Pavol Demitra and several other former NHL players were killed when a plane carrying their Russian hockey team crashed outside of Moscow yesterday morning. The team called the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl was on its way to Belarus for its season opener.  The cause of the crash hasn't been determined yet. A total of 43 people were killed.  Only two survived.

Other former NHL players who died included Karel Rachunek, Josef Vasicek, Igor Korolev and Alexander Karpovtsev. Also on the list of casualties was Brad McCrimmon, a former player and assistant coach for the Detroit Red Wings, who was going to make his head coaching debut tonight.

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