Hockey: Reborn Lokomotiv Get 2nd KHL Win

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Hockey: Reborn Lokomotiv Get 2nd KHL Win         - Sputnik International
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KHL team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, reborn after last year's air crash that wiped out the entire roster, recorded its second win of the new season on Saturday.

KHL team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, reborn after last year's air crash that wiped out the entire roster, recorded its second win of the new season on Saturday.

First- and second-period goals from Maxim Turniev and Yegor Averin propelled Lokomotiv to a 2-1 road win at Amur Khabarovsk.

It was a second away victory in Siberia for the team, registered a day after the one-year anniversary of the air disaster.

The team made an emotional return to the ice on Thursday with a 5-2 victory over Sibir Novosibirsk.

Lokomotiv was en route to its first game of the 2011-12 season on September 7 in Belarus when its jet crashed on take-off, killing 44 people.

Since the tragedy, the three-time Russian champion has assembled a new squad for its return to the KHL after fielding a makeshift team of youth players and loan signings in the junior MHL last season.

The city of Yaroslavl held a series of memorial services all day Friday, as fans took part in a silent march to the Lokomotiv arena and released balloons at 16:05, the exact time of the crash.

 

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