Brad McCrimmon dies in plane crash

Former NHL star Brad McCrimmon is being mourned in his Saskatchewan hometown and in hockey circles from the WHL to the NHL. People in Plenty told CBC News on Wednesday they were shocked and saddened to hear the news. McCrimmon was also coach of the Saskatoon Blades of the WHL.

When King coached Magnitogorsk in 2006-07, his players dubbed their propeller-driven planes “Pterodactyl Air.” “I used to play a lot of minutes anyway,” McCrimmon said at the 2010 Memorial Cup in Brandon, where his brother Kelly is the Wheat Kings’ general manager/head coach. Neil Sheehy, another former Flame, remembered how much he benefited from McCrimmon’s friendly tutelage. When the Flames traded McCrimmon to Detroit, they figured his career was pretty much done.








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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/saying-goodbye-to-brad-mccrimmon/article2157426/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2011/09/07/sk-brad-mccrimmon-sask-110907.html