Igor Borisovich Korolev

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RussiaRussia  Igor Korolyov Ice hockey player
Date of birth September 6, 1970
place of birth Moscow , Russian SFSR
date of death September 7, 2011
Place of death Tunoschna near Yaroslavl , Russia
size 187 cm
Weight 90 kg
position center
number # 22
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1992 , 2nd lap, 38th position
St. Louis Blues
Career stations
until 1992 HK Dynamo Moscow
1992-1994 St. Louis Blues
1994-1995 HK Dynamo Moscow
1995-1996 Winnipeg Jets
1996-1997 Phoenix Coyotes
1997-2001 Toronto Maple Leafs
2001-2004 Chicago Blackhawks
2004-2005 Yaroslavl locomotive
2005-2008 HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2008-2009 Atlant Mytishchi
2009-2010 Yaroslavl locomotive

Igor Borissowitsch Koroljow ( Russian Игорь Борисович Королёв ; born September 6, 1970 in Moscow , Russian SFSR ; † September 7, 2011 in Tunoschna near Yaroslavl ) was a Russian ice hockey player and coach who worked for the St. Louis Blues during his career , Winnipeg Jets , Phoenix Coyotes , Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Blackhawks played in the National Hockey League .

Career

Igor Korolev began his career as a hockey player at HK Dynamo Moscow , for which he was active in the Russian Super League from 1988 to 1992 . With Dynamo he was Soviet champion in 1990 and 1991 , and in 1992 champion of the CIS . He was then selected in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft in the second round as a total of 38th player from the St. Louis Blues , for which he played the following two years in the National Hockey League .

The grave of Igor Korolyov in Toronto

After the attacker had started the 1994/95 season because of the lockout in the NHL at his ex-club HK Dynamo Moscow, he was transferred to the Winnipeg Jets before the start of the NHL season in January 1995 , for which he spent the following two seasons on the Ice cream stand. In the 1996/97 season , the Russian also ran for their successor team, the Phoenix Coyotes . Korolev then played for four years for the Toronto Maple Leafs and three years for the Chicago Blackhawks , before returning to his Russian homeland during the renewed lockout in the 2004/05 NHL season , where he was on the ice for Locomotive Yaroslavl . Even after this season, the winger stayed in Russia, where he was under contract with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk for the next three years . With Magnitogorsk he won the Spengler Cup in 2005 , the championship in 2007 and the IIHF European Champions Cup in 2008 . Before the 2008/09 season Korolev moved to Atlant Mytishchi , for whom he played in the Continental Hockey League in the 2008/09 season . He then went on the ice for Lokomotive Yaroslavl in the KHL for one more season before the Russian ended his career. They hired him for the 2011/12 season as an assistant coach. On September 7, 2011, he was killed in a plane crash near Yaroslavl .

International

For Russia , Korolev took part in the 1992 World Cup and the 1996 World Cup of Hockey . He also played in the prestigious previous event - the Canada Cup in 1991  - for the USSR . He had also represented this at the European Junior Championships in 1988.

Achievements and Awards

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season 12 795 119 227 346 330
NHL playoffs 8th 41 0 8th 8th 6th
KHL main round 2 104 12 30th 42 72
KHL playoffs 2 22nd 0 4th 4th 14th

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personal data
SURNAME Korolev, Igor Borisovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Korolev, Igor (English spelling); Королёв, Игорь Борисович; Королев, Игорь Борисович (Russian spellings)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow , Russian SFSR
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 2011
Place of death Tunoschna near Yaroslavl , Russia