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Reports from Russia this morning are an entire Russian League hockey team perished in an airplane crash, including their head coach & former Flyers blue-liner Brad McCrimmon. I was in high school in the mid 80's watching McCrimmon team with Mark Howe as the best defense combo in hockey. RIP Brad.

Damn. WTF is it with Russian aircraft?

Grizalltheway wrote:Damn. WTF is it with Russian aircraft?

Why you gotta automatically assume it's the aircraft? Coulda been the drunk Russian pilot.

bandl wrote:

Grizalltheway wrote:Damn. WTF is it with Russian aircraft?

Why you gotta automatically assume it's the aircraft? Coulda been the drunk Russian pilot.

Why do you gotta automatically assume it is a drunk Russian pilot? Coulda hit a goose.

grizzaholic wrote:

bandl wrote: Why you gotta automatically assume it's the aircraft? Coulda been the drunk Russian pilot.

Why do you gotta automatically assume it is a drunk Russian pilot? Coulda hit a goose.

I think you're right....Most likely GEESE....

But anyways, this is why I don't play hockey in Russia.

In Soviet Russia, hockey plays YOU.

Grizalltheway wrote:In Soviet Russia, hockey plays YOU.

GATW started it.

Grizalltheway wrote:Damn. WTF is it with Russian aircraft?

The problem with Russian aircraft is....they're made by Russians.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/world ... ussia.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A passenger airplane that had been chartered by one of Russia’s best-known hockey teams crashed during take-off Wednesday, killing much of the team, including many of its star players, in the latest air disaster here this summer.

The Yak-42 jet was carrying the team, called Lokomotiv, from its home in Yaroslavl, a city northeast of Moscow, to an away game in Minsk, the capital of Belarus.

The initial accounts of the number of people on board varied from 37 to 44. A Russian aviation official told the Interfax news agency that all but one — a member of the crew — had died.

AZGrizFan wrote:

Grizalltheway wrote:Damn. WTF is it with Russian aircraft?

The problem with Russian aircraft is....they're made by Russians.

So far, 2011 has been a terrible year for air safety in Russia, with eight crashes that have killed 120 people. Six of those crashes have occurred since June.

dbackjon wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:
The problem with Russian aircraft is....they're made by Russians.

So far, 2011 has been a terrible year for air safety in Russia, with eight crashes that have killed 120 people. Six of those crashes have occurred since June.

Let's not forget about the one that killed the president of Poland in 2009(?).

Damn - that's scary shit.

A guy I went to high school with plays (or at least played last year) with a KHL team... When Dan Patrick reported that "a KHL team plane had crashed" there were a few panicky moments - he didn't reveal that it was Locomotiv...

I'm wondering if my friend will rethink playing another season over there... given that he's 30 now and only been up in the NHL a couple times and never stayed long - the payday would have to be might nice to justify this kind of risk.

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:Damn - that's scary shit.

A guy I went to high school with plays (or at least played last year) with a KHL team... When Dan Patrick reported that "a KHL team plane had crashed" there were a few panicky moments - he didn't reveal that it was Locomotiv...

I'm wondering if my friend will rethink playing another season over there... given that he's 30 now and only been up in the NHL a couple times and never stayed long - the payday would have to be might nice to justify this kind of risk.

One word

This isnt sad Flyers news.... Its sad news.... more than just a former Flyer lost his life today.

UNHWildCats wrote:This isnt sad Flyers news.... Its sad news.... more than just a former Flyer lost his life today.

I thought this thread was going to be about Paul Holmgren's bicycle accident.

dbackjon wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:
The problem with Russian aircraft is....they're made by Russians.

So far, 2011 has been a terrible year for air safety in Russia, with eight crashes that have killed 120 people. Six of those crashes have occurred since June.

Impeccable safety record.

AZGrizFan wrote:

dbackjon wrote:

So far, 2011 has been a terrible year for air safety in Russia, with eight crashes that have killed 120 people. Six of those crashes have occurred since June.

Impeccable safety record.

Free enterprise, free from those pesky effective governmental regulations.

93henfan wrote:

UNHWildCats wrote:This isnt sad Flyers news.... Its sad news.... more than just a former Flyer lost his life today.

I thought this thread was going to be about Paul Holmgren's bicycle accident.

I thought the same thing for a minute. Oh my God, did he take a turn for the worse?