During the summer of 2011 , Valiquette turned down an offer to return to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl , due to a lack of guaranteed playing time . This proved fortunate for him , in light of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash , which killed nearly the entire team and staff . Unsigned and not playing , it was announced in November 2011 that Valiquette , who runs a goalie school of his own , was taking a position at Quinnipiac University as the volunteer goalie coach for the men 's NCAA team . However , a couple of days later , the AHL 's Bridgeport Sound Tigers , for whom Valiquette had played while in the Islanders ' system , put out a call for an emergency backup , as they were shorthanded due to injuries with their Islanders parent club . Ultimately , Valiquette wound up not having to play for the Sound Tigers , and moved on to play for HC Valpellice of the Italian Serie A league , which in 14 games , he led in save percentage and goals against average . After his season at HC Valpellice , Valiquette signed with Swedish club Djurgården of the HockeyAllsvenskan league , but instead retired due to injury
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
Steve Valiquette