List of Ukrainians in the Kontinental Hockey League

For the 2014–15 season, Ukrainians constituted the 14th most numerous nationality within the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). During the 2009–10 KHL season, 26[a] Ukrainian players participated in the competition, the most to date, out of the 41 total to have played. Alexei Zhitnik, along with Anton Babchuk and Nikolay Zherdev are of a select few to have been named to the annual All Star Game.

Oleg Tverdovsky became the first Ukrainian-born player to win the Gagarin Cup, doing so with HC Salavat Yulaev in 2010. In 2013, Kostiantyn Kasianchuk became the first Ukrainian national team player to do the same; after which the Cup was brought to Kyiv in celebration.[1] According to Sokil Kyiv general manager Vyacheslav Zavalnyuk, 13.5% of all players in the KHL have Ukrainian roots.[2]

Players

edit
 
Anton Babchuk playing for HC Donbass in 2012
 
Vitaly Vishnevsky has played the most games of any Ukrainian in the KHL
 
Nikolay Zherdev playing for Atlant
 
Alexei Mikhnov playing for Metallurg Magnitogorsk in 2012
= Active in 2012-13 season = Signed for 2013-14 season = Active in 2013-14 season = Retired
NAT Name POS GP G A PTS Birthplace Team Ref.
  Viktor Andrushenko F 59 3 11 14 Kyiv (Belarus) [3]
  Vitali Anikeyenko[☦] D 144 14 35 49 Kyiv - [4]
  Anton Babchuk D 80 10 15 25 Kyiv Salavat Yulaev [5]
  Denis Bayev D 156 9 15 24 Konotop (VHL) [6]
  Yevgeni Belukhin F 0 0 0 0 Arzamas-16 Donbass [7][8]
  Dmytriy Berezin G 1 - - - Novosibirsk Unsigned [9]
  Roman Blahoi F 0 0 0 0 Kyiv Donbass [10]
  Anton But LW 249 66 82 148 Kharkiv Unsigned [11]
  Denis Denisov D 250 32 63 95 Kharkiv CSKA [b][12]
  Vitali Donika C 15 0 1 1 Kyiv (VHL) [13]
  Ruslan Fedotenko LW 33 8 10 18 Kyiv Donbass [14]
  Serhiy Haiduchenko G 78 - - - Kyiv Donbass [15]
  Kostiantyn Kasianchuk F 170 29 35 64 Kyiv Dynamo [16]
  Serhiy Klymentiev D 39 2 4 6 Kyiv - [17]
  Alexander Komaristy C 176 19 37 56 Severodonetsk Neftekhimik [18]
  Maxim Kvitchenko F 25 0 1 1 Kyiv Donbass [19]
  Vitaliy Liutkevych D 20 0 1 1 Kyiv (VHL) [20]
  Oleksandr Materukhin LW 7 0 0 0 Kyiv Dinamo-Minsk [21]
  Alexei Mikhnov LW 200 45 61 106 Kyiv Atlant [22]
  Andriy Mikhnov LW 109 10 12 22 Kyiv (Belarus) [23]
  Yegor Morozov F 0 0 0 0 [✪]Tolyatti Donbass [24]
  Artem Ostroushko D 51 5 8 13 Kyiv - [25]
  Denis Petrukhno D 0 0 0 0 Kyiv Donbass [26]
  Fedor Polischuk LW 221 20 48 68 Kolodyste Barys [27]
  Alexei Ponikarovsky LW 32 5 13 18 Kyiv Kunlun [28]
  Gennady Razin D 237 9 29 38 Kharkiv Donbass [29]
  Andrei Sergeyev D 104 4 9 13 Simferopol Spartak [30]
  Oleh Shafarenko F 21 2 4 6 Kyiv (Belarus) [31]
  Vadym Shakhraychuk C 103 15 12 17 Kyiv Unsigned [32]
  Vladislav Shalimov RW 3 0 0 0 Belovo Donbass [33][34]
  Egor Shastin F 141 34 42 76 Kyiv (Swiss) [35]
  Mykhailo Shevchuk G 0 - - - Kharkiv Donbass [36]
  Denis Shvidki RW 37 3 4 7 Kharkiv (MOL Liga) [37]
  Dmytro Shvidenko D 0 0 0 0 Lubny Ugra [38]
  Yuri Silnitsky D 16 0 0 0 Tyumen Donbass [39][40]
  Kostiantyn Simchuk G 13 - - - Kyiv - [41]
  Daniil Sobchenko[☦] C 51 6 2 8 Kyiv - [42]
  Alexei Strakhov RW 25 3 3 6 Kharkiv - [43]
  Volodymyr Tkachev D 5 0 0 0 Dnipropetrovsk Ak Bars [44]
  Oleksandr Toryanik RW 0 0 0 0 Kharkiv Donbass [45]
  Oleg Tverdovsky D 191 29 51 80 Donetsk - [46]
  Serhiy Varlamov LW 133 24 26 50 Kyiv Donbass [47]
  Vitaly Vishnevsky D 263 25 44 69 Kharkiv Lokomotiv [48]
  Alexander Vyukhin[☦] G 87 - - - Sverdlovsk - [49]
  Viktor Zakharov F 0 0 0 0 Kyiv Donbass [50]
  Ignat Zemchenko C 80 9 7 16 Kyiv Severstal [51]
  Nikolay Zherdev RW 155 44 78 122 Kyiv Severstal [52]
  Alexei Zhitnik D 112 4 14 18 Kyiv - [53]

