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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

 

 

@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.

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

 

 

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.

Ice hockey players plane crash passengers list

A plane carrying a Russian ice hockey team crashed Wednesday just after take-off from the Yaroslavl airport, killing at least 43 people.

The Yak-42 aircraft was carrying players for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl -- one of Russia's leading ice hockey teams to Minsk, the capital of Belarus, where they were to play against Dinamo Minsk in its inaugural game of the Kontinental Hockey League's 2011 season.
It was the second major air crash involving the Yak-42 aircraft in the past three months. The cause of the accident isn't yet known.
Two of the 45 passengers survived the crash of the plane, which was carrying 37 passengers and eight crew members. Thirty six bodies have been recovered so far and the search for the missing is continuing.
Yaroslavl's regional governor, Sergei Vakhrukov, named the two survivors as Russian forward Alexander Galimov and flight crew member Alexander Sizov. Both are being treated in intensive care, CNN reported.

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Lokomotive Yaroslavl ice-hockey team of the Continental Hockey League (KHL) pose for a team photo in this August 21, 2011 handout file photo by the KHL. Forty-three people were feared dead after a plane carrying the Russian hockey team crashed on Wednesday near the city of Yaroslavl, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.

Yaroslavl Airport manager Tunoshna Arius Novick, who led the hockey team on board the flight, spoke to Russian news channel Life News and described the final moments before the disaster.

According to the 38-year-old manager, who has 12 years of experience, the aircraft made the run too long before take-off and passed the point of separation.

According to Novick, no problems were reported by the commander and everything was in normal mode.

"Yak-42 started the run at 16:00, Moscow time, and a minute later collapsed, looking about ten meters from the ground," Novick added.

Here's the list of the passengers and crew:

Passengers:

Anikeenko Vitaly, Bakhvalov Yuri, Alexander Belyaev, Mikhail Balandin, Vasyukov Alexander, Vašíček Joseph, Vyuhin Alexander E., Robert Dietrich Genrikhovich, Pavol Demitra, Zimin Andrey, Kalimulin Marat Natfullovich, Karpovtsev Alexander G., Kalyanin Alexander I., Kiryukhin Andrey, Klyukin Nikita, Korolev, Igor B., Krivonosov Nikolai, Kunnov Evgeny, Vyacheslav Kuznetsov, Stefan Liv, Daniel Patrick, Jan Marek, Brad McCrimmon Byron, Ostapchuk Sergey I., Piskunov, Vladimir Leonidovich, Karel Rachunek, Evgeny Sidorov, Karlis Skrastins Martinovic, Snurnitsyn Pavel, Daniel E. Sobchenko, Tkachenko Ivan Leonidovich, Paul S., Yuri O. Urych, Gennady Churilov S., Maxim A. Shuvalov and Yarchuk Artem Nikolaevich.

Crew :

Solomentsev Andrey (Commander), Zhivelov Igor Konstantinovich (second pilot), Zhuravlev, Sergey (bortmehanih), Sarmatova Elena (flight attendant), Maksumova Hope Murzafarovna (flight attendant), Chavigny Elena (flight attendant) and Matyushin Vladimir Yurevich (flight engineer).

Survivors :

Sizov, Alexander B. (flight attendant) and Galimov Alexander (hockey player)

Russian plane crash kills Lokomotiv ice hockey players

The deaths of 36 players and officials in a plane crash in Russia have been described as an "irreparable loss" by the Russian Ice Hockey Federation.Those confirmed dead include former Swedish Olympic champion Stefan Liv and former New Jersey Devils player Alexander Vasyunov. The plane was carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team to Minsk, where they were to play Dinamo Minsk on Thursday. Lokomotiv came third in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) last year.The KHL is an international competition which pits teams from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia and Slovakia against each other.

According to the latest reports, there were 45 people on board - 37 passengers and eight crew. Forty-three people are reported to have died. The team's coach was Canadian Brad McCrimmon, who also died in the incident. He took over the role in May and had previously been an assistant coach with the Detroit Red Wings. Among the dead are Ruslan Salei, captain of the Belarus national team, Slovakia's captain Pavol Demitra, three Czech international players - 2010 world champions Josef Vasicek, who won the Stanley Cup with Carolina Hurricanes in 2006, Jan Marek and Lokomotiv's captain Karel Rachunek. German Robert Dietrich and Latvian Karlis Skrastins were also killed.

Tomas Kral, the president of the Czech Ice Hockey Association, was shocked to hear the news of the players' deaths. "Jan Marek, Karel Rachunek and Josef Vasicek contributed greatly to the best successes of our ice hockey in recent years, first of all to the golden medals at the world championships in 2005 and 2010," Kral said."They were excellent players, but also great friends and personalities. That's how we will remember them." There were also some members of the Russian national team on board - Gennadiy Churilov and Alexander Kalyanin. 

Two players from Russia's youth team, Daniil Sobchenko and Yuri Urychev, who became under-21 world champions in 2011, also died in the crash. International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fasel said: "This is the darkest day in the history of our sport. This is not only a Russian tragedy, the Lokomotiv roster included players and coaches from 10 nations. "This is a terrible tragedy for the global ice hockey community with so many nationalities involved. "Our thoughts and prayers are with family and friends of the victims. Despite the substantial air travel of professional hockey teams, our sport has been spared from tragic traffic accidents. But only until now."

Demitra had expected this season to be his last as a professional

 

 Russian Ice Hockey Federation president Vladislav Tretiak commented: "We have suffered an irreparable loss. I still cannot believe what happened. Our hockey has lost great players and coaches. It's just a terrible tragedy for the sport. "We will do our best to ensure that hockey in Yaroslavl does not die, and that it continues to live for the people that were on that plane."National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman also offered his condolences saying: "Though it occurred thousands of miles away from our home arenas, this tragedy represents a catastrophic loss to the hockey world, including the NHL family, which lost so many fathers, sons, team-mates and friends who at one time excelled in our league."

 

Russia and the other former Soviet republics have suffered some of the world's worst plane tragedies. In 1979, an airliner heading from the Soviet republic of Uzbekistan to Minsk carrying the Pakhtakor Tashkent soccer team collided in mid-air with another passenger plane, killing 178 people, including 17 members of the Pakhtakor squad. A plane crash in 1950 near the Russian city of Sverdlov, now called Yekaterinburg, claimed the lives of 13 players and officials in the air force's ice hockey squad.