Igor Borisovich Korolev ( ; September 6 , 1970 &ndash; September 7 , 2011 ) was a professional ice hockey player and coach . Korolev played over 700 games in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) from 1992 until 2004 . Korolev returned to Russia , and played a further seven seasons in the Russian Super League ( RSL ) and the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) before retiring from active play in 2010 . In 2011 , Korolev accepted an assistant coach position with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl . Korolev was killed in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash along with nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League for whom he was coaching . A native of the Russian Republic of the Soviet Union , Korolev became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 2000
2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
Igor Korolev