Career
He is currently the Director of Professional Scouting for the Montreal Canadiens. Karpan played with the Canada men"s national ice hockey team from 1983 to 1988. He competed with Team Canada at the 1984 and 1988 Winter Olympics.
After retiring from his playing career, Karpan was hired by the Winnipeg Jets as an amateur scout in 1993.
He joined the scouting staff of the Arizona Coyotes in 1996 and served as the team"s Director of Amateur Scouting from 1999-2005. In 2005, Karpan was hired as a scout by the Montreal Canadiens.
On May 27, 2015, the Canadians announce that Karpan had been named as their Director of Professional Scouting.