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Lokomotiv Yaroslavl In Amish Country
by Paul on 05/25/13 at 06:27 AM ET
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from Elizabeth Merrill of ESPN,
A trip to the rural corners of Lancaster County is like being locked inside a Cracker Barrel. The houses smell like freshly baked bread. There are rocking chairs everywhere, sort of a reminder to slow down and take everything in. Cruise down Route 72, through the rolling hills, and occasionally a horse and buggy will snarl traffic. But that's OK; there's no hurry. Unless, of course, you're chasing something big.
For weeks, the locals had no idea that a Russian hockey team was living among them, running stadium steps, riding a mechanical bull and yelling, "Yeah baby!" after intense workouts. In their Under Armour shirts and Hollister shorts, the players look like average American teenagers. They're not.
This story started two years ago, nearly 5,000 miles away, when a Russian plane crashed and the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl professional hockey team perished. The world is a great big place, but the hockey world is small. Everyone in the sport was affected that September day in 2011. Players from all over Russia signed up to be part of a new Lokomotiv team in honor of their former teammates, friends and opponents. An American, Tom Rowe, moved to Russia to coach them, even though he didn't speak a lick of the language.
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Video- Lokomotiv: Leaving the Ice
by Paul on 09/07/12 at 09:38 AM ET
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from Russia Today,
On September 7, 2011, a plane carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team crashed during takeoff. Forty-four people lost their lives in the tragedy. Today, new faces make up the team, and Lokomotiv is once again on the ice. But the memory of the former players and staff of Yaroslavl's hockey team will certainly never be forgotten.
Watch a 26 minute tribute video below...
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Evgeni Malkin Issues Video Statement
by brianmetzer on 09/09/11 at 06:20 PM ET
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Many in the hockey world are still reeling from the events of Wednesday morning that saw a plane crash take the lives of all but one member of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL team that was en route to the first game of its season in Minsk. Watching the pain and suffering of all involved as been tough for all of us, but no one has felt it worse that the many Russian born NHL players that have intimate ties to many of the teams in the KHL and specifically Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.
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