Alexander Georgievich Karpovtsev (; April 7, 1970 – September 7, 2011) was a Russian

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player and an assistant coach for

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and

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Hockey Club Lokomotiv (, ), also known as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, is a professional ice hockey club based in Yaroslavl, Russia. It is a member of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). The name of the team is derived from its ...

of the

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(KHL). In the

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(NHL), he played for the

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, and

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. He,

Alexei Kovalev Alexei Vyacheslavovich Kovalev ( rus, Алексей Вячеславович Ковалёв, , ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej vʲɪtɕɪˈslavəvʲɪtɕ kəvɐˈlʲɵf; born February 24, 1973) is a Russian professional ice hockey coach, executive and former pr ...

, Sergei Zubov and Sergei Nemchinov were the first Russian players to have their names engraved on the

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, winning it in

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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

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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

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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

International

Transactions

*September 7. 1993– Traded by the

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to the

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

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

in exchange for Bryan McCabe. *March 9, 2004– Traded by the Chicago Blackhawks to the

in exchange for New York's 2005 fourth-round draft choice (

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). *July 14, 2004– Signed as a free agent with the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Karpovtsev, Alexander 1970 births 2011 deaths Avangard Omsk players Chicago Blackhawks players Florida Panthers players HC Dynamo Moscow players HC Sibir Novosibirsk players Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players New York Islanders players New York Rangers players Quebec Nordiques draft picks Russian ice hockey coaches Russian ice hockey defencemen Soviet ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey people from Moscow Stanley Cup champions Toronto Maple Leafs players Victims of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash