Valeri Karpov
- Birth Date:
- 05.08.1971
- Death date:
- 10.10.2014
- Length of life:
- 43
- Days since birth:
- 19252
- Years since birth:
- 52
- Days since death:
- 3480
- Years since death:
- 9
- Person's maiden name:
- Valeri Yevgenievich Karpov
- Extra names:
- Валерий Карпов, Валерий Евгеньевич Карпов
- Categories:
- Hockey player, Sportsman, Victim of crime
- Nationality:
- russian
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Valeri Yevgenievich Karpov (Russian: Валерий Евгеньевич Карпов, born August 5, 1971) is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League and National Hockey League. He played for Traktor Chelyabinsk and HC CSKA Moscow in Russia before moving to North America.
He was drafted 56th overall by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the1993 NHL Entry Draft and joined the team the next season, but struggled to maintain a place in the Ducks roster, bouncing around the minor leagues. He played 76 regular season games for the Ducks over three seasons, scoring 14 goals and 15 assists for 29 points, collecting 32 penalty minutes.
He returned to Russia in 1997, spending three seasons with Metallurg Magnitogorsk, helping them win the RSL title in 1999. After spells with HC Lada Togliatti and HC Dynamo Moscow, he returned to Metallurg Magnitogorsk in 2001, where he stayed for another four years. He retired in 2005. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993.
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