During the 2011–12 Pittsburgh Penguins season, this Russian professional ice hockey center contributed a high goal tally despite his surgery has what jersey number?
Evgeni Malkin Evgeni (Yevgeni) Vladimirovich Malkin (Russian: Евге́ний Влади́мирович Ма́лкин ; ] ; born 31 July 1986) is a Russian professional ice hockey center and alternate captain for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He currently wears number 71 on his jersey.
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash On 7 September 2011, Yak-Service Flight 9633, a Yakovlev Yak-42 carrying the players and coaching staff of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl professional ice hockey team, crashed near the Russian city of Yaroslavl. The aircraft ran off the runway before lifting off, struck a tower mast, caught fire and crashed 2 km from Tunoshna Airport on the Volga River bank. Of the 45 on board, 43 died at the crash site. One of the two rescued from the wreck, Alexander Galimov, died five days later in hospital. Crew member Alexander Sizov was the sole survivor.