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29Jul

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Kazakhstan, Profiles, Sad But True

Yevgeni Pupkov, Hockey Player

Former Kazakhstan ice hockey player Yevgeni Pupkov, who represented his country at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, has died at the age of 45 from coronavirus. Pupkov, who played in defence, represented Kazakhstan at Turin 2006, as well as at the same year’s Ice Hockey World Championship in Riga, Latvia. At both events the country did not progress past the initial group stage phase. Pupkov was appointed assistant coach of Kazakhstan ice hockey team HK Almaty three weeks ago and in a statement, the club said: "There is grief in our hockey family. "We express deep condolences to his family and friends." Pupkov played 525 games in Russia’s top division, the Superliga, which after folding was reorganised as the Kontinental Hockey League in 2008. Pupkov represented Torpedo Ust-...

Roger Chappot, ice hockey player

Roger Chappot - a Swiss professional ice hockey player - died due to complications of COVID-19 during the pandemic on 8 April 2020 at the age of 79. He played for HC Villars and Genève-Servette HC in the National League A. He also represented the Swiss national team at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

James M. Cross, Ice hockey player & coach

James M. Cross an American ice hockey player and coach who led the Vermont Catamounts of the University of Vermont for nineteen seasons died in Georgia of complications of COVID-19 on May 2, 2020, at age 87. Cross graduated from Boston University in 1960, having played ice hockey for the Terriers for two seasons. In his senior year, he helped the team record a third-place finish at the 1960 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. While at BU, Cross played collegiate summer baseball with the Dennis Clippers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. After graduating from BU, Cross became the director of physical education at Lyman C. Hunt School, a position he held for four years before accepting the head coaching position at nearby Vermont. Cross joined the program in only its third year of e...