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karel rachůnek

karel rachůnek -lrb- , august 27 , 1979 -- september 7 , 2011 -rrb- was a czech professional ice hockey player .
rachunek was the captain of lokomotiv yaroslavl of the kontinental hockey league -lrb- khl -rrb- when the team 's plane crashed on september 7 , 2011 .
he played eight seasons in north america in the national hockey league -lrb- nhl -rrb- .
rachunek was drafted in the ninth round , 229th overall , by the ottawa senators in the 1997 nhl entry draft .
rachunek was the brother of ivan rachunek and tomas rachunek who have also played professional ice hockey .
