Ivan Pravilov

Ivan Pravilov (Ukrainian: Іван Правілов; January 1963 – February 10, 2012) was a Ukrainian ice hockey coach. Pravilov also trained a number of young players in the National Hockey League, including Dainius Zubrus and Andrei Zyuzin. He had coached a Ukrainian hockey school, Druzhba-78 before he moved to the United States in 2007.

Pravilov was accused of fondling two 14-year-old Ukrainian players who he had invited to his home in Philadelphia. He was placed in a Federal Detention Center but was found to be unresponsive at around 3:00 am; by 3:45, he was pronounced dead at the hospital. Evidence suggested that he had committed suicide. This was confirmed by the city's medical examiners office on 23 February 2012.

A former student of Druzhba-78 had claimed in January 2012 that Pravilov had physically abused members of Druzhba-78. However, his convictions are yet to be proven.

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