Daniil Sobchenko, Russian, world junior champion, died from a plane crash died he was 20.

Danylo Yevhenovych "Daniil" Sobchenko was a Ukrainian-Russian professional ice hockey player. Born in Kiev, Sobchenko spent the entirety of his professional hockey career with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League died from a plane crash died he was  20.. He was a member of the Russian national team that competed in the IIHF World Championship's under 18 and under 20 levels; winning gold for the country in 2011. Sobchenko was drafted 165th overall in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks. He died along with most of the Lokomotiv team in a plane crash on the first day of the 2011–12 season.
(13 April 1991 – 7 September 2011)

Death

On 7 September 2011, Sobchenko was killed when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying nearly his entire Lokomotiv team, crashed at Tunoshna Airport, just outside the city of Yaroslavl, Russia. The team was traveling to Minsk to play their opening game of the season, with its coaching staff and prospects. Lokomotiv officials confirmed that the entire main roster was on the flight, including four players from the junior team.^[1][2][3] The bodies of Ukrainian teammates Sobchenko and Vitali Anikeyenko were repatriated following the crash for burial in Ukraine.^[4] The funeral was held on 10 September at Sovskom cemetery in Kiev.^[5]

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2009–10	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	KHL		35	5	1	6	6		6	0	0	0	2
2010–11	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	KHL		16	1	1	2	4		17	0	1	1	18
KHL totals				51	6	2	8	10		11	0	1	1	16

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