The rain falling on Hockey Valley today really set the tone for the kind of day it has been.
Most of us at any level of the hockey world are still trying to come to grips with the tragic news out of Russia. It is nearly incomprehensible to think of the loss of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the crash of the team's charter plane shortly after taking off earlier today.
As Greg Wyshynski put it in his Puck Daddy blog:
The team official also told SovSport
The hockey world will be mourning the loss of life for some time.
The tragedy has certainly put a damper on Tuesday's news from Hockey Valley that the women's varsity team will join College Hockey America next fall - the first season of varsity hockey for Josh Brandwene's team.
In addition to speaking yesterday with Josh and CHA Commissioner Robert DeGregorio, I also chatted with assistant coach Gina Kearns and Joe Battista.
Most of us at any level of the hockey world are still trying to come to grips with the tragic news out of Russia. It is nearly incomprehensible to think of the loss of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the crash of the team's charter plane shortly after taking off earlier today.
As Greg Wyshynski put it in his Puck Daddy blog:
"Right now there is no hope. The team is gone."
Reading those words from a Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team official to SovSport remains one of the more emotionally humbling moments of this incredible tragedy that's befallen the hockey world.
The plane crash that claimed the lives of 43 people took a collection of good fathers, friends and peers away from us; men who made an impact in their homelands as hockey stars and, in some cases, in the NHL.
The team official also told SovSport
"...everyone from the main roster was on the plane plus four players from the youth team.' Lokomotiv official said the entire team was on the plane because they were traveling for the 1st game of the season, a celebration."
The hockey world will be mourning the loss of life for some time.
The tragedy has certainly put a damper on Tuesday's news from Hockey Valley that the women's varsity team will join College Hockey America next fall - the first season of varsity hockey for Josh Brandwene's team.
In addition to speaking yesterday with Josh and CHA Commissioner Robert DeGregorio, I also chatted with assistant coach Gina Kearns and Joe Battista.
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