Vitaly Anikeyenko

Q: When did Vitaly Anikeyenko die?

Vitaly Anikeyenko died on September 7, 2011.

Q: How old was Vitaly Anikeyenko when they died?

Vitaly Anikeyenko was 24 years old at the time of death.

Q: What was Vitaly Anikeyenko's cause of death?

The cause of death of Vitaly Anikeyenko was plane crash.

Q: When was Vitaly Anikeyenko born?

Vitaly Anikeyenko was born on January 2, 1987.

Vitaly Serhiiovych Anikeyenko (2 January 1987 – 7 September 2011) was a Ukrainian-Russian professional ice hockey player.

Life

Born in Kyiv, Anikeyenko spent the entirety of his professional hockey career with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League, save for a loan spell with Metallurg Novokuznetsk during 2007–08. He was a member of the Russian national team that competed in the IIHF World Championship's under 18 and under 20 levels; winning a silver medal for the country in 2007. Anikeyenko was drafted 70th overall in the 2005 NHL entry draft by the Ottawa Senators.^{[citation needed]}

Death

On 7 September 2011, Anikeyenko was killed in a plane crash when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying nearly his entire Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team, crashed at Tunoshna Airport, just outside the city of Yaroslavl, Russia. The team was traveling to Minsk to play their opening game of the season, with its coaching staff and prospects. Lokomotiv officials confirmed that the entire main roster was on the flight, including four players from the junior team. The bodies of Ukrainian teammates Anikeyenko and Daniil Sobchenko were repatriated following the crash for burial in Ukraine. The funeral was held on 10 September at Sovskoe cemetery in Kyiv.

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