Sad Flyers News

[bluehenbillk]

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.

[Grizalltheway]

Damn. WTF is it with Russian aircraft?

[bandl]

Damn. WTF is it with Russian aircraft?

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

[grizzaholic]

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.

[bandl]

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.

[Grizalltheway]

In Soviet Russia, hockey plays YOU.

[grizzaholic]

In Soviet Russia, hockey plays YOU.

GATW started it.

[AZGrizFan]

Damn. WTF is it with Russian aircraft?

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

[dbackjon]

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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.

[dbackjon]

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.

[Grizalltheway]

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(?).

[TwinTownBisonFan]

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.

[grizzaholic]

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

[UNHWildCats]

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

[93henfan]

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.

[AZGrizFan]

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.

[dbackjon]

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.

[89Hen]

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?