Note: A (★) denotes a player who has participated in an All Star Game
All statistics accurate to the end of the 2012–13 KHL season

Breakdown of players by nationality

edit
5
10
15
20
25
30
  •   Ukraine
  •   Nationalized to Ukraine
  •   Russia
  •   Kazakhstan
  •   Belarus
  •   Neutral

Captains

edit

Several players have acted as captains of their respective KHL clubs, including: Alexei Zhitnik (Dynamo Moscow); Vitaly Vishnevsky (SKA); Serhiy Varlamov, Ruslan Fedotenko,[54] (HC Donbass); and Nikolay Zherdev (Atlant)

Players of Ukrainian descent

edit

The following is a list of KHL players who while not born in Ukraine, are of documented Ukrainian descent.

Notes

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "Кубок Гагарина в Киеве!". Gnezdo. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Budivelnik can translate into Bobrov Division". Retrieved 11 June 2010.
  3. ^ "Eliteprospects.com". Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  4. ^ "NHL.com". Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  5. ^ "NHL.com". Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  6. ^ "Eliteprospects.com - Denis Bayev". Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  7. ^ "EliteProspects.com". Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  8. ^ "HCDonbass.com". HCDonbass.com. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  9. ^ "HCDonbass.com". Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  10. ^ "EliteProspects.com". Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  11. ^ "Eliteprospects.com". Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  12. ^ "Denis Denisov". Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  13. ^ "Eliteprospects.com". Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  14. ^ "NHL.com". Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  15. ^ "Eliteprospects.com - Sergei Gaiduchenko". Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  16. ^ "Eliteprospects.com". Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  17. ^ "NHL.com". Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  18. ^ "Eliteprospects.com". Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  19. ^ "Eliteprospects.com". Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  20. ^ "СТАТИСТИКА ЭКСТРАЛИГИ № 28 Виталий Люткевич". Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  21. ^ "Eliteprospects.com". Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  22. ^ "NHL.com". Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  23. ^ "NHL.com". Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  24. ^ "EliteProspects.com - Yegor Morozov". Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  25. ^ "Eurohockey.net". Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  26. ^ "Eliteprospects.com". Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  27. ^ "Torino 2006 Rosters". Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
  28. ^ "NHL.com". Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  29. ^ "Eliteprospects.com - Gennadi Razin". Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  30. ^ "Andrei Sergeyev". Retrieved 14 October 2011.
  31. ^ "Eliteprospects.com". Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  32. ^ "Eliteprospects.com". Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  33. ^ "EliteProspects.com". Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  34. ^ "HCDonbass.com". HCDonbass.com. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  35. ^ "NHL.com". Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  36. ^ "Михаил Шевчук". Archived from the original on 2013-10-01. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
  37. ^ "NHL.com". Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  38. ^ "Dmitri Shvidenko - Stats, Contract, Salary & More". www.eliteprospects.com.
  39. ^ "Eliteprospects.com". Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  40. ^ "HCDonbass.com". HCDonbass.com. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  41. ^ "Eliteprospects.com". Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  42. ^ "Lokomotiv.yar.ru". Archived from the original on 8 June 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  43. ^ "Eliteprospects.com". Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  44. ^ "Eliteprospects.com - Vladimir Tkachyov". Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  45. ^ "Eliteprospects.com - Olexander Toryanik". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  46. ^ "NHL.com". Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  47. ^ "NHL.com". Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  48. ^ "NHL.com". Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  49. ^ "Eliteprospects.com". Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  50. ^ "Eliteprospects.com". Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  51. ^ "Nashville Predators Draft Prospect 2011". Archived from the original on 30 November 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
  52. ^ "NHL.com". Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  53. ^ "NHL.com". Retrieved 3 April 2010.
  54. ^ "Руслан Федотенко - капітан ХК "Донбас" | ХК Донбас".
  55. ^ "Михаил Анисин: "Мечтаю сыграть за Назарова уже в понедельник". Спорт-Экспресс. Все новости хоккея. Обзоры матчей, календарь игр чемпионата России, результаты, турнирные таблицы". Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2015-04-02.
  56. ^ "Андрей Назаров: "С Еременко и Анисиным Украина будет в элите". Спорт-Экспресс. Все новости хоккея. Обзоры матчей, календарь игр чемпионата России, результаты, турнирные таблицы". Archived from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  57. ^ "Шон Гешка: У мене українські корені - Новини хокею - bighockey.ua". Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  58. ^ "РАЗГОВОР ПО ПЯТНИЦАМ• Андрей НИКОЛИШИН• МАТРЕШКА ДЛЯ КЛИНТОНА".
  59. ^ ДОРОЖКИН, Артем. "Денисов: "В хоккее, как и в жизни, надо биться до конца"". Dynamo.ru. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  60. ^ "Vladislav Shalimov and Yuri Silnitskiy are candidates for the Ukrainian National Team". HCDonbass.com. Retrieved 16 September 2013.