Mihail Popescu

{{Short description|Romanian ice hockey player (1960–2021)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

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| image_size = 225px

| ntl_team = ROM

| played_for = CSA Steaua București

| position = Defence

| shoots = Left

| birth_date = {{birth date|1960|11|11}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|01|31|1960|11|11|df=y}}

| death_place = Bucharest, Romania

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 203

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 1976

| career_end = 1991

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Lucian "Mihail" Popescu (11 November 1960 — 31 January 2021) was a Romanian ice hockey player. He played for CSA Steaua București between 1976 and 1991. Internationally Popescu played for the Romanian national team at five World Championships (the B Pool in 1979, 1981, and 1983; the D Pool in 1989 and 1990), and at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121332/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/mihail-lucian-popescu-1.html Mihail Lucian Popescu's profile at Sports Reference.com] He later coached the Romanian under-18 team. He died on 31 January 2021 in Bucharest at the age of 60.{{cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/24334/popescu_passes_away|title=Popescu passes away|last=Merk|first=Martin|date=3 February 2021|publisher=IIHF.com|access-date=3 February 2021}}