Igor Korolev

Igor Borisovich Korolev (September 6, 1970 – September 7, 2011) was a Russian ice hockey centre. He played 700 games in the National Hockey League (NHL), He played for the St. Louis Blues, Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Chicago Blackhawks. He also played 329 games in the Russian Superleague (RSL) with HC Dynamo Moscow, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, and Metallurg Magnitogorsk, as well as 104 games in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) with Metallurg Magnitogorsk and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.

In 2000, Korolev became a naturalized Canadian citizen. On September 7, 2011, 4:05 P.M. Moscow Time, Korolev was killed in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster. The plane that was carrying the entire roster of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ran off the runway before it took off, hit a tower mast, caught fire and crashed, killing 43 of 45 passengers on board. He was buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto after a funeral on September 18, 2011.

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