Mikhail Balandin

Mikhail Yuriyevich Balandin () (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 DynamoKHL minute-by-minute - Dinamo Moscow 7-4 SKA St. Petersburg in Russia. Balandin won a silver medal with the Russian team at the 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.Brad McCrimmon, Ruslan Salei among Lokomotiv Yaroslavl's former NHLers
==Death==
On September 7, 2011, Balandin was killed, 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.'"
==See also==
*List of ice hockey players who died during their playing career
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Category:1980 births
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Category:Salavat Yulaev Ufa players
Category:Victims of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash