ESPN - A Russian jet carrying the KHL ice hockey team Lokomotiv slammed into a
riverbank moments after takeoff Wednesday, killing at least 43 people
and leaving two others critically injured, officials said.
Dallas Stars defenseman Karlis Skrastins, Slovakian national team captain and ex-NHL player Pavol Demitra, Olympic gold medal-winning goaltender Stefan Liv of Sweden and the team's coach, former Detroit Red Wings assistant and NHL player Brad McCrimmon were among those confirmed to have died.
The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said the Yak-42 plane crashed
in sunny weather immediately after leaving an airport near the city of
Yaroslavl, on the Volga River about 150 miles northeast of Moscow.
This is devastating news to the Hockey world and sports fans in general. You never want to hear of anyone dieing from something like this that could have been avoided. It was said that the plane could not reach a safe altitude fast enough and collided into a airport beacon antenna before falling and catching on fire. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the lost lives. We will update any more news that comes out about the crash.
