| Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Локомотив Яросла́вль) | |
 | |
| Division | Kharlamov |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1949 |
| Home Arena | Arena 2000 |
| City | Yaroslavl, Russia |
| Colors | red, blue and white |
| General Manager | Yuri Lukin |
| Head Coach | Kari Heikkilä |
| Captain | Alexei Kudashov |
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl is a professional club of the Continental Hockey League based in Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. The club was founded in 1949.
Through the years, the team was renamed several times:
- 1949-1955: Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
- 1955-1956: Spartak Yaroslavl
- 1956-1957: Khimik Yaroslavl
- 1959-1963: HC YMZ
- 1963-1964: Trud Yaroslavl
- 1964-1965: Motor Yaroslavl
- 1965-2000: Torpedo Yaroslavl
Yaroslavl became a consistent winner club during the 1990s. In 1997, head coach Petr Vorobiev led the team to its first Russian Superleague title; coach Vladimir Vujtek Sr. led the team to back to back championships in 2002 and 2003. Yuri Yakovlev is team president.
Plane crash[]
2010 Team Photo
On September 7, 2011, all but one of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey club's roster were killed in a plane crash while traveling to an away game in Minsk.[1] The airplane caught fire and crashed shortly after take-off, 2.5 km from Tunoshna Airport. Preliminary reports say that all 45 passengers on board had been killed,[2] Updated* One player from Lokomotiv had survived the initial crash. Alexander Galimov, a 26-year-old forward who had been with the team since 2004, had been hospitalized with burns to 80 percent of his body. 26 bodies have thus been recovered.[3] On September 12, 2011, Alexander Galimov, despite continuing therapy using all possible contemporary treatment, passed away.[4]
References[]
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/world/europe/08russia.html
- ↑ https://rt.com/news/passenger-plane-russia-reports-005/
- ↑ "First pictures from the crash of Yak-42 near Yaroslavl". Lifenews.ru (2011-09-07). Retrieved on 2011-09-07.
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/sep/12/ice-hockey-alexander-galimov-dies