Gennady Churilov Explained

Played For:Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Ntl Team:RUS
Position:Centre
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:185
Shoots:Left
Birth Date:1987 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Magnitogorsk, Soviet Union
Death Place:Yaroslavl, Russia
Draft:Undrafted
Career Start:2005
Career End:2011

Gennady Stanislavovich Churilov (Russian: Геннадий Станиславович Чурилов) (5 May 1987 – 7 September 2011) was a Russian professional ice hockey player. Churilov played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).[1]

Death

On 7 September 2011, Churilov was killed in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash, when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying nearly his entire Lokomotiv team, crashed just outside Yaroslavl, Russia. The team was traveling to Minsk to play their opening game of the season, with its coaching staff and prospects. Lokomotiv officials said "'everyone from the main roster was on the plane plus four players from the youth team.'"[2] [3] [4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/csl.php?tid=5026 Yaroslavl Lokomotiv's 2010-11 Roster
  2. Web site: First pictures from the crash of Yak-42 near Yaroslavl . . 2011-09-07 . 2011-09-07.
  3. Web site: The list of Lokomotiv players who died . . 2011-09-07 . 2011-09-07.
  4. Web site: Pavol Demitra among 43 killed in Russian plane crash . theglobeandmail.com . 2011-09-07 . 2011-09-07 .