Andrei Kiryukhin

Andrei Anatolievich Kiryukhin (Russian: Андрей Анатольевич Кирюхин; 4 August 1987 – 7 September 2011) was a Russian professional ice hockey winger who played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).[1]

Andrei Kiryukhin
Born (1987-08-04)4 August 1987
Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died 7 September 2011(2011-09-07) (aged 24)
Yaroslavl, Russia
Height 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight 199 lb (90 kg; 14 st 3 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Left
Played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Playing career 2005–2011
Andrei Kiryukhin
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
2007 Sweden

Besides Lokomotiv, he also played for Lokomotiv-2 (its farm team), Belgorod and Kapitan teams.

Playing for Russia at the 2007 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships he won a silver medal.

His father Anatoly Kiryukhin was a football player and coach.

Death

On 7 September 2011, Kiryukhin was killed in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash, 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.'"[2][3][4]

See also
  • List of ice hockey players who died during their playing career

References
  1. Yaroslavl Lokomotiv's 2010-11 Roster Archived 2011-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "First pictures from the crash of Yak-42 near Yaroslavl". Lifenews.ru. 2011-09-07. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
  3. "The list of Lokomotiv players who died". Lifenews.ru. 2011-09-07. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
  4. "Pavol Demitra among 43 killed in Russian plane crash". theglobeandmail.com. 2011-09-07. Retrieved 2011-09-07.


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