NHL Transactions, Injuries & Rumours

[Lee]

The list of people who was on the plane was published:

Coaching staff:
Head coach Brad McCrimmon, Assotiative coach Igor Korolev (former NHL player), Coach Alexander Karpovtsev (former NHL player), Condition coach Nikolai Krivonosov, Goaltenders coach Jorma Valtonen

Players:
Goaltenders:
Stefan Liv, Alexander Vjukhin

Defencemen:
Pavel Trakhanov, Karel Rachunek, Robert Ditrich, Ruslan Salei, Karlis Skrastins, Mikhail Balandin, Vitaly Anikeenko, Marat Kalimulin, Yuri Urychev

Forwards:
Alexander Galimov, Daniil Sobchenko, Jan Marek, Daniil Erdakov, Ivan Tkachenko, Alexander Vasyunov, Gennady Churilov, Nikita Klyukin, Alexander Kalyanin, Sergei Ostapchuk, Pavol Demitra, Josef Vasicek, Artem Yarchuk, Alexander Romanovsky, Andrey Kiryukhin

Plane crew:
Crew commander Andrey Solomentsev, Co-pilot Igor Zhevelov, Flight mechanic Sergei Zhuravlev, stewardess Elena Formatova, stewardess Nadezhda Maksumova, stewardess Shalina (first name wasn't published), flight engineer Maryushkin (first name wasn't published), flight engineer Alexander Sizov

It is reported that there left two suvivors (both plane crew members).

[Lee]

It is being reported that Salei, who is from Belarus, was awaiting the team in Minsk.

[Lee]

FTR, just posting what I see, so there will be conflicting reports. No need to feel all high and mighty when correcting me on MSN.

[armandtanzarian]

TSN says 43 on board now.

[kyuss]

oh Jesus Christ...

[Lee]

oh Jesus Christ...

There goes half your team...

What else can you at times like these but laugh to keep yourself from crying.

[armandtanzarian]

Terrible way to cut your roster.

This link updated at 1030 says 45 on board. 37 with 8 crew. 2 survivors.

http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/69390 ... es-43-dead

[kyuss]

oh Jesus Christ...

There goes half your team...

What else can you at times like these but laugh to keep yourself from crying.

not that it has any relevance here, but i don't think i have any player from that team.

[Lee]

Pavol Demitra's agent confirms that the former NHLer has been killed in the crash in Russia. More to come at globesports.com

[Lee]

@tpanotchCSN Lokomotiv forward has Alexander Galimov survived, there may be others.

Passed away after surgery.

[Lee]

Legendary coach Viktor Tikhonov suggests every KHL team send at least one player to Lokomotiv to salvage the team's season.

I can see myself losing guys like Svatos and Stralman now... atleast moresore than before.

[Mike]

Terrible tragedy. Thanks for the updates, Lee.

[Lee]

Twitter is an amazing source for information as long as you don't add LOLcats, Kanye West and that Kardashian chick.

[Lee]

Twitter is an amazing source for information as long as you don't add LOLcats, Kanye West and that Kardashian chick.

https://twitter.com/#!/bruno_gervais27

[MSP4LYFE]

Just terrible, terrible news. Very sad to hear.

[armandtanzarian]

It is very shocking. Hard to grasp the enormity that has on so many people from around the world. Tough for the KHL as a whole.

[armandtanzarian]

Sids conference on live now:

http://watch.tsn.ca/clip528011#clip528011

[Chris]

The should have taken a Lokimotiv

[Scott]

Unbelievable...

[Nick]

haha...Ovechkin is fat and out of shape and not ready for camp...

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=374852

Guy's a lot of things... but fat isn't one of them. Gotta be the safe bet for scoring leader going into this year, especially now that he's back with Bauer.