Alexander Georgievich Karpovtsev

Russia Alexander Karpovtsev

Date of birth	April 7, 1970
place of birth	Moscow , Russian SFSR
date of death	September 7, 2011
Place of death	Tunoschna near Yaroslavl , Russia
size	188 cm
Weight	91 kg

position	defender
Shot hand	Right

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	1990 , 8th lap, 158th position Québec Nordiques

Career stations

until 1993	HK Dynamo Moscow
1993-1994	New York Rangers
1994-1995	HK Dynamo Moscow
1995-1998	New York Rangers
1998-2000	Toronto Maple Leafs
2000	HK Dynamo Moscow
2000-2003	Chicago Blackhawks
2004	New York Islanders
2004-2005	HK Sibir Novosibirsk Locomotive Yaroslavl
2005	Florida panthers
2005-2007	HK Sibir Novosibirsk
2007-2008	HK Awangard Omsk

Alexander Karpovtsev ( Russian Александр Георгиевич Карповцев * 7. April 1970 in Moscow , Russian SFSR , † 7. September 2011 in Tunoschna in Yaroslavl ) was a Russian ice hockey player and - coaches , who during his career including for the New York Rangers , Toronto Maple Leafs , Chicago Blackhawks , New York Islanders and Florida Panthers played in the National Hockey League .

Career

During his Soviet time he played for HK Dynamo Moscow , with which he was three times Soviet champion. At the NHL Entry Draft in 1990 he was selected in the eighth round in 158th place by the Québec Nordiques . In 1993 he moved to the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League . Other stations in his career in the NHL included the Toronto Maple Leafs , Chicago Blackhawks , New York Islanders and the Florida Panthers . In 1994 he won the Stanley Cup with the New York Rangers together with Sergei Nemtschinow , Alexei Kowaljow and Sergei Subow . The four were the first Russians who were immortalized in this Cup.

In 2004 he went back to Russia and played until 2008 with HK Sibir Novosibirsk , Lokomotive Yaroslavl and HK Awangard Omsk in the Russian league . Karpovzew worked as an assistant coach for Ak Bars Kazan in the 2009/10 season . For the 2011/12 season he was engaged in the same position by Lokomotive Yaroslavl. On September 7, 2011, he was killed in a plane crash near Yaroslavl .

After the collapse of the Soviet Union , he became a member of the Russian national ice hockey team . His international career was crowned with a gold medal at the 1993 Ice Hockey World Championship . In 1993 he was inducted into the " Russian Hockey Hall of Fame ".

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	12	596	34	154	188	430
Playoffs	7th	74	4th	14th	18th	52

personal data
SURNAME	Karpovzew, Alexander Georgievich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Карповцев, Александр Георгиевич (Russian spelling); Karpovtsev, Alexander (English spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH	April 7, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH	Moscow , Russian SFSR
DATE OF DEATH	September 7, 2011
Place of death	Tunoschna near Yaroslavl , Russia