- Alexander Karpovtsev
Alexander Karpovtsev (Russian: "Александр Карповцев", born
April 7 ,1970 inMoscow ,USSR ) is an ice hockey player. He played for theNew York Rangers ,Toronto Maple Leafs ,Chicago Blackhawks ,New York Islanders andFlorida Panthers . He is, along withAlexei Kovalev ,Sergei Zubov andSergei Nemchinov , the first Russian player to have his name engraved on theStanley Cup winning it in 1994.While he was a very talented player, Karpovtsev had the reputation as being very "soft". He would routinely fake or exaggerate injuries in order to get out of playing, which was made famously public the day he was traded from the Blackhawks to the Islanders when Chicago radio announcer
Pat Foley went into a brutal tirade about him (http://www.umich.edu/~moday/karpotsev.mp3).September 7. 1993- Traded by the
Quebec Nordiques to theNew York Rangers in exchange forMike Hurlbut .*October 14, 1998- Traded by the New York Rangers, along with the Rangers 1999 4th round draft choice, to the
Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange forMathieu Schneider .*October 2, 2000- Traded by the Toronto Maple Leafs, along with Toronto's 2001 4th round draft choice, to the
Chicago Blackhawks in exchange forBryan McCabe .*March 9, 2004- Traded by the Chicago Blackhawks to the
New York Islanders in exchange for New York's 2005 4th round draft choice.*July 14, 2004- Signed as a free agent with the
Florida Panthers .External links
*nhlprofile|8456793
*hockeydb|2650
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