Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
City	Yaroslavl, Russia
League	KHL 2008–2011, 2012–present VHL 2011–2012 RSL 1996–2008 IHL 1992–1996 Soviet League Class A 1987–1992 Soviet League Class A2 1966–1967, 1968–1970, 1983–1987 Soviet League Class A3 1967–1968, 1970–1983 Soviet League Class B 1963–1966
Conference	Western
Division	Tarasov
Founded	1959
Home arena	Arena 2000 (capacity: 8,905)
Colours
Owner(s)	Russian Railways
President	Yuri Yakovlev
Head coach	Igor Nikitin
Captain	Alexander Yelesin
Affiliates	Molot-Prikamye Perm (VHL) Loko (MHL)
Website	hclokomotiv.ru
Franchise history
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 2000–present Torpedo Yaroslavl 1965–2000 Motor Yaroslavl 1964–1965 Trud Yaroslavl 1963–1964 YaMZ Yaroslavl 1959–1963
Current season

Hockey Club Lokomotiv (Russian: ХК Локомотив, English: Locomotive HC), also known as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, is a Russian professional ice hockey team, based in the city of Yaroslavl, playing in the top level Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The name of the team is derived from its owner, Russian Railways, the national railroad operator.

On 7 September 2011, nearly the entire team perished in a plane crash. The team's flight to a game in Minsk crashed during takeoff, killing all of the team's roster (except forward Maxim Zyuzyakin, who was not on the flight), all coaching staff (except goaltending coach Jorma Valtonen, not on the flight) and four players from the Loko 9 juniors squad of the Minor Hockey League (MHL).^[1] The tragedy forced Lokomotiv Yaroslavl to cancel their participation in the 2011–12 KHL season.^[2]