height_ft death_date birth_date career_start death_place shoots draft_year image_size image ntl_team weight_lb birth_place draft_team draft played_for career_end position height_in article_title
6 7 september 2011 9 july 1974 1991 yaroslavl , russia left 1998 230px karlis skrastins.jpg lat 210 riga , latvian ssr , soviet union nashville predators 230th overall nashville predators colorado avalanche florida panthers dallas stars 2011 defence 1 kārlis skrastiņš

kārlis skrastiņš

kārlis skrastiņš -lrb- july 9 , 1974 -- september 7 , 2011 -rrb- was a latvian professional ice hockey player .
skrastins was a member of lokomotiv yaroslavl of the kontinental hockey league -lrb- khl -rrb- and was on board the team plane which crashed on september 7 , 2011 .
skrastiņš played eleven seasons in the national hockey league -lrb- nhl -rrb- before joining lokomotiv in 2011 .
