Alexander Karpovtsev Ice hockey player

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. Karpovtsev was an assistant coach for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl when his team's charter plane crashed on September 7, 2011 and did not survive.

Personal facts

Birth dateApril 07, 1970
Birth place
Moscow , Soviet Union , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Date of deathSeptember 07, 2011
Place of death
Russia , Yaroslavl
Height (meters)1.8796
Weight (Kilograms)90.72

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Ice hockey player

Career start1987
Career end2007
draft158th overall
draft team
Quebec Nordiques
draft year1990
former team
National Hockey League
Soviet Championship League
Chicago Blackhawks
Florida Panthers
New York Islanders
New York Rangers
Toronto Maple Leafs
Avangard Omsk
HC Sibir Novosibirsk
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Russian Superleague
HC Dynamo Moscow
position
Defenceman
shootsRight

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