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KHL head vows to rebuild after plane crash

Originally published: September 8, 2011 6:28 PM
Updated: September 8, 2011 9:28 PM

Photo credit: Getty Images | People wearing the club jerseys of Russian ice hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl light candles during a commemorative service in a church in Yaroslavl. (Sept. 8, 2011)

MOSCOW -- The Russian ice hockey team whose players were killed in a plane crash will be rebuilt in time to take part in this year's Kontinental Hockey League season, according to the league leader.

All but one of the 28 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players traveling to Belarus for their first game of the season was killed when their Yak-42 jet crashed on Wednesday. Alexander Galimov survived the crash...

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KHL head vows to rebuild after plane crash

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