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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Yuri Urychev, Russian, world junior champion, died from a plane crash he was 20.

Yuri Olegovich Urychev  was a Russian professional ice hockey player who at the time of his death played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League died from a plane crash he was  20..

( April 3, 1991 – September 7, 2011)

Death

On September 7, 2011, Urychev was killed in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster, 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."
He was injured and serving a suspension at the time and was not originally scheduled to fly to the game, but he volunteered to go to support the team even though he wouldn't be able to play.[4]


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