Maxim Balmochnykh

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Maxim Balmochnykh
Born (1979-03-07) March 7, 1979 (age 43)
Lipetsk, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shot Left
Played for HC Lada Togliatti
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Severstal Cherepovets
HC Dinamo Minsk
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
HK Gomel
HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk
HK Brest
NHL Draft 45th overall, 1997
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Playing career 19952013

Maxim Vasilievich Balmochnykh (born March 7, 1979) is a Russian former professional ice hockey winger who played 6 games in the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Playing career

Balmochnykh began his career with his hometown team HC Lipetsk of the Vysshaya Liga before moving to the Russian Superleague's HC Lada Togliatti. He was drafted in the second round, 45th overall, by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. After being drafted, Balmochnykh made his North American debut with the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL in the 1998–99 season. He then joined the Ducks organization and was assigned to the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the American Hockey League. His call up to the NHL came during the 2000–01 season, during which he played six games for the Mighty Ducks, scoring one assist. He spent the next two seasons in Cincinnati before he was traded to the New Jersey Devils on July 6, 2002, with Jeff Friesen and Oleg Tverdovsky for Petr Sýkora, Jean-Francois Damphousse, Mike Commodore, and Igor Pohanka. [1]

Balmochnykh returned to Russia in 2002 with Severstal Cherepovets while New Jersey retained his NHL rights. He returned to the Devils the next season but spent the entire season in the AHL for the Albany River Rats.

Balmochnykh became a free agent in 2004 and returned to Russia permanently, rejoining HK Lipetsk. After two seasons in the Vysshaya Liga, Lipetsk were relegated to the Pervaya Liga, the country's third tier league and Balmochnykh moved to Belarus with HC Dynamo Minsk before returning to the Russian Superleague with Metallurg Novokuznetsk. After a disappointing season, he was released and he returned to Dynamo Minsk before signing with HK Gomel in 2008. He then rejoined Dinamo Minsk, who were now playing in the newly formed Kontinental Hockey League.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1994–95 HC Lipetsk RUS.2 40114
1995–96 HC LipetskRUS.2431211332
1996–97 Lada Togliatti RSL 1861722
1996–97Lada–2 Togliatti RUS.3 20002
1997–98 Lada TogliattiRSL371041446
1997–98Lada–2 TogliattiRUS.3430338
1997–98 Traktor Chelyabinsk RSL20002
1998–99 Québec Remparts QMJHL 219223138
1998–99 Lada TogliattiRSL152241040118
1999–2000 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 60112
1999–2000 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 409122182
2000–01 Cincinnati Mighty DucksAHL65691545
2001–02 Cincinnati Mighty DucksAHL23641033
2002–03 Severstal Cherepovets RSL1212331
2002–03Severstal–2 CherepovetsRUS.3156182496
2003–04 Albany River Rats AHL42591454
2004–05 HC LipetskRUS.2418715121
2005–06 HC LipetskRUS.2428132164300035
2006–07 Dinamo Minsk BLR 21611173612671312
2006–07Dinamo–2 Minsk BLR.2 42246
2006–07HC LipetskRUS.322576
2007–08 Metallurg Novokuznetsk RSL2114536
2007–08 Dinamo MinskBLR724630421329
2008–09 Dinamo Minsk KHL 2462814
2008–09 HK Gomel BLR10941326
2009–10 Dinamo MinskKHL50110
2009–10 Shakhtyor Soligorsk BLR2411142568852720
2010–11 HK GomelBLR1002212
2010–11 HK Brest BLR31918279843258
2010–11HK–2 GomelBLR.232350
2011–12HC LipetskRUS.3381410247450442
2012–13HC LipetskRUS.33819113060722416
RSL totals10520133314740118
AHL totals170263460214
BLR totals1033753902702816122869

International

Medal record
Representing Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Canada
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1998 Finland
YearTeamEventResult GPGAPtsPIM
1997 Russia EJC 4th612331
1998 Russia WJC Silver medal icon.svg72684
1999 RussiaWJCGold medal icon.svg73584
Junior totals206131939

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References

  1. "Devils trade Sykora to Ducks for 3 players". New York Times . 2002-07-07. Retrieved 2002-07-07.