Ivan Vishnevskiy (ice hockey)

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Ivan Vishnevskiy
Born (1988-02-18) February 18, 1988 (age 36)
Barnaul, Russian SFSR,
Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 203 lb (92 kg; 14 st 7 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Dallas Stars
Atlant Mytishchi
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Traktor Chelyabinsk
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
Spartak Moscow
HK Poprad
NHL draft 27th overall, 2006
Dallas Stars
Playing career 20052021

Ivan Sergeevich Vishnevskiy (born February 18, 1988) is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman.

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He played in the National Hockey League (NHL), with the Dallas Stars, the organization that drafted him in the first round, 27th overall, in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. He was also a member of both the Atlanta Thrashers and Chicago Blackhawks organizations, though he failed to make an NHL-level appearance with either. Vishnevskiy played the majority of his professional career in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)

Playing career

Amateur

Vishnevskiy was selected 27th overall in the first round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Dallas Stars, selected out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL)'s Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. He was originally the Huskies' second pick in the 2005 CHL Import Draft, later being selected for the 2006 Top Prospects game. On July 18, 2007, Vishnevskiy was signed by the Dallas Stars to a three-year, entry-level contract. [1]

Professional

After playing an additional season of major junior with the Huskies, Vishnevskiy made his professional debut in the 2008–09 season with the Peoria Rivermen of the American Hockey League (AHL). With the Stars already mathematically eliminated from qualification to the 2009 Stanley Cup playoffs, Vishnevskiy was recalled from loan with the Rivermen and made his NHL debut with the Stars against the Minnesota Wild on April 7, 2009. [2] Two days later, he posted his first career NHL point, an assist, in a victory against the Colorado Avalanche. [3] He played in three games with the Stars before he was reassigned to join the Rivermen for the team's run in the 2009 Calder Cup playoffs.

Vishnevskiy was assigned to the Stars' new AHL affiliate, the Texas Stars, to begin the 2009–10 season. He appeared in two games with Dallas, later gaining infamous League-wide attention when he mistakenly lost control of the puck to score into his own net with the goaltender pulled against the San Jose Sharks on December 21, 2009. [4] [5] After being reassigned to the AHL, he was leading all Texas defencemen with eight goals when on February 9, 2010, he was traded to the Atlanta Thrashers, along with a fourth-round draft pick (Ivan Telegin) in 2010, in exchange for goaltender Kari Lehtonen. [6] Vishnevskiy was then subsequently assigned to the Thrashers' AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, for the remainder of the season.

In the 2010–11 off-season, Vishnevskiy's tenure with Atlanta was short-lived when he was traded, along with a second-round draft pick in 2011, to the newly crowned Stanley Cup champions, the Chicago Blackhawks, in exchange for Andrew Ladd on July 1, 2010. [7]

Assigned to the Blackhawks' AHL affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs, for the entirety of the 2010–11 season, Vishnevskiy then signed a one-year contract with Atlant Mytishchi of the KHL on May 17, 2011. [8]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2003–04Lada–2 Togliatti RUS-3 1600010
2004–05Lada–2 TogliattiRUS-3
2005–06 Rouyn–Noranda Huskies QMJHL 541335485752132
2006–07 Rouyn–Noranda HuskiesQMJHL60143751901658138
2007–08 Rouyn–Noranda HuskiesQMJHL45172845501706616
2008–09 Peoria Rivermen AHL 67613192850222
2008–09 Dallas Stars NHL 30222
2009–10 Texas Stars AHL518162451
2009–10 Dallas StarsNHL20000
2009–10 Chicago Wolves AHL282101210140664
2010–11 Rockford IceHogs AHL465101526
2011–12 Atlant Moscow Oblast KHL 54391226120224
2012–13 Atlant Moscow OblastKHL5149131451014
2013–14 Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL4243714183256
2014–15 Salavat Yulaev UfaKHL4798171052130
2015–16 Salavat Yulaev UfaKHL564101424193366
2016–17 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod KHL282681810000
2017–18 Traktor Chelyabinsk KHL565121724163478
2018–19 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg KHL49324271880222
2019–20 Avtomobilist YekaterinburgKHL2012314
2019–20 Spartak Moscow KHL12134650220
2020–21 Lada Togliatti VHL 1713414
2020–21 HK Poprad Slovak 11134251236
NHL totals50222
KHL totals41536861221688912162830

References

  1. "Stars sign Ivan Vishnevskiy". Dallas Stars. 2007-07-18. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
  2. "Gaborik sparks Wild to 3-1 win over Stars". Yahoo! Sports . 2009-04-07. Archived from the original on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
  3. "Stars overcome Avalanche in Shootout". CBS Sports . 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
  4. "Stars send Ivan Vishnevskiy back to AHL two days after his own goal against San Jose". National Hockey League. 2009-12-23. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  5. "Dallas Stars' Ivan Vishnevskiy's own goal against San Jose". freetechie.com. 2009-12-21. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  6. "Stars trade for Kari Lehtonen". Dallas Stars. 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  7. The Canadian Press (2010-07-01). "Blackhawks continue to trade away players as Andrew Ladd sent to Thrashers". The Hockey News . Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  8. "Vishnevskiy in Atlant" (in Russian). Atlant Mytishchi. 2011-05-17. Archived from the original on 2018-05-05. Retrieved 2011-05-17.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Dallas Stars first round draft pick
2006
Succeeded by