Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
Passengers and crew -- Hockey players killed
Table:
Player

Age

Country

Position

Vitaly Anikeyenko[a]

24

Russia

D

Mikhail Balandin

31

Russia

D

Gennady Churilov

24

Russia

C

Pavol Demitra

36

Slovakia

C

Robert Dietrich

25

Germany

D

Alexander Galimov[37][38]

26

Russia

LW

Marat Kalimulin

23

Russia

D

Alexander Kalyanin

23

Russia

RW

Andrei Kiryukhin

24

Russia

RW

Nikita Klyukin

21

Russia

C

Stefan Liv

30

Sweden

G

Jan Marek

31

Czech Republic

C

Sergei Ostapchuk

21

Belarus

LW

Karel Rachůnek

32

Czech Republic

D

Ruslan Salei[39]

36

Belarus

D

Maxim Shuvalov

18

Russia

D

Kārlis Skrastiņš[40]

37

Latvia

D

Pavel Snurnitsyn

19

Russia

F

Daniil Sobchenko[a]

20

Russia

C

Ivan Tkachenko

31

Russia

LW

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Vitaly Serhiiovych Anikeyenko ( 2 January 1987 - 7 September 2011 ) was a Ukrainian-Russian professional ice hockey player .
Defence ( defense in the United States ) in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring . They are often referred to as defencemen , D , D-men or blueliners ( the latter a reference to the blue line in ice hockey which represents the boundary of the offensive zone ; defencemen generally position themselves along the line to keep the puck in the zone ) . They were once called cover-point . A good defenceman is both strong in defensive and offensive play and for defenceman pairing also need to be good at defending and attacking . In regular play , two defencemen complement three forwards and a goaltender on the ice . Exceptions include overtime during the regular season and when a team is shorthanded ( i.e . has been assessed a penalty ) , in which two defencemen are typically joined by only two forwards and a goaltender ; in National Hockey League play in overtime effective with the 2015-16 season the teams have only three position players and a goaltender on the ice and may use either two forwards and one defenceman ( typically ) , or conversely , two defencemen and one forward .
Mikhail Yuriyevich Balandin ( Russian : Михаил Юрьевич Баландин ) ( July 27 , 1980 - September 7 , 2011 ) was a Russian professional ice hockey player . Balandin played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) at the time of his death . Balandin had also played for Salavat Yulaev Ufa , HC Lada Togliatti , HC CSKA Moscow , Khimik Mytishchi , Atlant Mytishchi and UHC Dynamo in Russia . Balandin won a silver medal with the Russian team at the 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships .
Gennady Stanislavovich Churilov ( Russian : Геннадий Станиславович Чурилов ) ( 5 May 1987 - 7 September 2011 ) was a Russian professional ice hockey player . Churilov played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) .
The centre ( or center in the United States ) in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice , away from the sideboards . Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player . Centres are ideally stronger , faster skaters who can back-check quickly from deep in the opposing zone . Generally , centres are expected to be gifted passers more than goal scorers , although there are exceptions . They are also expected to have exceptional ice vision , intelligence , and creativity . They also generally are the most defensively oriented forwards on the ice . Centres usually play as part of a line of players that are substituted frequently to keep fresh and keep the game moving .
Pavol Demitra ( Slovak pronunciation : [ ˈpaʋɔl ˈdɛmitɾa ] ; 29 November 1974 - 7 September 2011 ) was a Slovak professional ice hockey player . He played nineteen seasons of professional hockey , for teams in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League ( CSL ) , National Hockey League ( NHL ) , Slovak Extraliga ( SVK ) , and Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) . A skilled offensive player , Demitra was a top-line forward throughout his career . After a season with HC Dukla Trenčín in the CSL , Demitra was selected 227th overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the Ottawa Senators . He subsequently left Slovakia to join the Senators organization , spending three seasons split between team and their American Hockey League affiliate . A contract holdout at the start of the 1996-97 season saw Demitra traded to the St. Louis Blues . Demitra had his most successful seasons with St. Louis , being selected for three NHL All-Star Games and winning the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy in 2000 . He scored at least 30 goals three times and 90 points once while with the Blues . During the 2004-05 NHL lockout , Demitra returned to HC Dukla Trenčín for , and upon returning to the NHL the following year , he signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Kings . After one season with Los Angeles , he was traded to the Minnesota Wild , where he played for two further seasons before signing with the Vancouver Canucks , and spent his last two NHL seasons with the team . In 2010 Demitra signed with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL , playing one season there before dying in the 2011 air crash that involved most of the team prior to the 2011-12 KHL season . Internationally , Demitra played in junior tournaments with the Czechoslovakian national junior team .
