2011–12 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl season

May 2022 Suspended season of play of professional ice hockey team The 2011–12 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl season was the franchise's 52nd season of play in professional ice hockey in Russia. It was supposed to be its fourth season in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The season was scheduled to start on 8 September 2011. However, on 7 September, while traveling to their season opener, the team's plane crashed, killing 44 people, including 25 roster players, and 11 members of the team staff. Alexander Galimov survived the initial impact of the crash with severe injuries, but died on 12 September. Another roster player, Maxim Zyuzyakin, did not travel with the team on the plane. As a consequence, the league cancelled the 7 September Opening Cup game between Salavat Yulaev and Atlant already in progress, postponing the opening of the KHL season until 12 September. Following the tragedy, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl chose to cancel their participation in the 2011–12 KHL season.https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/hockey/nhl/cult-of-hockey/lokomotiv-will-not-play-2011-12-khl-season Instead, the club participated in the 2011–12 season of the Russian Major League (VHL), the second top ice hockey league in Russia after the KHL, starting in December 2011, and was eligible for the VHL playoffs. Also, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl's squad for the 2012–13 KHL season would automatically be qualified for the KHL playoffs that season, and the club could request allowance to use more than six non-Russian players in the KHL squad.http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/480336 ru:На совещании в Кремле решили: "Локомотив" с декабря начнёт играть в ВХЛ Sovetsky Sport Russian 12 September 2011 12 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120325084405/http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/480336 25 March 2012 dead http://nhl-red-light.si.com/2011/09/12/khls-lokomotiv-wont-play-this-season/ KHL's new Lokomotiv won't play this season Red Light 12 September 2011 12 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111018033852/http://nhl-red-light.si.com/2011/09/12/khls-lokomotiv-wont-play-this-season/ 18 October 2011 dead Off-season Lokomotiv lost in the 2011 KHL Western Conference finals 4–2 to Atlant. Following this playoff disappointment, eleven players (most notably former NHLers Daniel Tjärnqvist and Alexander Korolyuk) left the team, and nine players were added to the roster for the upcoming 2011–12 KHL season. The players set to make their debut with the team notably included former NHLers Ruslan Salei and Kārlis Skrastiņš. Also set to make their coaching debuts were former NHLers Brad McCrimmon and Igor Korolev. Pre-season The team played nine pre-season games, finishing with a 7–2 record, and won their second straight Latvian Railways Cup ( 23–27 August), a pre-season KHL tournament. On 3 September, the players played their final game, at home against Torpedo, winning 5–2. Alexander Galimov, the final victim of the crash, scored the last goal of that game, sealing the win for Lokomotiv with an empty net goal. 2011 pre-season game log: 7–2–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT/SO Decision Reference 1 10 August (in Visp, Switzerland) Lokomotiv 7 – 2 EHC Visp Liv http://hclokomotiv.ru/calendar/game/298356/ Хоккейный Клуб "Локомотив" (Ярославль) 9 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120324055200/http://hclokomotiv.ru/calendar/game/298356/ 24 March 2012 dead 2 12 August (in Leukerbad, Switzerland) Lokomotiv 3 – 4 SC Bern Liv http://hclokomotiv.ru/calendar/game/298357/ Хоккейный Клуб "Локомотив" (Ярославль) 9 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120324055212/http://hclokomotiv.ru/calendar/game/298357/ 24 March 2012 dead 3 13 August (in Leukerbad, Switzerland) Lokomotiv 5 – 1 HC Ambrì-Piotta Vyukhin http://hclokomotiv.ru/calendar/game/298358/ Хоккейный