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Thursday, September 8, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing.
Tragedy touches players, fans Canadian coach, 42 others die in crash of Russian hockey team’s private jet MISHA JAPARIDZE/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Coalition pushes for charity changes
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Ottawa hockey fans and players reacted with sadness yesterday to news that a Russian hockey team’s private jet crashed, killing 43 people, including two former Ottawa Senators players and a draft pick. A statement issued yesterday by the Sens said, “The Ottawa Senators organization is deeply saddened by the news of the tragic plane crash today in Russia. On behalf of the hockey club and all of our fans, we want to extend our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the players, coaches and staff who died, including Senators draft pick Vitaly Anikeyenko, and former players Pavol Demitra and Karel Rachunek. Our thoughts and prayers are with them.” Former Ottawa Senator Martin Havlat said in a series of tweets, “I haven’t tweeted in a long time but want to speak today. To all the families of the Yaroslavl players, coaches and to the families of my good friends Josef Vasicek, Jan Marek and (Karel) Rachunek I send out my
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Rescuers lift a stretcher with the body of a victim out of the river at the crash site of a Russian Yak-42 jet near the city of Yaroslavl, northeast of Moscow yesterday.
condolences and sympathies. You will never be forgotten.” “The hockey world is so small,” said The Team 1200 radio host Steve Lloyd. “Talk to any player in the NHL and they probably have a connection to
at least one of the people on board that plane.” Those connections extended beyond players to fans. “Sad day 4 hockey — Karel Rachunek — golfed with him, attended my sons hockey prac-
tices, great man who gave back. #sens,” tweeted Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police government-relations representative Timothy Smith. More coverage {page 8}
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