Karel Rachůnek
Karel Rachůnek was a Czech professional ice hockey player. Rachunek was the captain of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) when the team was decimated in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash. He played eight seasons in North America in the National Hockey League (NHL). Rachůnek was drafted in the ninth round, 229th overall, by the Ottawa Senators in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. Rachunek was the brother of Ivan Rachůnek and Tomáš Rachůnek who also played professional ice hockey.
27 August 1979
Born on the same birth date (27 August 1979): Aaron Paul • Rusty Smith (speed skater) • Sarah Neufeld
Born on the same birth day (27 August): Agustín Gamarra • Aygül Özkan • Cesária Évora • Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore • Edward Patten • Ellar Coltrane • Jelle Zijlstra • Joe Cunningham (baseball) • Justin Miller (baseball, born 1977) • János Konrád • Kim Petras • Mark Ilott • Nikola Pilić • Peanuts Lowrey • Rosalie E. Wahl • Tuesday Weld
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