Yevgeni Pupkov

Yevgeni Borisovich Pupkov (18 January 1976 – 24 July 2021) was a Kazakhstani ice hockey defenseman.

Biography
Pupkov played in the Russian Superleague and Kontinental Hockey League for Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk, Metallurg Novokuznetsk, SKA St. Petersburg, Amur Khabarovsk, HC Lada Togliatti and Khimik Voskresensk. He was a member of the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Pupkov died on 24 July 2021, due to COVID-19.