Igor Korolev

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Russian ice hockey player (1970-2011)

AthletesLived 1970 to 2011 · aged 41

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Igor Borisovich Korolev was a Russian-Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. Korolev played over 700 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1992 until 2004.

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Grave of Igor Korolev in Mount Pleasant cemetery, Toronto, decorated with flowers and memorabilia

Teams 9

Chicago Blackhawks

Arizona Coyotes

St. Louis Blues

Toronto Maple Leafs

Winnipeg Jets

HC Dynamo Moscow

Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Atlant Moscow Oblast

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

Connected to Igor 6

Jan MarekAlso played for Metallurg Magnitogorsk Yuri UrychevAlso played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

Vyacheslav KozlovAlso played for Atlant Moscow Oblast

Phil HousleyAlso played for Winnipeg Jets

Dale HawerchukAlso played for Winnipeg Jets Oleg TverdovskyAlso played for Metallurg Magnitogorsk

About this person

Igor Borisovich Korolev was a Russian-Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. Korolev played over 700 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1992 until 2004. Korolev returned to Russia, and played a further seven seasons in the Russian Super League (RSL) and the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) before retiring from active play in 2010. In 2011, Korolev accepted an assistant coach position with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the KHL. Korolev was killed in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash along with nearly the entire roster of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. A native of the Russian Republic of the Soviet Union, Korolev became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 2000.