SJ Shark Prospect Killed in Plane Crash

Daniil Sobchenko, an up-and-coming hockey prospect, Team Russia player and recent San Jose Sharks draft pick, was killed in a plane crash on Wednesday. Sobchenko, 20, recently skated in the Sharks' rookie development camp in July, according to hockeysfuture.com. He was drafted in the 6th round, the 166th overall player taken. The San Jose Sharks said he was listed on the plane's manifest, but the recovery and rescue efforts are continuing. A passenger jet carrying the Lokomotiv -- a top Russian hockey team with many former NHL players -- crashed, killing at least 43 people, according to the Associated Press. The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said the Yak-42 plane crashed in sunny weather immediately after leaving an airport near the city of Yaroslavl, on the Volga River about 150 miles northeast of Moscow. The plane was carrying 45 people, including 37 passengers and eight crew, and two people survived the crash. Only one day before the crash, Sobchenko told report...