Alexander Galchenyuk

This article is about the former ice hockey player. For his son, the American ice hockey player, see Alex Galchenyuk.

Alexander Galchenyuk
Born	(1967-07-28) July 28, 1967 (age 56) 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	1986–2007

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 to 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		11	1					—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	Dinamo Minsk	URS.2		20	5	1	6	6		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Dinamo Minsk	URS.2		28	12	7	19	26		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Dynamo Moscow	URS		11	1	1	2	4		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Dynamo Moscow	URS		29	0	2	2	10		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	Dynamo Moscow	URS		45	7	3	10	14		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Dynamo Moscow	URS		26	3	3	6	26		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Dynamo Moscow	URS		34	6	3	9	20		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	Dynamo Moscow	URS		44	11	16	27	32		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Dynamo Moscow	CIS		32	5	13	18	25		7	0	2	2	4
1991–92	Dynamo–2 Moscow	CIS.3		5	3	1	4	2		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Michigan K–Wings	IHL		44	13	33	46	22		1	0	0	0	0
1993–94	Milwaukee Admirals	IHL		33	12	24	36	20		3	1	1	2	0
1995–96	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		30	9	11	20	34		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	Madison Monsters	CoHL		12	2	7	9	4		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Madison Monsters	CoHL		22	11	21	32	18		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Michigan K–Wings	IHL		52	11	17	28	24		4	2	1	3	0
1997–98	Michigan K–Wings	IHL		66	12	25	37	42		4	3	1	4	0
1998–99	Avangard Omsk	RSL		29	3	3	6	14		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	SG Cortina	ITA		9	5	8	13	2		9	2	10	12	10
1999–2000	Asiago Hockey 1935	ITA		46	37	84	121	40		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Asiago Hockey 1935	ITA		31	11	34	45	10		16	5	13	18	14
2001–02	HC Sierre	SUI.2		6	0	2	2	4		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Milano Vipers	ITA		17	7	14	21	4		2	0	1	1	2
2002–03	Khimik Voskresensk	RUS.2		2	0	0	0	4		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Khimik–2 Voskresensk	RUS.3		5	2	5	7	2		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	SKA St. Petersburg	RSL		26	1	5	6	26		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	SKA–2 St. Petersburg	RUS.3		1	1	1	2	0		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Khimvolokno Mogilev	BLR		42	11	28	39	36		2	0	0	0	4
2003–04	Khimvolokno Mogilev	EEHL		29	5	19	24	70		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Khimvolokno Mogilev	BLR		43	16	39	55	58		8	3	3	6	6
2005–06	Dinamo Minsk	BLR		48	7	19	26	50		10	0	1	1	4
2006–07	Dinamo Minsk	BLR		28	4	6	10	10		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Neman Grodno	BLR		19	2	4	6	20		3	1	1	2	0
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		5	0	2	2	0
1986	Soviet Union	WJC		7	1	2	3	4
1987	Soviet Union	WJC		6	1	1	2	8
1991	Soviet Union	CC		5	0	1	1	0
1998	Belarus	OG		7	1	2	3	0
1998	Belarus	WC		6	0	0	0	10
1999	Belarus	WC		6	0	1	1	6
2000	Belarus	WC		6	0	0	0	6
2001	Belarus	WC		6	1	2	3	4
2005	Belarus	OGQ		3	0	1	1	0
Junior totals				18	2	5	7	12
Senior totals				39	2	7	9	26

References

1. "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. IIHF (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. p. 408. ISBN   978-0-9867964-0-1.
5. IIHF (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 192–3. ISBN   978-0-9867964-0-1.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com , or  Eliteprospects.com , or  Eurohockey.com , or  The Internet Hockey Database