Lokomotiv was an ice hockey team in Yaroslavl , Russia . They played in the VHL , the second level of Russian ice hockey . It was a farm club of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League . It was founded in 2011 after the entire KHL team along with its coaching staff died in a plane crash and consisted of MHL players of Loko Yaroslavl . When the franchise rejoined the KHL in its 2012 – 13 season , it was decided to keep a minor team in the VHL structure
died in a plane crash
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (VHL)