Alexandr Vyukhin

Alexander Vyukhin (; January 9, 1973 - September 7, 2011) was a Ukrainian professional ice hockey goaltender who last played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He perished in the tragic Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash outside of Yaroslavl.
==Playing career==
Vyukhin moved from Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) to Ukraine as a junior where he would play in both Kharkiv and Kiev. He began his professional career in 1992 with Sokil Kyiv, then in the Russian Superleague. He played 19 seasons in Russia, with Avangard Omsk, Sibir Novosibirsk, Severstal Cherepovets, and Metallurg Novokuznetsk before being transferred to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl during the 2010-2011 season. Vyukhin represented Ukraine in the 1999 IIHF World Championship and in two C-Pool World Championships.Remembering the Deceased
==Death==
On September 7, 2011, Vyukhin was killed in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash, when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying nearly his entire Lokomotiv team, crashed just outside Yaroslavl, Russia. The team was traveling to Minsk to play their opening game of the season, with its coaching staff and prospects. Lokomotiv officials said "'everyone from the main roster was on the plane plus four players from the youth team.'" He was buried in Omsk next to the grave of Alexei Cherepanov.На панихиду по Александру Вьюхину в Омске пришли тысячи болельщиков // KP.RU - Омск
==Honours==
*2004
**Russian championship (with Avangard)
*2005
**European Champions cup (with Avangard)
*2007
**Turnir Puchkova
==See also==
*List of ice hockey players who died during their playing career
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Category:Born in 1973
Category:Dead in 2011
Category:Avangard Omsk players
Category:HC Metallurg Novokuznetsk players
Category:HC Sibir Novosibirsk players
Category:Russian ice hockey players
Category:Severstal Cherepovets players
Category:Ukrainian ice hockey players
Category:Victims of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash