Alexander Karpovtsev
| Alexander Karpovtsev | |||
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| Born |
April 7, 1970 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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| Died | September 7, 2011 (aged 41) Yaroslavl, Russia |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
USSR Dynamo Moscow NHL New York Rangers Toronto Maple Leafs Chicago Blackhawks New York Islanders Florida Panthers RSL Sibir Novosibirsk Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Avangard Omsk |
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| National team |
 Russia
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| NHL Draft | 158th overall, 1990 Quebec Nordiques |
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| Playing career | 1987–2007 | ||
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.
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.'"
Alexander Karpovtsev was married to Janna Karpovtsev and had two daughters named Dasha born in 1993, and Stacy born in 2000.
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