Winn,MI : Anniversary of crash hard for McCrimmon on September, Tuesday 5th 2017

Some days, talking about his brother Brad is the most natural thing in the world for Kelly McCrimmon.

On other days, like Tuesday afternoon, McCrimmon answered the phone in his Las Vegas office and patiently listened to a reporter’s questions. It wasn’t easy — perhaps because the anniversary was too close — to keep it together.

Today, six years to the day after a plane crash claimed the lives of Brad McCrimmon and 43 members of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team travelling to Minsk for its season opener in the Kontinental Hockey League, Kelly McCrimmon will be reminded of that terrible day more than once.

“There are people who always reach out on (Sept.) 7th to show respect or recognize the tragedy,” said McCrimmon. “So, there will be some of that. Every year I’ve always been in training camp or that type of thing, so you’re always busy, which was likely a good thing. There’s not a lot of time to sit and dwell.


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Anniversary of crash hard for McCrimmon