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.
| Alexander Andrievsky | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
August 10, 1968 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 | ||
Playing career
editAndrijevsky 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
editAndrijevsky 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
editRegular season and playoffs
edit| 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
edit| 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 | |||
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database