Igor Karpenko Position: Goaltender Height: 5'8" Weight: 175 lbs. Catches: Left Born: July 23, 1976 in Kiev, Ukraine Anaheim's 8th round pick, 185st overall in 1995 Acquired: Signed as a free agent August 1st, 1998 |
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| CAREER INFORMATION Played 3 seasons (1993-96) with Sokol Kiev (Russia)... Represented Ukraine in 1994-95 World Junior Tournament... Made pro debut in 1996-97 with Las Vegas (IHL)... Made AHL debut with Saint John in 1997-98, skating in 4 games and posting a 0.80 GAA with 2 shutouts... Played majority of 97-98 season with Port Huron (UHL), posting a 23-6-1 record with a 3.77 GAA... |
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| Thursday, 8 October, 1998 St Johns Nfld 7, Saint John Nb 4 ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland (Ticker) -- Jason Podollan recorded a hat trick and two assists and Aaron Brand added a pair of goals and an assist as the St. John's Maple Leafs topped the St. John's Flames, 7-4, in the season opener for both teams. Podollan's first goal of the game with 3:29 left in the first period tied the score, 1-1, and Ladislav Kohn scored just 14 seconds later to put the Maple Leafs ahead for good. Podollan netted his second goal of the contest with 52 seconds remaining in the middle period to extend the Leafs' lead to 5-2 and completed his hat trick at 2:42 of the third period. Hnat Domenichelli, Steve Begin, Eric Landry and Chris Dingman tallied for the Flames. Francis Larivee made 33 saves for the victory, while Igor Karpenko stopped 33 shots in a losing effort. |
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| Tuesday, January 27, 1998 Saint John Flames goaltender Igor Karpenko recorded a shutout victory in his first AHL start on Saturday against the Albany River Rats. Karpenko made 34 saves in the 3-0 Flames win. |
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| Flames add Igor Karpenko to Training Camp Roster Calgary Flames recall goaltender Igor Karpenko named Labatt Blue Player of the Month New Flame Goalie |
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| FLAMES ADD IGOR KARPENKO TO TRAINING CAMP ROSTER September 19, 1999 SAINT JOHN, NB - Saint John Flames General Manager Nick Polano announced today the addition of goaltender Igor Karpenko to the Flames' training camp roster. Karpenko appeared in 23 games for the Flames last season, posting a 5-10-3 record with a 3.43 goals against average. The 5'8", 160 lb. netminder also played in seven games with Saint John's primary East Coast Hockey League affiliate, the Johnstown Chiefs in 1998-99. The 23 year-old Kiev, Ukraine native compiled a 4-3-0 record and a 3.25 GAA while with Johnstown. Saint John will open their seventh American Hockey League season on Saturday, October 2nd in Springfield versus the Falcons. The Flames home opener is Friday, October 8th at 7:30 p.m. versus the Lowell Lock Monsters. |
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GOALTENDER IGOR KARPENKO FROM
SAINT JOHN (AHL) For Immediate Release Tuesday, January 5, 1999 Calgary, AB - Calgary Flames Executive Vice-President & General Manager Al Coates announced today goaltender Igor Karpenko has been recalled from the Saint John Flames of the American Hockey League. In 14 games with Saint John this season, Karpenko has posted a 3-7-2 record and a 3.74 GAA. Last season, the 5'8", 175lb native of Sokol-Kiev played four games with Saint John recording two shutouts and a .80 GAA. Karpenko, 22 years old, signed as a free agent with the Flames on August 1, 1998. He will join the team today in preparation for tonight's game in Pittsburgh. |
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It's daily crises to find a goalie Karpenko latest call-up to back up Eric Duhatschek, Calgary Herald Wednesday 6 January 1999 |
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| Mike Burke, the Calgary Flames' director of hockey administration, was at the airport by 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, armed with a standard players' contract for goaltender Igor Karpenko and a speedy taxicab.
