Danylo Yevhenovych "Daniil" Sobchenko (; 13 April 1991 – 7 September 2011) was a
Ukrainian-Russian professional
ice hockey
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player. Born in
Kyiv
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, Sobchenko spent the entirety of his professional hockey career with
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
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of the
Kontinental Hockey League
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It was considered in ...
. He was a member of the Russian national team that competed in the
IIHF World Championship
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's under 18 and under 20 levels; winning gold for the country in 2011. Sobchenko was drafted 166th overall in the
2011 NHL Entry Draft
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by the
San Jose Sharks
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. He died along with the entire Lokomotiv team in the
2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
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on the first day of the
2011–12 season.
Death
On 7 September 2011, Sobchenko was killed when a
Yakovlev Yak-42
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passenger aircraft, carrying nearly his entire Lokomotiv team, crashed at
Tunoshna Airport
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, just outside the city of Yaroslavl, Russia. The team was traveling to
Minsk
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to play their opening game of the season, with its coaching staff and prospects. Lokomotiv officials confirmed that the entire main roster was on the flight, including four players from the junior team. The bodies of Ukrainian teammates Sobchenko and
Vitali Anikeyenko were repatriated following the crash for burial in Ukraine.
The funeral was held on 10 September at Sovskoe cemetery in Kyiv.
Career statistics
See also
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References
External links
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1991 births
2011 deaths
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players
Russian ice hockey centres
Russian people of Ukrainian descent
Ice hockey people from Kyiv
Ukrainian ice hockey centres
Victims of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
San Jose Sharks draft picks
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