Клуб "Локомотив" (Ярославль) 9 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120324055236/http://hclokomotiv.ru/calendar/game/298358/ 24 March 2012 dead 4 23 August (in Riga, Latvia) Lokomotiv 2 – 3 Neftekhimik SO Vyukhin http://hclokomotiv.ru/calendar/game/302742/ Хоккейный Клуб "Локомотив" (Ярославль) 9 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120324055305/http://hclokomotiv.ru/calendar/game/302742/ 24 March 2012 dead 5 24 August (in Riga, Latvia) Lokomotiv 1 – 0 Atlant Liv http://hclokomotiv.ru/calendar/game/302743/ Хоккейный Клуб "Локомотив" (Ярославль) 9 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120324055313/http://hclokomotiv.ru/calendar/game/302743/ 24 March 2012 dead 6 26 August (in Riga, Latvia) Lokomotiv 3 – 0 Dinamo Minsk Liv http://www.hclokomotiv.ru/calendar/game/302744/ Хоккейный Клуб "Локомотив" (Ярославль) 9 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120402085904/http://www.hclokomotiv.ru/calendar/game/302744/ 2 April 2012 dead 7 27 August (in Riga, Latvia) Lokomotiv 3 – 0 Neftekhimik Liv http://www.hclokomotiv.ru/news/news/20110827194026.html ПОБЕДА ИМЕНИ ВРАТАРЯ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120212143938/http://hclokomotiv.ru/news/news/20110827194026.html 12 February 2012 9 September 2011 8 1 September Severstal 3 – 5 Lokomotiv Vyukhin http://hclokomotiv.ru/calendar/game/302748/ Хоккейный Клуб "Локомотив" (Ярославль) 9 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120324055404/http://hclokomotiv.ru/calendar/game/302748/ 24 March 2012 dead 9 3 September Torpedo 2 – 5 Lokomotiv Liv http://hclokomotiv.ru/calendar/game/302749/ Хоккейный Клуб "Локомотив" (Ярославль) 9 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120324055415/http://hclokomotiv.ru/calendar/game/302749/ 24 March 2012 dead Crash 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash All players and most of the team staff were killed on 7 September 2011 when the Yak-Service Yak-42 that was chartered by the team crashed on takeoff from Tunoshna Airport in Yaroslavl, into the Volga River. Alexander Galimov survived the crash, but died five days later of his injuries.http://www.mchs.gov.ru/emergency/detail.php?ID=509641 ru:СПИСОК экипажа и пассажиров, находившихся на борту воздушного судна Як-42 7 September 2011 Ministry of Emergency Situations 7 September 2011 Russian https://web.archive.org/web/20120117063253/http://www.mchs.gov.ru/emergency/detail.php?ID=509641 17 January 2012 dead Goalie coach Jorma Valtonen and forward Maxim Zyuzyakin were not on the flight. Rebuilding the team It was announced by KHL president Alexander Medvedev that a disaster draft would be conducted to assemble a new team for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Every other team in the league would select up to three players for the pool of 40–45 players for Lokomotiv to select in the disaster draft, which selected up to 14 players, as five players were promoted from Lokomotiv's youth team, and forward Maxim Zyuzyakin, who did not travel with the team, formed the core of the roster before the start of the disaster draft.https://nationalpost.com/sports/khl-delays-games-but-season-will-go-on-for-lokomotiv KHL delays games, but season will go on for Lokomotiv Peter Leonard nationalpost.com 8 September 2011 8 September 2011 https://archive.today/20120605051818/http://sports.nationalpost.com/2011/09/08/khl-delays-games-but-season-will-go-on-for-lokomotiv/ 5 June 2012 live The drafted players will continue to receive salaries from their respective teams.KHL's bold plans to keep Lokomotiv running after tragedy - Puck Daddy - NHL Blog - Yahoo! Sports Lokomotiv's former coach Petr Vorobiev was hired as the new head coach. On 10 September, at the team's public memorial service, team president Yuri Yakovlev announced that Lokomotiv would not participate in the 2011–12 KHL season.April 2023 Instead, the club participated in the 2011–12 season of the Russian Major League (VHL), the second top ice hockey league in Russia after the KHL. In October 2011, the team announced that its first game in