Vorobyov was an assistant coach for Dinamo Riga from 1982 till 1989 , but in the 1989 – 90 season , he was the head coach . From 1990 till 1992 , he was an assistant coach for Dynamo Moscow but in the 1992-93 season , he became their head coach . After that Vorobyov was the head coach for Frankfurt Lions , Torpedo Yaroslavl ( as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl was known then ) , Lokomotiv Yaroslavl and Lada Togliatti . In 2006 , Vorobyov became the head coach of the Latvia men 's national ice hockey team . After that he returned to the Russian Superleague to coach Khimik Mytischy and Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod . When the Kontinental Hockey League began , he managed to reach the 1/8 final with Lada Togliatti . On 8 February 2010 , he resigned from coaching Lada to return to Yaroslavl to coach Lokomotiv Yaroslavl once again . At the end of the season , he was hired to coach the junior team Loko of the Russian Junior Hockey League ( MHL ) . Vorobyov is currently in his third stint coaching Lokomotiv , replacing Brad McCrimmon as head coach after McCrimmon and the entire team was killed in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash on 7 September 2011
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
Pyotr Vorobyov