Byron Brad McCrimmon

Byron Brad McCrimmon (March 29, 1959 – September 7, 2011) from Plenty, Saskatchewan, was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. McCrimmon played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1979 and 1997. From 1997 to his death, he was a coach, ultimately with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League. On September 7, 2011, McCrimmon was killed along with most of the Lokomotiv team, when the flight carrying the team crashed in Yaroslavl, Russia.

McCrimmon was drafted in the first round, 15th overall, by the Boston Bruins in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft. He won the Stanley Cup in 1989 with the Calgary Flames, a team he captained for the 1989–90 season. Throughout his career he was paired with, and helped shaped the defensive skills of some of the NHL's best blueliners, including Nicklas Lidström, Chris Pronger, Paul Coffey, Raymond Bourque and Mark Howe. Folllowing his playing career, he became a coach, spending time as an NHL assistant with the New York Islanders, the Atlanta Thrashers, the Calgary Flames and for the last three years of his life the Detroit Red Wings. He also coached the major junior Saskatoon Blades for two seasons. 

He resided in Northville, Michigan with wife Maureen, daughter Carlin and son Liam.

On May 19, 2011, it was reported that McCrimmon would leave the Detroit Red Wings to take a head coaching job in Russia with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. McCrimmon never coached a game, however, as he was killed in a plane crash, along with most of the Lokomotiv squad, before the team's first game of the 2011–12 season.

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