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Alexander Galimov

{{Short description|Russian ice hockey player}}

{{For|the football player|Aleksandr Galimov (footballer)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Alexander Galimov.jpg

| caption = Galimov playing for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in 2008

| image_size = 230px

| played_for = Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

| ntl_team = RUS

| position = Right Wing

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 196

| shoots = Left

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1985|05|02}}

| birth_place = Yaroslavl, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2011|09|12|1985|05|02}}

| death_place = Moscow, Russia

| career_start = 2004

| career_end = 2011

}}

Alexander Saidgereyevich Galimov ({{langx|ru|Александр Саидгереевич Галимов}}; 2 May 1985 – 12 September 2011) was a Russian professional ice hockey player. At the time of his death, he was a member of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0050262011.html Yaroslavl Lokomotiv's 2010-11 Roster] whose team plane crashed on 7 September 2011 killing all but one of the 45 crew and passengers on board.

Playing career

Alexander Galimov was born in 1985 in Yaroslavl, then the Soviet Union. He began his professional career in 2004 with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. The 6-foot, 196-pounder, played 341 RSL/KHL games, scoring 64 goals and 126 points, while racking up 280 penalty minutes.

Galimov was a member of the silver medal-winning Russian U20 team at the 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. He also played for the Russia men's national ice hockey team on the 2009–10 and 2010–11 Euro Hockey Tours.

Death

{{see also|2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash}}

On 7 September 2011, a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying nearly the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team including Galimov, crashed just outside Yaroslavl, Russia. The team was traveling to Minsk to play their opening game of the season, with its coaching staff and prospects. Galimov was the only player from the team's roster who was on the plane to survive the initial impact. A crew member, Alexander Sizov, also survived.CNN. [http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/09/07/russia.plane.crash/ Dozens killed as Russian plane carrying hockey team crashes], 7 September 2011.Heritage, Timothy. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-plane-crash-idUSTRE7862VL20110907 Dozens dead in Russian hockey team plane crash], Reuters, 7 September 2011.CBC News. [https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/plane-crash-kills-khl-team-in-hockey-s-darkest-day-1.1007333 Plane crash kills KHL team in hockey's 'darkest day], 7 September 2011.

Galimov suffered burns to over 80 percent of his body.[http://www.newsytype.com/11050-khl-plane-crash-kills-45 Report on Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash] The medical team in Yaroslavl managed to stabilize him, and on the following day, 8 September, he was transported to the Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, where he was placed in a medically induced coma, and on artificial ventilation.{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}

On 12 September 2011, Galimov died from the burns he had sustained in the crash five days earlier.[http://echo.msk.ru/news/810946-echo.html Скончался хоккеист Александр Галимов]{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1052275--sole-hockey-player-to-survive-russian-plane-crash-dies?bn=1|title=World News: Sole hockey player to survive Russian plane crash dies|first= Lynn|last= Berry|work=thestar.com|date= 2011-09-12|quote=Alexander Galimov|accessdate=12 September 2011}} Lokomotiv Yaroslavl marketing manager Yevgeni Chuev said it was likely that another memorial, this time specifically for Galimov, would be held on 13 September 2011.{{cite news|url=http://hockey.expressen.se/nyheter/1.2557253/galimov-dod-avled-efter-skadorna|title=Galimov död — avled efter skadorna|newspaper=Expressen|author=Sebastian Mattsson|language=Swedish|date=2011-09-12|accessdate=2011-09-12|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712035545/http://hockey.expressen.se/nyheter/1.2557253/galimov-dod-avled-efter-skadorna|archive-date=2012-07-12|url-status=dead}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5" | Regular season

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! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2004–05Lokomotiv YaroslavlRSL411123790000
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| 2005–06

Lokomotiv YaroslavlRSL3553846113032
2006–07Lokomotiv YaroslavlRSL5416132950711210
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| 2007–08

Lokomotiv YaroslavlRSL519918451000014
2008–09Lokomotiv YaroslavlKHL55761328192248
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| 2009–10

Lokomotiv YaroslavlKHL521312254616861433
2010–11Lokomotiv YaroslavlKHL531318313118951410
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! colspan="3" | RSL/KHL totals

! 341 !! 64 !! 62 !! 126 !! 283

! 90 !! 23 !! 14 !! 37 !! 77

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{{MedalCountry|{{flagicon|RUS}} Russia}}

{{MedalSport| Ice hockey}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Junior Championships}}

{{MedalSilver | 2005 USA|}}

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=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

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! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

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| 2005

| Russia

| WJC

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| 6

1230
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! colspan="4" | Junior totals

! 6 !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 0

See also

{{Portal|Russia|Biography|Ice hockey}}

References

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External links

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Category:1985 births

Category:2011 deaths

Category:Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players

Category:Ice hockey people from Yaroslavl

Category:Russian ice hockey right wingers

Category:Victims of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash