Looking to further his career , he left Detroit on May 19 , 2011 , and was introduced as head coach of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) on May 29 . He hoped that coaching the Russian club would help him land an NHL head coaching position in the future . He never coached a game for Lokomotiv , as on September 7 , 2011 , he was killed in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash en route to their first game of the season . McCrimmon died along with nearly the entire team
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
Brad McCrimmon