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The worst summer / off-season in the history of hockey continues. An unbelievable tragedy in Russia today as 43 people lost their lives in a plane crash. Among those lost to the hockey world is former Flame Brad McCrimmon.
- Darkest day in the history of hockey (IIHF President)
- Reaction to the crash from the Flames (CTV) & (Flames.com)
- Russian news coverage in English - (RT)
- Alex Ovechkin calls it a nationanal tragedy (Washington Post)
- One of the worst plane crashes involving a professional sports team (TSN)
- Story as per CNN
- Story as per the Guardian (UK)
- Former NHL players in crash (NHL.com)