Ivan Leonidovich Tkachenko (russian: Иван Леонидович Ткаченко) (9 November 1979 – 7 September 2011) was a Russian professional

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winger who played for

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Hockey Club Lokomotiv (russian: ХК Локомотив, en, 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) ...

of the

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(KHL). He was selected by the

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in the 4th round (98th overall) of the

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Death

On 7 September 2011, Tkachenko was killed in the

2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash On 7 September 2011, YAK-Service Flight 9633, a Yakovlev Yak-42 air charter, charter flight operated by Yak-Service, YAK-Service carrying players and coaching staff of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl professional ice hockey team, crashed on take-off nea ...

, when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft carrying nearly his entire Lokomotiv team crashed just outside Yaroslavl, Russia. The team was traveling to

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to play their opening game of the season, with its coaching staff and prospects. Lokomotiv officials said, "Everyone from the main roster was on the plane plus four players from the youth team."

Charity

Three weeks after Tkachenko's death, information appeared in the

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that during the last four years of his life he had anonymously donated almost ten million

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s (over 300,000

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s) for the treatment of children suffering from serious diseases. He transferred 500 000 rubles on the day before his death.Ивановы дети. Письмо погибшему капитану «Локомотива» Ивану Ткаченко от имени всех, кого он спас
Хоккеист «Локомотива» Иван Ткаченко потратил на помощь больным детям 9 996 300 рублей

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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