Robert Dietrich ( 25 July 1986 - 7 September 2011 ) was a professional ice hockey defenceman . He was killed in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash , in which all players and coaches on board the plane from the club perished .
Alexander Saidgereyevich Galimov ( Russian : Александр Саидгереевич Галимов ; 2 May 1985 - 12 September , 2011 ) was a Russian professional ice hockey player . At the time of his death , he was a member of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) whose team plane crashed on 7 September 2011 killing all but one of the 45 crew and passengers on board .
Winger , in the game of ice hockey , is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area . They typically work by flanking the centre forward . Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink . Nowadays , there are different types of wingers in the game - out-and-out goal scorers , checkers who disrupt the opponents , and forwards who work along the boards and in the corners . They tend to be bigger than centreman and smaller than defenseman . This position is commonly referred to by the side of the rink that the winger normally takes , i.e . left wing or right wing .
Marat Natfulovich Kalimulin ( Russian : Марат Натфулович Калимулин ; 20 August 1988 - 7 September 2011 ) was a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman who played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) . He was killed in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash , in which almost all players and coaches from the club perished .
Alexander Igorevich Kalyanin ( Russian : Александр Игоревич Калянин ) ( 24 September 1987 - 7 September 2011 ) was a Russian professional ice hockey winger who played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) .
Andrei Anatolievich Kiryukhin ( Russian : Андрей Анатольевич Кирюхин ; 4 August 1987 - 7 September 2011 ) was a Russian professional ice hockey winger who played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) . Besides Lokomotiv , he also played for Lokomotiv-2 ( its farm team ) , Belgorod and Kapitan teams . Playing for Russia at the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships he won a silver medal . His father Anatoly Kiryukhin was a football player and coach .
Nikita Sergeyevich Knykin ( Russian : Никита Серге́евич Клюкин ) ( 10 November 1989 - 7 September 2011 ) was a Russian professional ice hockey player . ( KHL ) .
Stefan Daniel Patryk Liv ( born Patryk Śliż ; 21 December 1980 - 7 September 2011 ) was a Swedish professional ice hockey goaltender . Liv played professionally in Sweden , North America and Russia . Liv played nine seasons for HV71 in the top-tier league in Sweden . He played one season in Detroit Red Wings organization without managing to make his debut in the NHL . He then returned to Europe and HV71 . Upon his return , he played three seasons in Sweden , then moved to Russia in 2010 . Stefan Liv was a member of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) when he died , along with the rest of the team in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash . He was a member of several Swedish national teams , including the 2006 Olympic championship team . A street in Jönköping , named Stefan Livs gata ( English : Stefan Liv 's street ) , was named in his honor on 2 August 2013 .
In ice hockey , the goaltender or goalie is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their team 's net , thus preventing the opposing team from scoring . The goaltender usually plays in or near the area in front of the net called the goal crease ( often referred to simply as the crease or the net ) . Goaltenders tend to stay at or beyond the top of the crease to cut down on the angle of shots . In today 's age of goaltending there are two common styles , butterfly and hybrid ( hybrid is a mix of the traditional stand-up style and butterfly technique ) . Because of the power of shots , the goaltender wears special equipment designed to protect the body from direct impact . The goalie is one of the most valuable players on the ice , as their performance can greatly change the outcome or score of the game . One-on-one situations , such as breakaways and shootouts , have the tendency to highlight a goaltender 's pure skill , or lack thereof . No more than one goaltender is allowed to be on the ice for each team at any given time . Teams are not required to use a goaltender and may instead opt to play with an additional skater , but the defensive disadvantage this poses generally means that the strategy is only used as a desperation maneuver when trailing late in a game or can be used if the opposing team has a delayed penalty ( if the team receiving the penalty touches the puck the play will stop ) . The goaltender is also known as the goalie , goaler , goalkeeper , net minder , and tender by those involved in the hockey community . In the early days of the sport , the term was spelled with a hyphen as goal-tender . The art of playing the position is called goaltending and there are coaches , usually called the goalie coach who specialize exclusively in working with goaltenders .
Jan Marek ( December 31 , 1979 - September 7 , 2011 ) was a Czech professional ice hockey centre . He was selected by the New York Rangers in the 8th round ( 243rd overall ) of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft .
