flying this morning to prepare for a game when their charter flight crashed. Nu survivors expected, almost all players were on the plane. Pavol Demitra included. Awful story.

http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/hockey/comments/breaking-_khl_air_tragedy/

This was just reported on the local radio in the Twin Cities, too. 36 dead and 1 missing is what they are saying now. The plane was apparently almost totally occupied by the team.

[TeamBlue96 3]

This was just reported on the local radio in the Twin Cities, too. 36 dead and 1 missing is what they are saying now. The plane was apparently almost totally occupied by the team.

RIP :(

Amazes me that accidents like this don't really happen here in North America. 30 teams, 41 road games per team (granted, not all require flight, but bus at the very least.)

[psh 25]

Demitra, Skrastins, Salei, and Vasicek are the names they've been saying so far here. None of this is confirmed, though. Different numbers all the time and I think they are just picking former NHL names off of the current roster.

[LivHockey84 0]

Thats Terrible.....RIP guys.

[Joshison 1]

RIP :(

Amazes me that accidents like this don't really happen here in North America. 30 teams, 41 road games per team (granted, not all require flight, but bus at the very least.)

Well they were flying in a real old Russian plane I heard.

[interpathway 9]

All twitter, so nothing confirmed, but by the looks of it,

According to this report, two people survived - a crew member and player Alexander Galimov. http://bit.ly/nFy9RS

[coryroth24 15]

Future Devil, Alexander Vasyunov as well...

[LivHockey84 0]

Stefan Liv, goalie prospect of the DRW

[interpathway 9]

4 players from the youth team were on the plane making the trip as well.

[TeamBlue96 3]

4 players from the youth team were on the plane making the trip as well.

what a dark summer for hockey.

[Empieee 0]

RIP! heared it on the radio earlier but it didnt say anything about lokomotiv..

[dsjunior1388 81]

http://detnews.com/article/20110907/NATION/109070405/Ex-Red-Wing-assistant-coach%E2%80%99s-hockey-team-in-Russian-plane-crash--36-dead

The report says one person survived the crash. Can't help but feel that this is the biggest in a long line of black marks on the KHL.

Besides, McCrimmon and Salei, former NHLers Josef Vasicek, Pavol Demitra, Karel Rachunek, Karlis Skrastins are on the team, and former NY Ranger Alex Karpotsev was their assistant coach

[CaptainFantastik 0]

Just saw this reported. Unbelievable tragedy. Condolences to all involved.

[nicksmission14 0]

Being reported Salei was not on the plane.

[jds 20]

Being reported Salei was not on the plane.

Now being made official that Salei was onboard. Lots of conflicting reports at this time.

[nicksmission14 0]

Now being made official that Salei was onboard. Lots of conflicting reports at this time.

Yep just saw that Salei is now confirmed.

This is the worst hockey off-season of my lifetime for certain.

[jds 20]

Pavol Demitra's agent confirming that he has been killed according to the Globe and Mail.

[flyers10 57]

Terrible tragedy. I remember growing up and watching McCrimmon playing for Philly.

Report of the one surviving player: http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Report-Lokomotiv-player-survives-KHL-team-plane?urn=nhl-wp12011

[chippa13 1844]

http://detnews.com/article/20110907/NATION/109070405/Ex-Red-Wing-assistant-coach%E2%80%99s-hockey-team-in-Russian-plane-crash--36-dead

The report says one person survived the crash. Can't help but feel that this is the biggest in a long line of black marks on the KHL.

Besides, McCrimmon and Salei, former NHLers Josef Vasicek, Pavol Demitra, Karel Rachunek, Karlis Skrastins are on the team, and former NY Ranger Alex Karpotsev was their assistant coach

I'm not sure how this is a black mark on the KHL. It isn't like the team's trainer was the guy that did maintenance on the plane. It was a plane crash and, sad as it is to say, they happen from time to time.

[17D1998 1]

Worst off-season ever. Unbelievable

[chippa13 1844]

Well they were flying in a real old Russian plane I heard.

30 year old design and the plane was built in '93, not all that old in the context of airliners. You'd be surprised to find out how old are some of the designs and planes you've been flying on.

[VakarLajos 5]

Absolute tragedy. Prayers go out to their friends and families and the fans of Lokomotiv.

[JSK81 400]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Lokomotiv_Yaroslavl_plane_crash