the VHL would take place on 12 December 2011 at home ice. Players between 17 and 22 years old under contract to KHL and VHL teams were made available for Lokomotiv to build a roster.May 2021 Schedule and results Regular season background:#0060A9; color: #FFFFFF; 2011–12 game log: 13–6–3 (home: 9–1–2; road: 4–5–1) y background:#E31937; color: #FFFFFF; December: 3–2–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 1–1–0) Game December Opponent Score Record |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 1 || 12 || Neftyanik Almetyevsk || 5–1 || 1–0–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2 || 14 || Ariada-Akpars Volzhsk || 2–0 || 2–0–0 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 3 || 20 || @ Molot-Prikamye Perm || 2–3 OT || 2–0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 4 || 22 || @ Izhstal Izhevsk || 4–1 || 3–0–1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 5 || 28 || HC Donbass || 3–4 OT || 3–0–2 |- y background:#E31937; color: #FFFFFF; January: 4–3–1 (home: 3–0–1; road: 1–3–0) Game January Opponent Score Record |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 6 || 6 || Titan Klin || 4–2 || 4–0–2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 7 || 10 || @ Rubin Tyumen || 2–4 || 4–1–2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 8 || 12 || @ Zauralie Kurgan || 1–3 || 4–2–2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 9 || 14 || @ Mechel Chelyabinsk || 3–4 || 4–3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 10 || 16 || @ Yuzhny Ural Orsk || 3–2 || 5–3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 11 || 25 || Lada Togliatti || 3–1 || 6–3–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 12 || 27 || Kristall Saratov || 4–0 || 7–3–2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 13 || 29 || Dizel Penza || 3–4 SO || 7–3–3 |- y background:#E31937; color: #FFFFFF; February: 6–3–0 (home: 4–0–0; road: 2–3–0) Game February Opponent Score Record |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 14 || 3 || HC Ryazan || 4–0 || 8–3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 15 || 5 || Dynamo Tver || 6–3 || 9–3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 16 || 12 || @ Kazzinc-Torpedo || 4–1 || 10–3–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 17 || 14 || @ Ermak Angarsk || 2–4 || 10–4–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 18 || 17 || @ Sokol Krasnoyarsk || 3–2 || 11–4–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 19 || 22 || HC VMF St. Petersburg || 3–2 || 12–4–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 20 || 24 || HC Sarov || 4–0 || 13–4–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 21 || 27 || @ Sputnik Nizhny Tagil || 1–2 || 13–5–3 |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 22 || 29 || @ Toros Neftekamsk || 2–4 || 13–6–3 |- Playoffs background:#0060A9; color: #FFFFFF; 2012 VHL playoffs: 5–5 y background:#E31937; color: #FFFFFF; Quarterfinals: 3–2 Game March Opponent Score Record |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 1 || 6 || HC VMF || 0–2 || 0–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2 || 7 || HC VMF || 4–1 || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 3 || 10 || @ HC VMF || 4–3 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 4 || 11 || @ HC VMF || 2–3 (OT) || 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 5 || 14 || HC VMF || 2–1 || 3–2 |- y background:#E31937; color: #FFFFFF; Semifinals: 2–3 Game March Opponent Score Record |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 1 || 18 || @ Dizel Penza || 3–2 (OT) || 1–0 |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2 || 19 || @ Dizel Penza || 2–1 (OT) || 1–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 3 || 22 || Dizel Penza || 2–0 || 2–1 |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 4 || 23 || Dizel Penza || 1–2 || 2–2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 5 || 26 || @ Dizel Penza || 1–3 || 2–3 |- Team at the time of crash Remembered 7 September 