Sergei Igorevich Ostapchuk ( Belarusian : Сяргей Астапчук ( Siarhej Astapchuk ) ; March 19 , 1990 - September 7 , 2011 ) was an ice hockey player . He was playing with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) . Ostapchuk died on September 7 , 2011 in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash disaster . The plane was carrying the Lokomotiv hockey team from Yaroslavl to Minsk , the capital of Belarus , where it was to play against Dinamo Minsk in the 2011 season opening game of the KHL .
Karel Rachůnek ( Czech pronunciation : [ ˈkarɛl ˈraxuːnɛk ] , August 27 , 1979 - September 7 , 2011 ) was a Czech professional ice hockey player . Rachunek was the captain of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) when the team 's plane crashed on September 7 , 2011 . He played eight seasons in North America in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . Rachůnek was drafted in the ninth round , 229th overall , by the Ottawa Senators in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft . Rachunek was the brother of Ivan Rachůnek and Tomáš Rachůnek who also played professional ice hockey .
Ruslan Albiertavič Saliej ( Belarusian : Руслан Альбертавіч Салей ; November 2 , 1974 - September 7 , 2011 ) , better known as Ruslan Salei ( Russian : Руслан Альбертович Салей ) , was a Belarusian professional ice hockey player . Salei played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the Detroit Red Wings , Colorado Avalanche , Florida Panthers and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim , the latter of which selected him ninth overall in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft . Salei died on September 7 , 2011 , in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash . A Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft , carrying almost the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team of the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) , crashed near Yaroslavl , Russia , en route to Minsk , Belarus , to start the 2011-12 KHL season .
Maxim Alexeyevich Shuvalov ( Russian : Максим Алексеевич Шувалов ; 23 April 1993 - 7 September 2011 ) was a Russian professional ice hockey player who at the time of his death would have played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League .
Kārlis Skrastiņš ( July 9 , 1974 - September 7 , 2011 ) was a Latvian professional ice hockey player . Skrastiņš was drafted by the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League in 1998 as a defenceman and spent twelve years in the league playing for the Predators , the Colorado Avalanche , the Florida Panthers , and the Dallas Stars . For the 2011-2012 season , Skrastiņš left the NHL and signed a contract to play in Russia for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) . However , he never got to play a game for Lokomotiv as he was killed in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash that killed almost the entire team on September 7 , 2011 .
Pavel Sergeyevich Snurnitsyn ( occasionally spelled Snurnitsin ; Russian : Павел Серге́евич Снурницын ) ( 10 January 1992 - 7 September 2011 ) was a Russian professional ice hockey player who played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League . In August 2011 , Snurnitsyn was among two players from Lokomotiv Yaroslavl selected to play for the Russian Under-20 youth national team of Russia . The team played in the U20 Four Nations Tournament on September 1-3 in Podolsk , Russia . Besides the Russians , Czech Republic , Sweden and Finland participated in the tournament . Snurnitsyn scored two of the goals to beat Finland 11:4 .
In ice hockey , a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score and assist goals . Generally , the forwards try to stay in three different lanes , also known as thirds , of the ice going from goal to goal . It is not mandatory , however , to stay in a lane . Staying in a lane aids in forming the common offensive strategy known as a triangle . One forward obtains the puck and then the forwards pass it between themselves making the goalie move side to side . This strategy opens up the net for scoring opportunities . This strategy allows for a constant flow of the play , attempting to maintain the control of play by one team in the offensive zone . The forwards can pass to the defence players playing at the blue line , thus freeing up the play and allowing either a shot from the point ( blue line position where the defence stands ) or a pass back to the offence . This then begins the triangle again . Each team has three forwards in each line :
Danylo Yevhenovych Daniil Sobchenko ( Ukrainian : Данило Євге́нович Собченко ; 13 April 1991 - 7 September 2011 ) was a Ukrainian-Russian professional ice hockey player . Born in Kiev , Sobchenko spent the entirety of his professional hockey career with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League . He was a member of the Russian national team that competed in the IIHF World Championship 's under 18 and under 20 levels ; winning gold for the country in 2011 . Sobchenko was drafted 166th overall in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks . He died along with the entire Lokomotiv team in a plane crash on the first day of the 2011-12 season .
Ivan Leonidovich Tkachenko ( Russian : Иван Леонидович Ткаченко ) ( 9 November 1979 - 7 September 2011 ) was a Russian professional ice hockey winger who played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) . He was selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 4th round ( 98th overall ) of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft .