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Alexander Galchenyuk
Belarusian ice hockey player and coach

Alexander Nikolaevich Galchenyuk (born July 28, 1967) is a Belarusian former professional ice hockey player who represented the Belarus men's national ice hockey team in the 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001 IIHF World Championships. After retiring, he became an assistant coach for the Sarnia Sting in the Ontario Hockey League, where he coached his son, Alex Galchenyuk, who was drafted third overall by the Montreal Canadiens at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.

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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 points5 before the Soviet team was disqualified from the tournament following an on-ice brawl with the Canadian Team.6 He was also selected to play with the senior Soviet Union team that competed for the 1991 Canada Cup.7

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.8 He also competed with Team Belarus at the 1998 Winter Olympics.9

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1983–84Dinamo MinskURS.2111—————
1984–85Dinamo MinskURS.2205166—————
1985–86Dinamo MinskURS.2281271926—————
1985–86Dynamo MoscowURS111124—————
1986–87Dynamo MoscowURS2902210—————
1987–88Dynamo MoscowURS45731014—————
1988–89Dynamo MoscowURS2633626—————
1989–90Dynamo MoscowURS3463920—————
1990–91Dynamo MoscowURS4411162732—————
1991–92Dynamo MoscowCIS32513182570224
1991–92Dynamo–2 MoscowCIS.353142—————
1992–93Michigan K–WingsIHL441333462210000
1993–94Milwaukee AdmiralsIHL331224362031120
1995–96Eisbären BerlinDEL309112034—————
1995–96Madison MonstersCoHL122794—————
1996–97Madison MonstersCoHL2211213218—————
1996–97Michigan K–WingsIHL521117282442130
1997–98Michigan K–WingsIHL661225374243140
1998–99Avangard OmskRSL2933614—————
1998–99SG CortinaITA95813292101210
1999–2000Asiago Hockey 1935ITA46378412140—————
2000–01Asiago Hockey 1935ITA3111344510165131814
2001–02HC SierreSUI.260224—————
2001–02Milano VipersITA1771421420112
2002–03Khimik VoskresenskRUS.220004—————
2002–03Khimik–2 VoskresenskRUS.352572—————
2002–03SKA St. PetersburgRSL2615626—————
2002–03SKA–2 St. PetersburgRUS.311120—————
2003–04Khimvolokno MogilevBLR421128393620004
2003–04Khimvolokno MogilevEEHL295192470—————
2004–05Khimvolokno MogilevBLR431639555883366
2005–06Dinamo MinskBLR487192650100114
2006–07Dinamo MinskBLR28461010—————
2006–07Neman GrodnoBLR192462031120
URS/CIS totals22133417413170224
IHL totals1954899147108126390
BLR totals18040961361742345914

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1985Soviet UnionEJC50220
1986Soviet UnionWJC71234
1987Soviet UnionWJC61128
1991Soviet UnionCC50110
1998BelarusOG71230
1998BelarusWC600010
1999BelarusWC60116
2000BelarusWC60006
2001BelarusWC61234
2005BelarusOGQ30110
Junior totals1825712
Senior totals3927926

References

  1. "Alexander Galchenyuk statistics". Elite prospects.net. Retrieved 2011-05-19. http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=73735&lang=en ↩

  2. "Alexander Galchenyuk statistics". Elite prospects.net. Retrieved 2011-05-19. http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=73735&lang=en ↩

  3. "Alex Galchenyuk statistics". Elite prospects.net. Retrieved 2011-05-19. http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=74611 ↩

  4. Sallows, Dan. "Player Profile: Alex Galchenyuk". Dan Sallows. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-05-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20110726184447/http://dansallows.com/player-profile-alex-galchenyuk/ ↩

  5. IIHF (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. p. 408. ISBN 978-0-9867964-0-1. 978-0-9867964-0-1 ↩

  6. IIHF (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 192–3. ISBN 978-0-9867964-0-1. 978-0-9867964-0-1 ↩

  7. IIHF (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. p. 408. ISBN 978-0-9867964-0-1. 978-0-9867964-0-1 ↩

  8. IIHF (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. p. 408. ISBN 978-0-9867964-0-1. 978-0-9867964-0-1 ↩

  9. IIHF (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. pp. 192–3. ISBN 978-0-9867964-0-1. 978-0-9867964-0-1 ↩