Saturday marks one month to the day that 67 folks had been killed after a business airplane collided with a helicopter whereas touchdown on the DCA airport in Washington, D.C.
Amongst these had been members of the determine skating group, getting back from a event in Kansas.
Throughout their residence recreation in opposition to the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Washington Capitals will honor the victims with a decal on their helmets; Tampa Bay gamers, too, will put on them.
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Emergency response items search the crash web site of the American Airways airplane on the Potomac River after the airplane crashed final night time on strategy to Reagan Nationwide Airport on January 30, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia. The flight from Wichita, Kansas, collided in midair with a navy helicopter whereas approaching Ronald Reagan Nationwide Airport. In keeping with studies, there have been no survivors among the many 67 folks on board each plane. Â (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Photographs)
The decals characteristic a determine skate and a hockey skate with the date “1.29.25” encircled within the form of a coronary heart.Â
Six members of the Skating Membership of Boston had been aboard Flight 5342, and U.S. Determine Skating stated in an announcement that “a number of members of our skating group” had been on the airplane.
An in depth-up view of the decal members of the Capitals and Lightning will put on on Saturday. (Washington Capitals)
Two former Olympians, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, had been additionally among the many victims of the crash, the Kremlin confirmed.Â
There have been 60 passengers and 4 crew members aboard the American Airways flight and three troopers aboard the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.
The Caps are operating away with the Jap Convention, main the way in which with 82 factors.Â
Alex Ovechkin, #8 of the Washington Capitals, skates in opposition to the Utah Hockey Membership on November 18, 2024, at Delta Middle in Salt Lake Metropolis, Utah. (Jamie Sabau/NHLI by way of Getty Photographs)
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Not solely are they Stanley Cup contenders, however long-time crew captain Alex Ovechkin is on the hunt to develop into the league’s all-time main scorer. Ovechkin is simply 13 objectives away from surpassing Wayne Gretzky, whose 891 objectives are essentially the most ever.
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