Alexander Galimov, Russian ice hockey player, died from injuries sustained in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster he was 26.

Alexander Saidgereyevich Galimov  was a Russian professional ice hockey player died from injuries sustained in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl air disaster he was 26. . At the time of his death, he was a member of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) ^[1] whose team plane crashed on September 7, 2011.

( May 2, 1985 – September 12, 2011)

Playing career

Alexander Galimov was born in 1985 in Yaroslavl, then the Soviet Union. He began his professional career in 2004 with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. The 6-foot, 196-pounder, played 341 RSL/KHL games, scoring 64 goals and 126 points, while racking up 280 penalty minutes.
Galimov was a member of the silver-medal winning Russian U20 team at the 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. He also played for the Russia men's national ice hockey team on the 2009–10 and 2010–11 Euro Hockey Tours.

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash

On September 7, 2011, a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying nearly the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team including Galimov, 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. Galimov was the only player from the team's roster to survive the initial impact. A crew member, Alexander Sizov, also survived.
Galimov suffered burns to over 90 percent of his body.^[6] The medical team in Yaroslavl managed to stabilize him, and on the following day, September 8, he was transported to the Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, where he was placed in a medically induced coma, and on artificial ventilation.^[7]
On September 12, 2011, Galimov died from the burns he had sustained in the crash.^[8][9] Lokomotiv Yaroslavl marketing manager Yevgeni Chuev said it was likely that another memorial, this time specifically for Galimov, would be held on September 13, 2011.^[10]

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2004–05	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	RSL		41	1	1	2	37		9	0	0	0	0
2005–06	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	RSL		35	5	3	8	46		11	3	0	3	2
2006–07	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	RSL		54	16	13	29	50		7	1	1	2	10
2007–08	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	RSL		51	9	9	18	45		10	0	0	0	14
2008–09	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	KHL		55	7	6	13	28		19	2	2	4	8
2009–10	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	KHL		52	13	12	25	46		16	8	6	14	33
2010–11	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	KHL		53	13	18	31	31		18	9	5	14	10
RSL/KHL totals				341	64	62	126	283		90	23	14	37	77

Medal record
Competitor for Russia
Men's ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Silver	2005 USA

International

Year	Team	Event	Place		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2005	Russia	WJC			6	1	2	3	0
Junior totals					6	1	2	3	0

See also

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