BREAKING NEWS: Plane Crash in Russia Kills 40!!!

Update: Below you can find a list of those who perished in the crash. Reports suggest that there were two survivors. Player Alex Galimov & a crew member.

http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http://www.sovsport.ru/news/text-item/479312

Heres an update on the crash also what the KHL plans to do next, courtesy of puckdaddy:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/After-plane-crash-KHL-asks-for-patience-on-Loko?urn=nhl-wp12025

According to many reports, a plane crash in Russia this morning has killed 36 people & critically injured one. It is widely expected that most of a KHL team that was on board the plane has been killed. Reportedly only a handful or less members of the team survived. Its been reported that former NHLers Josef Vasicek & Pavol Demitra among others were some of the former NHL players on board this flight.

For up to the minute info follow Dmitry Chesnokov on twitter. Dmitry is the Russian hockey reported for yahoos puckdaddy. His twitter name is @dchesnokov.

In what has been a tragic summer for hockey it just gets worse!! I'm sending my thoughts & prayers out to all affected by this tragedy.