Funeral Services Set For Ex-Wing Brad McCrimmon

FARMINGTON (WWJ) -  Funeral services have been arranged for Brad McCrimmon, the ex-hockey player and former Red Wings assistant coach who died in a plane crash in Russia on Sept. 7.

Visitation will take place at Our Lady of Sorrows Church, 23615 Power Road in Farmington from 4:30 until 9 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 16. A funeral mass will be held at noon on Saturday.

McCrimmon, a former Wings defenseman and one of team's assistant coaches for the past three seasons, was among 43 people who died on Sept. 7 when a plane carrying KHL club Lokomotiv Yaroslavl crashed in Russia.

McCrimmon spent 18 seasons in the NHL from 1979 to 1997. The 52-year-old played defense for six NHL teams – Boston, Philadelphia, Calgary, Detroit, Hartford and Phoenix – appearing in 1,222 regular-season games in the NHL, collecting 81 goals, 322 assists and 1,416 penalty minutes.

The longtime assistant coach desired to be a head coach and left the NHL when he got an opportunity from Lokomotiv in May of this year. He was preparing for his first game as Lokomotiv head coach when the plane crashed.