Daniil Sobchenko

Daniil Sobchenko
Born	13 April 1991(1991-04-13) Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	7 September 2011(2011-09-07) (aged 20) Tunoshna, Yaroslavl, Russia
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Left
Played for	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL)
NHL Draft	165th overall, 2011 San Jose Sharks
Playing career	2009–2011

Medal record
Competitor for  Russia
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Gold	2011 United States

Danylo Yevhenovych "Daniil" Sobchenko (Ukrainian: Данило Євге́нович Собченко; 13 April 1991 – 7 September 2011) was a Ukrainian-Russian professional ice hockey player. Born in Kiev, Sobchenko spent the entirety of his professional hockey career with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League. He was a member of the Russian national team that competed in the IIHF World Championship's under 18 and under 20 levels; winning gold for the country in 2011. Sobchenko was drafted 165th overall in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks. He died along with most of the Lokomotiv team in a plane crash on the first day of the 2011–12 season.

Death

Main article: Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash

On 7 September 2011, Sobchenko was killed when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying nearly his entire Lokomotiv team, crashed at Tunoshna Airport, just outside the city of Yaroslavl, Russia. The team was traveling to Minsk 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.^[1][2][3] The bodies of Ukrainian teammates Sobchenko and Vitali Anikeyenko were repatriated following the crash for burial in Ukraine.^[4] The funeral was held on 10 September at Sovskom cemetery in Kiev.^[5]

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2009–10	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	KHL		35	5	1	6	6		6	0	0	0	2
2010–11	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	KHL		16	1	1	2	4		17	0	1	1	18
KHL totals				51	6	2	8	10		11	0	1	1	16

See also

• List of ice hockey players who died during their playing career

References

1. ^ "First pictures from the crash of Yak-42 near Yaroslavl". Lifenews.ru. 2011-09-07. http://www.lifenews.ru/news/68920. Retrieved 2011-09-07. 
2. ^ "The list of Lokomotiv players who died". Lifenews.ru. 2011-09-07. http://www.lifenews.ru/news/68927. Retrieved 2011-09-07. 
3. ^ "Pavol Demitra among 43 killed in Russian plane crash". theglobeandmail.com. 2011-09-07. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/former-nhl-star-pavol-demitra-among-43-killed-in-russian-plane-crash/article2156297/. Retrieved 2011-09-07. 
4. ^ . Press service of the Russian Hockey Federation Ukraine. 9 September 2011. http://fhu.com.ua/ua/news/top/hokkei_v_ukraine/2567/. Retrieved 9 September 2011. 
5. ^ http://photo.segodnya.ua/kiev/v-kieve-khoronili-pogibshikh-khokkeistov-prostitsya-prishli-500-chelovek/

External links

• Daniil Sobchenko's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Daniil Sobchenko's career stats at Eliteprospects.com

Persondata
Name	Sobchenko, Daniil
Alternative names
Short description	Russian ice hockey player
Date of birth	13 April 1991
Place of birth	Kiev, Ukraine
Date of death	7 September 2011
Place of death	Tunoshna, near Yaroslavl, Russia