Alexander Kalyanin skates during the game against the QMJHL All-Stars at the 2006 ADT Canada-Russia Challenge at Arena Dave Keon on November 20, 2006 in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada. A passenger plane carrying Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from a provincial airport on September 7, 2011, leaving 43 people feared dead. Kalyanin is on the roster of the team based in Yaroslavl.
A passenger plane carrying Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from a provincial airport on September 7, 2011, leaving 43 people feared dead. Vasyunov, who was selected in 2010 in the second round by the New Jersey Devils, is on the roster of the team based in Yaroslavl.
Gennady Churilov of Team Russia skates against Team Sweden during their World Junior Hockey Championships game at Prospera Place on December 26, 2005 in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. A passenger plane carrying Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from a provincial airport on September 7, 2011, leaving 43 people feared dead. Churilov is on the roster of the team based in Yaroslavl.
Ivan Tkachenko, second draft pick (98th overall) selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets, poses for a portrait during the NHL Entry Draft on June 23, 2002 A passenger plane carrying Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from a provincial airport on September 7, 2011, leaving 43 people feared dead. Tkachenko is on the roster of the team based in Yaroslavl.
A passenger plane carrying Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from a provincial airport on September 7, 2011, leaving 43 people feared dead. Karel Rachunek is on the roster of the team based in Yaroslavl
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Russia's Marat Kalimulin (C) celebrates with team mates Vadim Golubtsov (L) and Viktor Tikhonov after scoring against Finland during the 2008 IIHF World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Liberec December 26, 2007. A passenger plane carrying Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from a provincial airport on September 7, 2011, leaving 43 people feared dead. Kalimulin is on the roster of the team based in Yaroslavl.
Nikita Klyukin of Team Russia skates during the game against Team Slovakia in the Bronze Medal Game of the IIHF World Junior Championships at Scotiabank Place on January 05, 2009 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. A passenger plane carrying Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from a provincial airport on September 7, 2011, leaving 43 people feared dead. Klyukin is on the roster of the team based in Yaroslavl.
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Fomer Vancouver Canucks forward Pavol Demitra (left) died in a plane crash in Russia while playing for the Kontinental Hockey League's Lokomotiv Yaroslavl on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011.
Robert Dietrich of Germany runs with the puck during the International Ice Hockey friendly match between Germany and Belarus at Sporthalle Am Ratsweg on February 9, 2011 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. A passenger plane carrying Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from a provincial airport on September 7, 2011, leaving 43 people feared dead. Dietrich is on the roster of the team based in Yaroslavl.
Sergey Ostapchuk #23 of the Russia All-Stars skates with the puck during the warm up period prior to facing the QMJHL All-Stars in Game 2 of the 2009 Subway Super Series at the Marcel Dionne Centre on November 18, 2009 in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada. A passenger plane carrying Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from a provincial airport on September 7, 2011, leaving 43 people feared dead.
Ostapchuk is on the roster of the team based in Yaroslavl.
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Sweden's national ice hockey team goalkeeper Stefan Liv is pictured in Bern in this April 23, 2009 file photo. A passenger plane carrying Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from a provincial airport on September 7, 2011, leaving 43 people feared dead. Liv is on the roster of the team based in Yaroslavl, according to the KHL though there was no immediate word on the identity of the victims. (REUTERS/Claudio Bresciani/Scanpix Sweden/Files)
Alexander Vyukhin of Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv is seen in this undated handout picture received by Reuters September 7, 2011. A passenger plane carrying the Yaroslavl-based team to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from the Tunoshna provincial airport in Russia on Wednesday, killing 43 people and leaving two survivors in grave condition. Vyukhin is on the team roster though there is no official list of the dead. (R
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- @TEXT: Daniil Sobchenko of Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv is seen in this undated handout picture received by Reuters September 7, 2011. A passenger plane carrying the Yaroslavl-based team to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from the Tunoshna provincial airport in Russia on Wednesday, killing 43 people and leaving two survivors in grave condition. Sobchenko is on the team roster though there is no official list of the dead.
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- Jan Marek of Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv is seen in this undated handout picture received by Reuters September 7, 2011. A passenger plane carrying the Yaroslavl-based team to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from the Tunoshna provincial airport in Russia on Wednesday, killing 43 people and leaving two survivors in grave condition. Marek is on the team roster though there is no official list of the dead.
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- Karlis Skrastins of Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv is seen in this undated handout picture received by Reuters September 7, 2011. A passenger plane carrying the Yaroslavl-based team to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from the Tunoshna provincial airport in Russia on Wednesday, killing 43 people and leaving two survivors in grave condition. Skrastins is on the team roster though there is no official list of the dead.
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- Pavel Trakhanov of Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv is seen in this undated handout picture received by Reuters September 7, 2011. A passenger plane carrying the Yaroslavl-based team to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from the Tunoshna provincial airport in Russia on Wednesday, killing 43 people and leaving two survivors in grave condition. Trakhanov is on the team roster though there is no official list of the dead.
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- Alexander Galimov of Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv is seen in this undated handout picture received by Reuters September 7, 2011. A passenger plane carrying the Yaroslavl-based team to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from the Tunoshna provincial airport in Russia on Wednesday, killing 43 people and leaving two survivors in grave condition. Galimov survived the crash and is in critical condition with burns over 90 percent of his body, a doctor at the hospital where the survivors were sent to said.
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- Vitaly Anikeyenko of Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv is seen in this undated handout picture received by Reuters September 7, 2011. A passenger plane carrying the Yaroslavl-based team to a season-opening match crashed after takeoff from the Tunoshna provincial airport in Russia on Wednesday, killing 43 people and leaving two survivors in grave condition. Anikeyenko is on the team roster though there is no official list of the dead.