All KHL games on September 7 will begin with a minute of silence in memory of the hockey players “Lokomotiv” died in a plane crash in 2011, league vice-president Valery Kamensky told .
The plane with Lokomotiv hockey players on board crashed on September 7, 2011 while climbing. The plane contained the entire base team and coaching staff of the Yaroslavl club, as well as eight crew members. 43 people died instantly; Lokomotiv forward Alexander Galimov died of his injuries in hospital on September 12. Operations engineer Alexander Sizov became the only survivor of the plane crash. Due to the disaster, Lokomotiv missed the 2011/2012 KHL season and the revived team competed in the All-Russian Hockey League (VHL).
– All matches today will begin with a minute of silence in memory of the Lokomotiv hockey players – this happens every year after the tragedy. On September 9, before the match between Lokomotiv and SKA in Yaroslavl, flowers will be laid at the Hockey Brotherhood memorial.
We will always remember every Lokomotiv hockey player who tragically died 13 years ago. It was a champion team with great ambitions; this tragedy will forever remain in the hearts of every hockey fan and player. But life goes on, and we will believe and hope that such tragedies will never happen again,” Kamensky told .
On September 7, the matches “Lada” – SKA, “Vityaz” – “Amur”, “Spartak” – “Sochi” and “Torpedo” – “Ak Bars” will take place.
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