One member of the 1993-94 Rangers was sadly missed at the team’s 25th anniversary celebration of the franchise’s most recent Stanley Cup championship.
Alexander Karpovtsev, a rookie and one of three Russian players on that historic Blueshirts squad, was among those killed in the plane crash in Russia that claimed most of the Kontinental Hockey League team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in 2011.
“We were all sickened to see the loss of life in that tragedy when the plane went down, but he was a wonderful friend and family guy and a huge component of this team,” former Rangers goalie Mike Richter said.