Shot Right Role Ice hockey player Career end 2007 Name Alexander Karpovtsev Career start 1987 | Playing career Weight 91 kg Height 1.88 m Positions Defenseman | |
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Played for USSRDynamo MoscowNHLNew York RangersToronto Maple LeafsChicago BlackhawksNew York IslandersFlorida PanthersRSLSibir NovosibirskLokomotiv YaroslavlAvangard Omsk NHL Draft 158th overall, 1990Quebec Nordiques Died September 7, 2011, Yaroslavl, Russia | ||
Pat foley rips alexander karpovtsev during hockey game
Alexander Karpovtsev (Russian: Александр Карповцев; April 7, 1970 – September 7, 2011) was a Russian ice hockey player and later an assistant coach for Ak Bars Kazan and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). In the National Hockey League (NHL), he played for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Islanders, and Florida Panthers. He, Alexei Kovalev, Sergei Zubov and Sergei Nemchinov, were the first Russian players to have their names engraved on the Stanley Cup, winning it in 1994 with the Rangers.
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- Pat foley rips alexander karpovtsev during hockey game
- Grant marshall vs alexander karpovtsev
- Personal life
- Death
- Transactions
- References
Karpovtsev was an assistant coach for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, and died when his team's charter plane crashed on September 7, 2011.
Grant marshall vs alexander karpovtsev
Personal life
Alexander Karpovtsev was married to Janna Karpovtsev and had two daughters named Dasha born in 1993, and Stacy born in 2000.
Death
On September 7, 2011, Karpovtsev was killed when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying nearly his entire Lokomotiv team, crashed just outside Yaroslavl, Russia. The team was traveling to Minsk to play their opening game of the season, with its coaching staff and prospects. Lokomotiv officials said "'everyone from the main roster was on the plane plus four players from the youth team.'"