Karpenko, who was playing for the Flames' minor-league affiliate in Saint John, flew from there to Halifax to Boston to Pittsburgh yesterday and made it just in time for last night's game against the Penguins. That was the good news. The bad news was Karpenko's equipment was stranded somewhere en route -- and as a result, he used some of Andrei Trefilov's gear to back up Tyrone Garner for last night's game, won by Pittsburgh 5-1. As insurance, the Flames also had Johnstown Chiefs goaltender Pavel Nestak in the dressing room, in case Karpenko's flight was delayed. Nestak drove in with Toby O'Brien, general manager of Johnstown, Calgary's East Coast Hockey League affiliate. Burke put Karpenko in the cab with his contract and sent him ahead to the Civic Centre Arena. Flames general manager Al Coates added his signature to the contract and faxed it to NHL Central Registry from the Penguins' offices, solving their goaltending crisis for another day. According to Coates, the Flames considered bringing in Jean-Sebastien Giguere from Calgary, but decided it was too risky. Giguere is out with a hamstring injury, one of four Flames goaltenders currently on injured reserve. "We could have done that," said Coates, "but what happens if Giguere has to go in? There's a chance he could play Friday, but we won't know until we get home, so I'm not even going to speculate on that." Karpenko's contract is a two-way deal, but he did earn two days of NHL salary for his appearance. In addition, by signing an NHL deal, Karpenko gets an extra year added to his contract, a bonus for the young Ukrainian. The plan was to return Karpenko to the minors immediately following the game, in the hopes that Giguere is ready to play Friday against Dallas. Wiemer cleared to play Centre Jason Wiemer received medical clearance to play against the Penguins after he took a puck in the throat during Monday's 5-1 loss to the Bruins, an injury that took him out of the game. Wiemer was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure. "My windpipe doesn't feel quite right. It's a little hoarse, a little sore. It feels like having a bad cold." The puck hit Wiemer in the throat while he was was sitting on the bench. Titov in slump Going into last night's action, German Titov was mired in a 23-game goal-scoring slump, which dates back to Oct. 28 when he scored his third of the season in a 5-2 win over his former Flame teammates. Titov does have 20 assists to go with his three goals, but is getting anxious to break out of his goalscoring slump. With Titov, it always was feast or famine. In his final year with the Flames, Titov scored 18 goals, but had a 27-game goalless streak as well. "My job is scoring," Titov told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "Now, I can't score. I don't know what happened." "It's good the coach is not pressing me," said Titov. "They let me just go out and play my game. I think something good will happen." "It's tough for him," said Jagr. "All of a sudden, he can't buy a goal. I know how he feels. It happens to everyone. I'd like to see him score. When he gets one, he'll get a lot, I'm sure." Barrasso moves up list Tom Barrasso got his 336th career win with last night's win, moving past Gump Worsley into 10th place on the all-time victory list. Barrasso credits coach Kevin Constantine with helping him get his career back on track. The year Constantine left the Flames to coach the Penguins, Barrasso was coming off a 0-5 season and Ken Wregget, now with the Flames, was Pittsburgh's No. 1 goalie. Constantine gave Barrasso a chance to regain his starting position -- and Barrasso responded with a career-best 2.07 GAA and a .922 save percentage last season, one reason Wregget became expendable. For his part, Barrasso does not think 400 career wins is out of reach. Only four players in history -- Terry Sawchuk (447), Jacques Plante (434), Tony Esposito (423) and Glenn Hall (407) -- have won 400 games. Among active players, both Patrick Roy (390) and Grant Fuhr (388) have a chance to get there this season. Eventually, Mike Vernon -- ninth on the all-time list with 339 victories -- could get to 400 as well. Catching Sawchuk for No. 1, however, may be out of reach. "I've had too many injuries," said Barrasso. "Plus, the circumstances are so different now. Back when those guys played, they were playing all 70 games. With the way the game is today, that's just not possible." A product of Calgary Herald New Media 1998 |
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| Thursday, January 7, 1999 Cowtown goalie woes: Remember Igor Karpenko? The popular little goalie from Team Ukraine during the 1995-96 World Junior Championship in Red Deer was yesterday headed back to St. John after backing up fellow Flames rookie Tyrone Garner, a 20-year-old junior. Plagued by goaltending injuries, the Flames signed former Oiler Fred Brathwaite - fresh off a Spengler Cup win with the Canadian team - to a one-year contract. Incredibly, four Flames goalies - Ken Wregget, Tyler Moss, Jean Giguere and Andrei Trefilov - are injured and Calgary has lost eight in a row. The Flames hope to have Giguere back tomorrow vs. Dallas. "We're like alcoholics right now,'' said Theo Fleury. "We gotta hit rock bottom before you can snap back into it and say, 'We gotta do something.' '' |
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