Yaroslavl plane crash: list of dead published (07 Sep 2011)
Karel Rachunek

- Position: defender
- Player status: deceased
- Gender: male
- Nationality: Czechia
- Birth date: 27.08.1979
- Birth place: Gottwaldov, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia
- Height: 187 cm / 6' 1"
- Weight: 91 kg / 201 lbs
- Shoots: right
- Draft 1: Ottawa Senators, year: 1997, round: 9, position: 229
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- Trivia:
Karel Rachunek died in the Yaroslavl catastrophe 2011(Sep 7, 2011). The plane of KHL club Lokomotiv Yaroslavl crashed and all the players, coaches, club staff members and board staff died except two men: Aleksander Galimov(forward of Yaroslavl; died 5 days later) and Aleksandr Sizov(flight engineer).
Played in NHL YoungStars game (2001-02)
RHL All-Star Team 2005
Top D-man sniper (KHL, playoff) 2008-09
Top D-man scorer and assistant (KHL, regular season) 2010-11
Top D-man scorer and sniper (KHL, playoff) 2010-11
Season | Team | League | # | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010-11 | ![]() | Euro Hockey Tour | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | |
2010-11 | ![]() | World Championship | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | |
2009-10 | ![]() | Euro Hockey Tour | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |
2009-10 | ![]() | World Championship | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5 | |
2008-09 | ![]() | Euro Hockey Tour | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 1 | |
2008-09 | ![]() | World Championship | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | |
1998-99 | ![]() | WJC (U20) | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | -1 | |
1996-97 | ![]() | EJC (U18) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
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