The Blues paid tribute before a home game on November 8 , to two of their past players , Pavol Demitra ( 1996 – 2004 ) and Igor Korolev ( 1992 – 1994 ) , who died in a September 7 plane crash near Yaroslavl , Russia , that carried the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team . Both players wore uniform number 38 while with the team . The accident killed 45 players , coaches , team personnel and members of the flight crew . It is the single-largest tragedy in the history of professional hockey
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Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
2011–12 St. Louis Blues season