On 7 September 2011 , Liv was killed when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft , carrying nearly his entire Lokomotiv team , crashed just outside Yaroslavl , Russia . The team was traveling to Minsk to play their opening game of the season , with its coaching staff and prospects . Lokomotiv officials said " everyone from the main roster was on the plane plus four players from the youth team . " As a result of Liv 's death , the premier round games of the 2011 – 12 Elitserien season , between 13 – 15 September , began with a one-minute silence . In honour , his No. 1 jersey was retired and raised to the rafters by HV71 in Kinnarps Arena prior to HV71 's home game against Timrå IK on 10 January 2012 . To remember Liv throughout the 2011 – 12 season , all player jerseys in HV71 's team carried number 1 on the front . On 10 September 2011 , over 10,000 fans of HV71 attended Kinnarps Arena , HV71 's home arena , to honor Stefan Liv
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Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
Stefan Liv