theblessedpig 10 Posted September 7, 2011 (edited) Today a Russian Yak-42 airplane crashed. Traveling on board was the KHL hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Amongst the dead are Czech, Slovak, Russian and Swedish hockey players... Mirror.co.uk article -Goalies: Stefan Liv, 21.December 1980 Alexander Vyuhin, 09.January.1973 -defense: Paul Tarkhanov, 21. March 1978 Karel Rachůnek, 27. August 1979 Robert Dietrich, 25.June 1986 Ruslan Salem, 02.November.1986 Karlis Skrastins, 09.July.1974 Michail Balandin, 27.June 1980 Vitaly Anikeenko, 02.January.1987 Marat Kalimullin, 20. August 1988 Yuri , 03.April.1991 -offense: Pavol Demitra, 29. November 1974 Alexander Galimov, 02. May.1985 Daniel Sobchenko, 13.April 1991 Jan Marek, 31. December 1979 Daniel Erdakov, 04.June.1989 Ivan Tkachenko, 11.November.1979 Alexander Vasyunov, 22.April 1988 Gennady Churilov, 05.May.1987 Nikita Klyukin, 10.November.1989 Alexander Kalyanin, 24.September 1987 Sergei Ostapchuk, 19.March 1990 Joseph VaÅ¡ÃÄek, 12.September.1980 Artem Yarchuk, 03.May.1990 Alexander Romanovskej, 08.June.1987 Andrew Kiryukhin, 04.August.1987 Edited September 7, 2011 by TheBlessedPig Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roberthammer 582 Posted September 7, 2011 RIP to team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl :( Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-BierAIG-Cthulhu 10 Posted September 7, 2011 rest in peace guys... this is a hard day for icehockey Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cole 0 Posted September 7, 2011 Extremely sad to see 3 of the best czech players on the list. RIP Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, you may be gone but you will not be forgotten! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
STALKERGB 6 Posted September 7, 2011 Incredibly sad news... Hockey has had such a hard summer what with Belak, Rypien and Boogaard and now this. :( An absolutely huge Dallas Stars fan so especially sad to see Karlis Skrastins pass. RIP to them all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites