Alexander Karpovtsev

Alexander Georgievich Karpovtsev (; April 7, 1970 – September 7, 2011) was a Russian ice hockey player and 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. He was traded by the Maple Leafs to the Blackhawks for Bryan McCabe after a contract dispute where Karpovstev was seeking a salary that would have made him the highest paid defender on the team.

Karpovtsev, while an assistant coach for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, died in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash.

Personal life Alexander Karpovtsev was married to Janna Karpovtsev.

Death

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.'"

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1987–88 Dynamo Moscow USSR 2 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1988–89 MCOP Moscow USSR-3 11 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1989–90 Dynamo Moscow USSR 35 1 1 2 27 — — — — — 1989–90 Dynamo–2 Moscow USSR-3 11 0 1 1 8 — — — — — 1990–91 Dynamo Moscow USSR 40 0 5 5 15 — — — — — 1990–91 Dynamo–2 Moscow USSR-3 6 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1991–92 Dynamo Moscow CIS 28 3 2 5 22 7 1 0 1 2 1991–92 Dynamo–2 Moscow CIS-3 3 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 1992–93 Dynamo Moscow RUS 36 3 11 14 100 7 2 1 3 0 1993–94 Dynamo Moscow RUS 3 0 0 0 6 — — — — — 1993–94 New York Rangers NHL 67 3 15 18 58 17 0 4 4 12 1994–95 Dynamo Moscow RUS 13 0 2 2 10 — — — — — 1994–95 New York Rangers NHL 47 4 8 12 30 8 1 0 1 0 1995–96 New York Rangers NHL 40 2 16 18 26 6 0 1 1 4 1996–97 New York Rangers NHL 77 9 29 38 59 13 1 3 4 20 1997–98 New York Rangers NHL 47 3 7 10 48 — — — — — 1998–99 New York Rangers NHL 2 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 1998–99 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 56 2 25 27 52 14 1 3 4 12 1999–00 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 69 3 14 17 54 11 0 3 3 4 2000–01 Dynamo Moscow RSL 5 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2000–01 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 53 2 13 15 39 — — — — — 2001–02 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 65 1 9 10 40 5 1 0 1 0 2002–03 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 40 4 10 14 12 — — — — — 2003–04 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 24 0 7 7 14 — — — — — 2003–04 New York Islanders NHL 3 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 2004–05 Sibir Novosibirsk RSL 5 0 1 1 16 — — — — — 2004–05 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl RSL 33 2 5 7 45 9 0 0 0 0 2004–05 Lokomotiv–2 Yaroslavl RUS-3 2 0 2 2 0 — — — — — 2005–06 Florida Panthers NHL 6 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 2005–06 Sibir Novosibirsk RSL 18 2 1 3 39 3 0 0 0 4 2006–07 Sibir Novosibirsk RSL 39 5 12 17 90 7 1 2 3 8 2007–08 Sibir Novosibirsk RSL 6 0 2 2 27 — — — — — 2007–08 Avangard Omsk RSL 8 1 0 1 10 — — — — — 2007–08 Avangard–2 Omsk RUS-3 2 2 1 3 0 — — — — — NHL totals 596 34 154 188 430 74 4 14 18 52

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1988 Soviet Union EJC 6 0 2 2 4 1990 Soviet Union WJC 7 0 1 1 8 1993 Russia WC 8 0 1 1 10 1996 Russia WCH 1 0 0 0 0 2005 Russia WC 8 0 1 1 2 Junior totals 13 0 3 3 12 Senior totals 17 0 2 2 12

Transactions September 7. 1993– Traded by the Quebec Nordiques to the New York Rangers in exchange for Mike Hurlbut. October 14, 1998– Traded by the New York Rangers, along with the Rangers' 1999 fourth-round draft choice, to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for Mathieu Schneider. October 2, 2000– Traded by the Toronto Maple Leafs, along with Toronto's 2001 fourth-round draft choice, to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Bryan McCabe. March 9, 2004– Traded by the Chicago Blackhawks to the New York Islanders in exchange for New York's 2005 fourth-round draft choice (Niklas Hjalmarsson). July 14, 2004– Signed as a free agent with the Florida Panthers.