Zyuzyakin was the only rostered member of the team not aboard the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash . He had been asked by head coach Brad McCrimmon to stay behind in Yaroslavl to rest and meet with the team in Moscow for their next scheduled game against Spartak , which was never played , as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl cancelled their participation in the 2011 – 12 KHL season as a result of the crash . Instead Russian hockey coach Petr Vorobiev led the team as it played part of the 2011 – 2012 season in the VHL , Russia 's equivalent of the American Hockey League . As the only surviving player , Zyuzyakin later was named captain of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl for the 2011 – 12 VHL season and became a symbol of the team 's revival
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
Maxim Zyuzyakin