2011.http://hclokomotiv.ru/07092011/players/ Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Disaster Victims hclokomotiv.ru ru 24 October 2011 Vitaly Anikeyenko 57 D Russia R 1987 1 2 2005 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR no 2011 9 7 Mikhail Balandin 39 D Russia L 1980 7 27 2011 Lipetsk, Russian SFSR no 2011 9 7 Gennady Churilov 21 C Russia L 1987 3 5 2005 Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR no 2011 9 7 Pavol Demitra 38 C Slovakia L 1974 11 29 2010 Dubnica nad Váhom, Czechoslovakia no 2011 9 7 Robert Dietrich Robert Dietrich (ice hockey) 20 D Germany L 1986 7 25 2011 Ordzhonikidze, Ukrainian SSR no 2011 9 7 Alexander Galimov 11 RW Russia L 1985 5 2 2004 Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR no 2011 9 7 Marat Kalimulin 74 D Russia R 1988 8 20 2010 Togliatti, Russian SFSR no 2011 9 7 Alexander Kalyanin 28 RW Russia L 1987 9 24 2008 Chelyabinsk, Russian SFSR no 2011 9 7 Andrei Kiryukhin 83 RW Russia L 1987 8 4 2005 Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR no 2011 9 7 Nikita Klyukin 23 C Russia L 1989 11 10 2005 Rybinsk, Russian SFSR no 2011 9 7 Stefan Liv 1 G Sweden L 1980 12 21 2011 Gdynia, Poland no 2011 9 7 Jan Marek Jan Marek (ice hockey b. 1979) 15 C Czech Republic R 1979 12 31 2011 Jindřichův Hradec, Czechoslovakia no 2011 9 7 Sergei Ostapchuk 32 LW Russia R 1990 3 19 2007 Novopolotsk, Byelorussian SSR no 2011 9 7 Karel Rachůnek 4 D Czech Republic R 1979 8 27 2010 Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia no C 2011 9 7 Ruslan Salei 24 D Belarus L 1974 11 2 2011 Minsk, Byelorussian SSR no 2011 9 7 Maxim Shuvalov 52 D Russia L 1993 4 23 2010 Rybinsk, Russia no 2011 9 7 Kārlis Skrastiņš Kārlis Skrastiņš 37 D Latvia R 1974 7 9 2011 Riga, Latvia no 2011 9 7 Pavel Snurnitsyn 69 F Russia L 1992 1 10 2009 Yaroslavl, Russia no 2011 9 7 Daniil Sobchenko 13 C Russia L 1991 4 13 2007 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR no 2011 9 7 Ivan Tkachenko Ivan Tkachenko (ice hockey) 17 LW Russia L 1979 11 9 2001 Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR no A 2011 9 7 Pavel Trakhanov 3 D Russia L 1978 3 21 2011 Moscow, Russian SFSR no 2011 9 7 Yuri Urychev 81 D Russia R 1991 4 3 2009 Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR no 2011 9 7 Josef Vasicek Josef Vašíček 63 C Czech Republic L 1980 9 12 2008 Havlíčkův Brod, Czechoslovakia no A 2011 9 7 Alexander Vasyunov 18 LW Russia R 1988 4 22 2011 Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR no 2011 9 7 Alexander Vyukhin 35 G Ukraine L 1973 1 9 2010 Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR no 2011 9 7 Artem Yarchuk 72 LW Russia L 1990 5 3 2010 Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR no 2011 9 7 Maxim Zyuzyakin* Maxim Zyuzyakin 61 F Russia R 1991 1 13 2008 Novokuznetsk, Russian SFSR no 2011 9 7 |} Staff PersonAgeCountryTitleBrad McCrimmon http://www.freep.com/article/20110907/NEWS07/110907022/Ex-Wings-assistant-Brad-McCrimmon-killed-Russian-crash-Babcock-confirms?odyssey=nav%7Chead Ex-Red Wings assistant Brad McCrimmon killed in Russian crash Helene St. James Detroit Free-Press 7 September 2011 7 September 201152CANHead coachAlexander KarpovtsevNHL http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=587804 https://web.archive.org/web/20110907180159/http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=587804 dead 7 September 2011 Former Leafs Karpovtsev, Korolev Killed In Russian Plane Crash 7 September 201141RUSAssistant coachIgor Korolev41RUS/CANAssistant coachJorma Valtonen*64FINGoalie coachYuri Bakhvalov--physician/massage therapistftp://213.150.87.138/Arhiv/2010/N43/PDF/slj_2710_28.pdf 213.150.87.138 dead FTP link Aleksandr Belyayev--Equipment manager/massage therapistNikolai Krivonosov31BLRFitness coachYevgeni Kunnov--Massage therapistVyacheslav Kuznetsov--Massage therapistVladimir Piskunov52RUSAdministratorYevgeni Sidorov--Coach-analystAndrei Zimin--Team doctor Zyuzyakin and Valtonen were the only club members not aboard the plane. References External links Official Website Yaro Category:2011–12 in Russian ice hockey Category:Lokomotiv Yaroslavl seasons