PAVOL DEMITRA RUMORS

ST. LOUIS An ovation began before Vera Korolev completed her walk onto the ice. She knew the upcoming ceremony would be another opportunity to heal. But the moment made her cry. A spotlight followed her approach from a tunnel, her eyes focused on the dark blue carpet ahead. Two months had passed since her husband, former St. Louis Blues center Igor Korolev, was one of 44 people...

ST. LOUIS An ovation began before Vera Korolev completed her walk onto the ice. She knew the upcoming ceremony would be another opportunity to heal. The moment made her cry. A spotlight followed her approach from a tunnel, her eyes focused on the dark-blue carpet ahead. Two months had passed since her husband and former St. Louis Blues center, Igor Korolev, was one of 44 people...

Thousands gathered in Slovakia today to pay tribute to the life of Pavol Demitra, and many in the NHL will play with Demitra in their hearts this season, but St. Louis Blues goaltender Jaroslav Halak will be wearing Demitra’s likeness on his helmet each time he steps on the ice this season. InGoal Magazine has put out pictures of the mask that the Blues netminder will be wearing...

… still can’t believe this happened. Pavol Demitra was such a classy guy and a great player.  Rest in Peace Demo via hokej.sme.sk

For more NHL news please go to www.truehockey.com Many around the hockey world remain in shock over Wednesday’s plane crash that claimed the lives of the entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey club. Cruel reality struck the St. Louis Blues family when news broke of former NHL All-Star Pavol Demitra being on the plane. Some things in life don’t make sense, this one falls in that category....

ST. LOUIS Tyson Nash hadnt played with Pavol Demitra in more than eight years, but a bond between the former St. Louis Blues wingmen remained strong. They met at a hotel in Vancouver in May. Nash was visiting the scenic Canadian city for a golf tournament, and Demitra was on vacation with his wife, Maja, and his two children, Lucas and Zara, before training for another season...

       Former Minnesota Wild forward Pavol Demitra is one of 43 people that were killed in a plane crash in Russia earlier today.  The plane was carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl club of the Kontinental Hockey League, and was transporting former NHL players Demitra, Brad McCrimmon, Karlis Skrastins, Alexander Vasyunov, Josef Vasicek, Karel Rachunek, and Ruslan Salei.  Teammate...

Former Minnesota Wild forward Pavol Demitra was one of the passengers on a jet that crashed Wednesday in Tunoshna, Russia, killing 43 of the 45 people on board, including the entire roster of the Kontinental Hockey League team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. Demitras agent, Matt Keator, confirmed to the Associated Press that Demitra, 36, was among the dead. Demitra was traded to the Wild...

The devastating plane crash that happened in Central Russia is hitting home for many hockey fans in America. Pavol Demitra, who scored over 300 goals in 847 career NHL games from 1993-2010, was on the plane that crashed and killed 36 people in Central Russia, according to reports. He was 36 years old. Demitra, who was drafted 227th overall by the Ottawa Senators in 1993, was a three...

Pavol Demitra, the Czechoslovakian born left-winger, is the best NHL athlete to ever wear the jersey number 38. Demitra has worn jersey number 38 for the majority of his 16 NHL seasons (through 2010), with the exception of three years spent with the Senators when he wore number 78. Although Demitra began playing in the NHL at age 19 during the 1993-94 season, he got the chance...