Older news, but did any hockey fans know that on Sept 7 of this year, a plane crash in Russia killed 26 pro European hockey players, including former NHL players such as Ruslan Salei, Pavol Demitra, and Josef Vasichek. A guy I knew once joked that this kind of thing didn't happen more often... a plane or bus crash that wipes out an entire sports team.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Lo...vl_plane_crash