Ivan Pravilov
Ivan Pravilov (Template:Lang-uk; January 22 1963 – February 10, 2012) was a Ukrainian ice hockey coach. Pravilov also trained a number of young players in the National Hockey League, including Dainius Zubrus and Andrei Zyuzin. He had coached a Ukrainian hockey school, Druzhba-78 before he moved to the United States in 2007.[1]
Criminal allegations and death
Pravilov was accused of fondling two 14-year-old Ukrainian players who he had invited to his home in Philadelphia. He was placed in a Federal Detention Center but was found to be unresponsive at around 3:00 am; by 3:45, he was pronounced dead at the hospital. Evidence suggested that he had committed suicide.[2] This was confirmed by the city's medical examiners office on 23 February 2012.[1]
A former student of Druzhba-78 had claimed in January 2012 that Pravilov had physically abused members of Druzhba-78.[3] However, his claims are yet to be proven.
See also
References
- ^ a b Autopsy:Charged Ukrainian coach committed suicide, Kyiv Post (23 February 2012)
- ^ Hockey coach charged with assaulting youths found dead in cell, Philly.com (10 February 2012)
- ^ Former student:Ivan Pravilov used fists and hockey sticks to beat us Archived 2014-10-12 at the Wayback Machine, NewsWorks (23 January 2012)
External links
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