Slovakia remembers an ice hockey genius After the crash that
wiped out Russia's Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team,
thousands remember a former Slovak captain. Last Modified: 15
Sep 2011 16:06 Demitra in action during the IIHF World
Championship match between Slovakia and Germany [GALLO/GETTY]
Thousands of people attended a memorial service at a Slovak ice
hockey arena on Thursday to honour player Pavol Demitra - the
former national team captain who died in a plane crash that
wiped out an entire Russian hockey club.  President Ivan
Gasparovic and a number of major Slovak hockey stars - including
Zdeno Chara, Marian Hossa and Marian Gaborik - attended.  The
service was held on Thursday in Trencin's arena in western
Slovakia, where Demitra began his career in the top Slovak
league in 1992.  "In one moment, the family lost a loving
father, and the whole country a hockey genius"  Slovakia's IHF
President Igor Nemecek  Demitra was among 37 players, coaches
and staff of Russia's Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey club wh