Alexander Galchenyuk
Born (1967-07-28) July 28, 1967
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for Dinamo Minsk
Dynamo Moscow
Eisbären Berlin
Avangard Omsk
Asiago Hockey 1935
SKA Saint Petersburg
Mogilev
Neman Grodno
Madison Monsters
Michigan K-Wings
Milwaukee Admirals
National team  Soviet Union and
 Belarus
Playing career 19862007

Alexander Nikolaevich Galchenyuk (born July 28, 1967) is a Belarusian former professional ice hockey player who participated in the 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001 IIHF World Championships as a member of the Belarus men's national ice hockey team.[1]

Galchenyuk was employed as an assistant coach with the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League[1] where he coached his son, Alex Galchenyuk,[2] who was selected by the Montreal Canadiens third overall at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.[3]

Professional career

Galchenyuk began playing top-level professional hockey with HC Dynamo Moscow during the 1985-86 season, staying with this team until the end of the 1991-92 season. He then travelled to the United States where he played the 1992–93 and 1993-94 seasons with the Milwaukee Admirals in the International Hockey League (IHL). Galchenyuk started the 1995-96 season in Germany playing elite level hockey in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) with Eisbären Berlin, but returned to the United States before the season's end to join the Madison Monsters of the Colonial Hockey League (CoHL). Midway through the season, he was signed by the Michigan K-Wings of the IHL, where he remained for the following season and a half.

Galchenyuk returned to Europe for the 1998–99 season where he played nine more seasons in various the European leagues including the Russian Superleague where he played with Avangard Omsk and SKA Saint Petersburg. After spending 21 seasons as a professional ice hockey player, Galchenyuk retired following the 2006-07 season.

International play

Soviet Union

At the age of 19, Galchenyuk was selected to represent the Soviet Union at the 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships where he played 13 games and scored 5 points[4] before the Soviet team was disqualified from the tournament following an on-ice brawl with the Canadian Team.[5] He was also selected to play with the senior Soviet Union team that competed for the 1991 Canada Cup.[4]

Belarus

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Galchenyuk went on to represent Belarus in international tournaments. As a member of the Belarus men's national ice hockey team, Galchenyuk competed in four consecutive Ice Hockey World Championships, from 1998–2001, during which he scored a total of 26 points in 24 IIHF World Championship games.[4] He also competed with Team Belarus at the 1998 Winter Olympics.[5]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1983–84 Dinamo Minsk URS.2 111
1984–85 Dinamo Minsk URS.2 205166
1985–86 Dinamo Minsk URS.2 281271926
1985–86 Dynamo Moscow URS 111124
1986–87 Dynamo Moscow URS 2902210
1987–88 Dynamo Moscow URS 45731014
1988–89 Dynamo Moscow URS 2633626
1989–90 Dynamo Moscow URS 3463920
1990–91 Dynamo Moscow URS 4411162732
1991–92 Dynamo Moscow CIS 325131825 70224
1991–92 Dynamo–2 Moscow CIS.3 53142
1992–93 Michigan K–Wings IHL 4413334622 10000
1993–94 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 3312243620 31120
1995–96 Eisbären Berlin DEL 309112034
1995–96 Madison Monsters CoHL 122794
1996–97 Madison Monsters CoHL 2211213218
1996–97 Michigan K–Wings IHL 5211172824 42130
1997–98 Michigan K–Wings IHL 6612253742 43140
1998–99 Avangard Omsk RSL 2933614
1998–99 SG Cortina ITA 958132 92101210
1999–2000 Asiago Hockey 1935 ITA 46378412140
2000–01 Asiago Hockey 1935 ITA 3111344510 165131814
2001–02 HC Sierre SUI.2 60224
2001–02 Milano Vipers ITA 17714214 20112
2002–03 Khimik Voskresensk RUS.2 20004
2002–03 Khimik–2 Voskresensk RUS.3 52572
2002–03 SKA St. Petersburg RSL 2615626
2002–03 SKA–2 St. Petersburg RUS.3 11120
2003–04 Khimvolokno Mogilev BLR 4211283936 20004
2003–04 Khimvolokno Mogilev EEHL 295192470
2004–05 Khimvolokno Mogilev BLR 4316395558 83366
2005–06 Dinamo Minsk BLR 487192650 100114
2006–07 Dinamo Minsk BLR 28461010
2006–07 Neman Grodno BLR 1924620 31120
URS/CIS totals 221 33 41 74 131 7 0 2 2 4
IHL totals 195 48 99 147 108 12 6 3 9 0
BLR totals 180 40 96 136 174 23 4 5 9 14

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1985 Soviet Union EJC 50220
1986 Soviet Union WJC 71234
1987 Soviet Union WJC 61128
1991 Soviet Union CC 50110
1998 Belarus OG 71230
1998 Belarus WC 600010
1999 Belarus WC 60116
2000 Belarus WC 60006
2001 Belarus WC 61234
2005 Belarus OGQ 30110
Junior totals 18 2 5 7 12
Senior totals 39 2 7 9 26

References

  1. 1 2 "Alexander Galchenyuk statistics". Elite prospects.net. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  2. "Alex Galchenyuk statistics". Elite prospects.net. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  3. Sallows, Dan. "Player Profile: Alex Galchenyuk". Dan Sallows. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  4. 1 2 3 IIHF (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. p. 408. ISBN 978-0-9867964-0-1.
  5. 1 2 IIHF (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 192–3. ISBN 978-0-9867964-0-1.
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