The hockey world is still trying to come to terms with the plane crash yesterday just outside of Yaroslavl, Russia. Onboard was former Calgary Flame defenceman Brad McCrimmon, who accepted a the head coaching position with Locomotiv Yaroslavl back in May. Flames President Ken King tries to sum up what we're seeing with this tragedy:

McCrimmon's former teammate, Jim Pepplinski says he's still shocked by the news:

43 people died in yesterdays crash. 27 were members of the KHL team including former NHLers Pavol Demitra, Josef Vaseck and Rusilan Salei.