Igor Korolev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Russian-Canadian ice hockey player
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Place of Birth: Zelenogradsky Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia
About Igor Korolev
- Igor Borisovich Korolev (Russian: ????? ????????? ???????; September 6, 1970 – September 7, 2011) was a 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.
- Korolev was killed in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash along with nearly the entire roster of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League for whom he was coaching.
- A native of the Russian Republic of the Soviet Union, Korolev became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 2000.
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