What is Valeri Karpov?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | image = | image_size= | played_for = [[Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]]<br />[[Traktor Chelyabinsk]]<br />[[HC CSKA Moscow]]<br />[[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]<br />[[HC Lada Togliatti]]<br />[[HC Dynamo Moscow]]<br />[[HC Mechel]] | position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right Wing]] | shoots = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10 | weight_lb = 203 | ntl_team = RUS | birth_date = 5 August 1971 | birth_place = [[Chelyabinsk]], [[Russia]] | death_date = 10 October 2014 (aged 43) | death_place = Chelyabinsk, Russia | draft = 56th overall | draft_year = 1993 | draft_team = [[Mighty Ducks of Anaheim]] | career_start = 1988 | career_end = 2005 }} '''Valeri Yevgenievich Karpov''' ({{lang-ru|Валерий Евгеньевич Карпов}}, 5 August 1971 – 10 October 2014) was an [[Russians|Russian]] [[ice hockey]] player. He played in the Soviet Hockey League and [[National Hockey League]]. He competed for [[Traktor Chelyabinsk]] and [[HC CSKA Moscow]] in Russia before moving to North America. In the summer of 2014, during a fight in his house he took a hit to the head. Afterwards, he had a bad fall that resulted in a coma. He underwent two [[trepanning]] surgeries, but did not regain consciousness. He died on 10 October 2014.<ref>[http://ura.ru/content/chel/12-07-2014/news/1052185167.html Беда! Знаменитый челябинский хоккеист впал в кому. Врачи пытаются спасти ему жизнь]. ura.ru. 12 July 2014</ref><ref>[http://itar-tass.com/sport/1498735 Чемпион мира по хоккею Валерий Карпов скончался на 44-м году жизни]. itar-tass.com. 10 October 2014</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Karpov, Valeri}} [[Category:1971 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Accidental deaths from falls]] [[Category:Baltimore Bandits players]] [[Category:International Hockey League (1945–2001) players]] [[Category:Russian ice hockey right wingers]] {{sports-bio-stub}}