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Tragic Hockey Off-Season
Sep. 7th, 2011 01:16 pmI wish I could stop using this avatar for tragic news.
Nearly the entire Lokomotiv KHL hockey team perished in a plane crash earlier today, including ex-NHL stars Pavol Demitra, Ruslan Salei, Karlis Skrastins, Brad McCrimmon, as well as Olympic goaltender Stefan Liv who won Gold with Sweden in 2006.
Demitra was an ex-Canuck, who played on the team as recently as a year or so ago, forming a line with either Kesler/Sundin or hanging around the third line due to a shoulder injury. He was exceptional for the Slovakian team in the 2010 Olympics, leading the entire tournament in scoring.
Ruslan Salei was also one of my favourite hockey defensemen and I am deeply saddened by this incident. Only a few weeks ago former Canuck Rick Rypien was found dead among other recent NHL deaths in Wade Belak and Derek Boogaard.
What makes this even more tragic is that an entire hockey team is gone, players, coach, and all. The only survivors, a crewmember, in serious condition, and a single player in critical condition. I hope they both make it.
R.I.P.
Nearly the entire Lokomotiv KHL hockey team perished in a plane crash earlier today, including ex-NHL stars Pavol Demitra, Ruslan Salei, Karlis Skrastins, Brad McCrimmon, as well as Olympic goaltender Stefan Liv who won Gold with Sweden in 2006.
Demitra was an ex-Canuck, who played on the team as recently as a year or so ago, forming a line with either Kesler/Sundin or hanging around the third line due to a shoulder injury. He was exceptional for the Slovakian team in the 2010 Olympics, leading the entire tournament in scoring.
Ruslan Salei was also one of my favourite hockey defensemen and I am deeply saddened by this incident. Only a few weeks ago former Canuck Rick Rypien was found dead among other recent NHL deaths in Wade Belak and Derek Boogaard.
What makes this even more tragic is that an entire hockey team is gone, players, coach, and all. The only survivors, a crewmember, in serious condition, and a single player in critical condition. I hope they both make it.
R.I.P.
