10 Year anniversary honors tragic day in Lokomotiv and KHL history

When Lokomotiv hosts Dinamo Minsk today, it will do so for the first time in 10 years and with heavy hearts. The tragic day in history back in 2011 left almost no corner of the hockey world untouched and cost the lives of the team, the staff, and all in the flight crew – people that are missed to this very day. Their spirits are to be honored as the team marches on into competition with their memory never forgotten.

Elsewhere, Metallurg and Salavat face off as two teams having gotten off to fantastic starts. They each enter today’s contest with a 2-0 record, but someone’s going home a loser tonight.

Torpedo hasn’t lost at home in quite some time against Sibir and it doesn’t intend to tonight either, but Sibir isn’t going to giving them anything without a fight. Of course, they’ve lost two in a row, so one’s got to wonder what the level of confidence is heading into today’s game.

17:00: Metallurg vs Salavat

About the game
Metallurg is entering today’s game on a 2-game winning streak.
Salavat is also entering today’s game on a 2-game winning streak.
Metallurg is playing the first of four straight home games.
Salavat is playing the 3^rd of three straight road games.

Injury list
Metallurg: Bogdan Potekhin
Salavat: Rodion Amirov

Milestone alert
Forward Anatoli Nikontsev is hoping to suit up for his 600^th career KHL game (currently at 599).
Forward Vasili Koshechkin is hoping to suit up for his 700^th career KHL game (currently at 699).
Forward Vladislav Kartayev is hoping to collect his 100^th career KHL point (currently at 99).

19:30: Lokomotiv vs Dinamo Minsk

About the game
Lokomotiv is entering today’s game fresh off a defeat.
Dinamo Minsk is entering today’s game fresh off a victory.
Lokomotiv is playing the 3^rd of three straight home games
Dinamo Minsk is playing the 3^rd of three straight road games.
Lokomotiv has won its last 4 home games against Dinamo Minsk.
This will be the first time in 10 seasons that Lokomotiv will be playing on September 7^th, thus honoring the 10-year anniversary of the tragic plane crash near Yaroslavl that cost 44 lives including the team’s players, coaching staff, team staff, and the plane’s crew.

Milestone alert
Defenseman Maxim Osipov is hoping to collect his 100^th career KHL point (currently at 99).
Defenseman Vladislav Yeryomenko is hoping to suit up for his 100^th career KHL game (currently at 99).

19:30: Torpedo vs Sibir

About the game
Torpedo is entering today’s game fresh off a victory.
Sibir is entering today’s game on a 2-game losing streak.
Torpedo is playing the 1^st of three home games.
Sibir is playing the 3^rd of four straight road games.
Torpedo has won its last 4 home games against Sibir.

Injury list
Sibir: Nikolai Demidov, Jyrki Jokipakka, Vadim Kudako, Nikita Shashkov

Milestone alert
Defenseman Mikhail Orlov is hoping to suit up for his 200^th career KHL game (currently at 199).
Forward Viktor Komarov is hoping to collect his 100^th career KHL point (currently at 99).