Alexander Karpovtsev, Russian coach, world champion (as player, 1993), Stanley Cup champion (as player, 1994, with New York Rangers), died from a plane crash he was 41.

Alexander Karpovtsev was a Russian ice hockey player and later an assistant coach for Ak Bars Kazan and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)  died from a plane crash he was 41.. 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. Alexander Karpovtsev was married to Janna Karpovtsev and had two daughters named Dasha born in 1993, and Stacy born in 2000.^[1]
Karpovtsev was an assistant coach for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl when his team's charter plane crashed on September 7, 2011 and did not survive.^[2]

(April 7, 1970 – September 7, 2011)

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.'"^[3][4][5][6]

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.

• July 14, 2004– Signed as a free agent with the Florida Panthers.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1987–88	HC Dynamo Moscow	RSL		2	0	1	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	HC Dynamo Moscow	RSL		35	1	1	2	27		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	HC Dynamo Moscow	RSL		40	0	5	5	15		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	HC Dynamo Moscow	RSL		28	3	2	5	22		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	HC Dynamo Moscow	RSL		36	3	11	14	100		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	HC Dynamo Moscow	RSL		3	0	0	0	6		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	New York Rangers	NHL		67	3	15	18	58		17	0	4	4	12
1994–95	HC Dynamo Moscow	RSL		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	HC 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	4	6	45		9	0	0	0	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	13	18	90		7	1	2	3	8
NHL totals				596	34	154	188	430		74	4	14	18	52

International statistics

Year	Team	Event	Place		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1990	Soviet Union	WJC			7	0	1	1	8
1993	Russia	WC			8	0	1	1	10
1996	Russia	WCH	SF		1	0	0	0	0
2005	Russia	WC			8	0	1	1	2
Senior int'l totals					17	0	2	2	12

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