Nikita Sergeyevich Klyukin (Russian: Никита Серге́евич Клюкин) (10 November 1989 – 7 September 2011) was a Russian professional ice hockey player who played in the KHL.[1] He was killed in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash.
Death
On 7 September 2011, Klyukin 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.'"[2][3][4]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2008–09 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | KHL | 19 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | KHL | 38 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | KHL | 47 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| KHL totals | 103 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 30 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Russia | WJC | 7 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 7 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2 | |||
See also
References
- ^ Yaroslavl Lokomotiv's 2010-11 Roster
- ^ "First pictures from the crash of Yak-42 near Yaroslavl". Lifenews.ru. 2011-09-07. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
- ^ "The list of Lokomotiv players who died". Lifenews.ru. 2011-09-07. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
- ^ "Pavol Demitra among 43 killed in Russian plane crash". theglobeandmail.com. 2011-09-07. Retrieved 2011-09-07.[permanent dead link]
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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