Alexander Andrijevski

Alexander Andrievsky
Born (1968-08-10) August 10, 1968 (age 55)
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
Height 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight 212 lb (96 kg; 15 st 2 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Right
Played for Dinamo Minsk
Dynamo Moscow
HC Fribourg-Gottéron
Chicago Blackhawks
HPK
HC Bolzano
Krefeld Pinguine
Revierlöwen Oberhausen
National team  Soviet Union and
 Belarus
NHL draft 220th overall, 1991
Chicago Blackhawks
Playing career 1984–2005

Alexander Leonidovich Andrijevsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Леони́дович Андрие́вский; born 10 August 1968) is a Belarusian former professional ice hockey player who played one game in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Blackhawks. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1984 to 2005, was mainly spent in European leagues. Internationally he played for the Belarusian national team at the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics, and seven World Championships. After his playing career he worked as a coach, including serving as the head coach for Admiral Vladivostok of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) for several seasons between 2015 and 2021.

Playing career

Andrijevsky spent the first six seasons of his career with his hometown team Dinamo Minsk between 1984 and 1990. In 1991, he moved to Dynamo Moscow. 1991 was also the year Andrijevski was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks, who selected him 220th overall in the 10th round. After one more season with Dynamo, Andrijevsky moved to North America, signing with the Blackhawks. For the 1992–93 season, he was assigned to the Indianapolis Ice of the International Hockey League before being called up by the Blackhawks for his only NHL game.

The next season, Andrijevsky played just four games for Indianapolis before moving to the Kalamazoo Wings in the same league. It would be his final year in North America as he moved to the SM-liiga in Finland, joining HPK where he spent four seasons. He then split the 1998–99 season playing in Italian Hockey League - Serie A in Italy for HC Bolzano and in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany for the Krefeld Pinguine. Following a spell in the 2nd Bundesliga for EHC Neuwied, He returned to the DEL with Revierlöwen Oberhausen for two seasons.

Andrijevsky returned to Russia in 2001 with Khimik Voskresensk of the Vysshaya Hokkeinaya Liga, the country's second-tier league. He later returned to the 2nd Bundesliga with EHC Freiburg before returning to Belarus with HK Gomel and a return to Dinamo Minsk to finish his career.

International career

Andrijevsky was a member of the Belarus national team and played with the team in the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics. He also represented the team in four Ice Hockey World Championships.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1984–85 Dinamo Minsk USSR-2 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1985–86 Dinamo Minsk USSR-2 11 3 4 7 4 — — — — —
1986–87 Dinamo Minsk USSR-2 38 3 5 8 39 — — — — —
1987–88 Dinamo Minsk USSR-2 50 2 5 7 20 — — — — —
1988–89 Dinamo Minsk USSR 7 1 1 2 2 — — — — —
1988–89 Progress Grodno USSR-3 17 12 1 13 10 — — — — —
1989–90 Dinamo Minsk USSR 47 16 12 28 32 — — — — —
1990–91 Dynamo Moscow USSR 44 9 8 17 28 — — — — —
1991–92 Dynamo Moscow CIS 31 9 8 17 14 7 2 1 3 8
1991–92 Dynamo–2 Moscow CIS-3 3 5 1 6 0 — — — — —
1991–92 HC Fribourg–Gottéron NDA 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1992–93 Tivali Minsk BLR 11 5 2 7 14 — — — — —
1992–93 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1992–93 Indianapolis Ice IHL 66 26 25 51 59 4 2 3 5 10
1993–94 Indianapolis Ice IHL 4 0 1 1 2 — — — — —
1993–94 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 57 6 22 28 58 1 0 0 0 2
1994–95 HPK SM-l 17 8 9 17 18 — — — — —
1994–95 Tivali Minsk RUS 4 1 1 2 4 — — — — —
1994–95 Tivali Minsk BLR 10 11 7 18 20 — — — — —
1995–96 HPK SM-l 43 18 15 33 75 9 7 1 8 4
1996–97 HPK SM-l 42 17 28 45 26 10 2 4 6 2
1997–98 HPK SM-l 25 7 9 16 22 — — — — —
1998–99 HC Bolzano ITA 2 0 0 0 4 — — — — —
1998–99 HC Bolzano ALP 35 23 14 37 16 — — — — —
1998–99 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 13 5 4 9 8 4 0 1 1 6
1999–00 EHC Neuwied GER-2 17 10 10 20 12 — — — — —
1999–00 Revierlöwen Oberhausen DEL 31 13 18 31 40 — — — — —
2000–01 Revierlöwen Oberhausen DEL 56 11 13 24 28 3 0 0 0 0
2001–02 Khimik Voskresensk RUS-2 35 7 18 25 22 14 7 7 14 8
2002–03 Khimik Voskresensk RUS-2 16 2 5 7 34 — — — — —
2002–03 EHC Freiburg GER-2 15 9 4 13 4 11 2 1 3 31
2003–04 HK Gomel BLR 32 14 14 28 16 9 3 1 4 0
2004–05 Dinamo Minsk BLR 40 8 15 23 46 — — — — —
USSR/CIS totals 129 34 29 63 74 7 2 1 3 8
SM-l totals 127 50 61 111 141 19 9 5 14 6
NHL totals 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1986 Soviet Union EJC-B 5 0 2 2 0
1995 Belarus WC-C 4 1 1 2 6
1996 Belarus WC-B 7 4 6 10 8
1997 Belarus WC-B 7 5 7 12 8
1998 Belarus OLY 6 1 2 3 8
1998 Belarus WC 6 1 3 4 12
1999 Belarus WC 6 2 0 2 2
2000 Belarus WC 3 1 2 3 2
2001 Belarus WC 6 1 1 2 6
2002 Belarus OLY 9 0 0 0 4
Junior totals 5 0 2 2 0
Senior totals 54 16 22 38 56

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