Ivan Pravilov ( Ukrainian : ?ван Прав?лов ; January 22, 1963 ? February 10, 2012) was a Ukrainian ice hockey coach. He coached a Ukrainian hockey school, Druzhba-78 , before he moved to the United States in 2007. ^[1] Pravilov trained a number of young players and National Hockey League (NHL) players in the Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, area, including Dainius Zubrus and Andrei Zyuzin . Pravilov was accused of fondling a 14-year-old whom he coached in January 2012, was arrested for having sexual contact with a teenager, indicted on child-molestation charges, and placed in a Philadelphia jail. He committed suicide by hanging at 49 years of age in his jail cell, on February 10, 2012.

Coaching career [ edit ]

Pravilov was born in Kharkiv , Ukraine. ^[2] He ran and coached a Ukrainian hockey school, from the 1980s, and a youth hockey team named Druzhba-78 , until he came to the United States in 2007 to coach ice hockey players in the US. ^{[3] [4]} He was a mentor of a number of NHL and U.S. college players. ^{[5] [6]} He trained teenagers and professionals, including Dainius Zubrus and Andrei Zyuzin , in the Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, area. ^{[7] [6]}

A former student of Druzhba-78 claimed in January 2012 that Pravilov had physically abused members of Druzhba-78 . ^[8]

Criminal sexual abuse allegations [ edit ]

Pravilov was accused of fondling a 14-year-old Ukrainian boy, whom he coached in hockey, on January 3, 2012, after he had invited the teenager to his apartment in Mount Airy , Philadelphia, from the child's host home in Wilmington, Delaware . ^{[9] [3] [7] [5] [10]} He was arrested for having sexual contact with a teenage boy, ^[7] indicted on child-molestation charges, and on January 19, 2012, placed in a Philadelphia jail, the Federal Detention Center . ^{[3] [5] [11]} A week later, it was announced that he was wanted on an Interpol warrant and charged with traveling for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct and transporting a person to engage in criminal sexual activity . ^[7]

Suicide [ edit ]

Pravilov was found to be unresponsive in his jail cell on February 10, 2012, at 3:00 am. ^{[12] [13] [14] [15]} By 3:45, he was pronounced dead at a local hospital. ^[16] A preliminary FBI investigation suggested that he had committed suicide. ^{[17] [18]}

The cause of the 49-year-old's death being suicide by hanging was confirmed by the Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office on 22 February 2012. ^{[19] [20] [1] [12] [13]}

See also [ edit ]

• John David Roy Atchison , US Attorney and children's sports coach, committed suicide by hanging in a Michigan prison after being charged with soliciting sex from a child
• Stephen Kovacs , fencing coach committed suicide in jail while awaiting trial for sexual misconduct

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Info about Ivan Pravilov
• "The Perfect Predator", Documented history of Pravilov's child abuse