All Entries Tagged With: "Lokomotiv"
Bruins Rookies Set To Take On Islanders
A little housekeeping before we get started here… – On a sad note, Alexander Galimov, the only Lokomotiv player that survived the impact of the plane crash this past Wednesday, has passed away this morning in a Moscow Hospital. Galimov was 26 years old. —On a brighter Note, according to CSNNE’s Joe Haggerty, injured [...]
The 2011-12 Boston Bruins: Part 1: The Forwards
Before I get started here, I would like to ask that you all keep the families, friends and teammates of all those lost in the terrible tragedy in Russia yesterday morning, in your thoughts and prayers. The plane crash that took down the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL team is perhaps the biggest tragedy in [...]
Lokomotiv tragedy pierces the soul of global hockey community
The imminent start of hockey season and the usual excitement of seeing players slowly trickling into training camps enthusiastically looking forward to making a fresh start suddenly seems very irrelevant and very meaningless this morning. Writing off-season recaps to remember who went where in free agency or trades suddenly seems equally irrelevant and equally meaningless [...]
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL) plane crashes; 43 people dead, many former NHLers ***updated***
Forty-three people have died in a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger plane crash near the city of Yaroslavl in Central Russia. The majority of victims were members of the local ice hockey team Lokomotiv of the Kontinental Hockey League. The plane crashed on take-off after hitting an air traffic tower at the airport and witnesses are reporting [...]
