Alexander Kharitonov (ice hockey)

Alexander Yevgenievich Kharitonov (Russian: Александр Евгеньевич Харитонов, born March 30, 1976) is a Russian former professional ice hockey right wing.

Alexander Kharitonov
Born (1976-03-30) March 30, 1976
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 169 lb (77 kg; 12 st 1 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Right
Played for Tampa Bay Lightning
New York Islanders
Avangard Omsk
Dynamo Moscow
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Sibir Novosibirsk
National team  Russia
NHL Draft 81st overall, 2000
Tampa Bay Lightning
Playing career 19932012

Career

Kharitonov was drafted in the third round, 81st overall, by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft from HC Dynamo Moscow at the age of 24.[1] He signed with the Lightning for the 2000-01 NHL season and played in sixty-six games in his rookie season, scoring seven goals and fifteen assists for twenty-two points. The following year, Kharitonov signed with the New York Islanders, but played just five games for the team as well as two games for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League before returning to Russia to play for Avangard Omsk.

Kharitonov later returned to Dynamo Moscow in 2003 and played the next five seasons with the team before joining Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the newly created Kontinental Hockey League in 2008. He later joined HC Sibir Novosibirsk the following year before spending the final two seasons of his career in the Supreme Hockey League for Rubin Tyumen and in the Professional Hockey League in Ukraine for Sokil Kiev.

Kharitonov was also a member of the Russian national team, playing in five World Championships as well as the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1993–94 Vyatich Ryazan RUS.2 44 19 8 27 12
1994–95 Dynamo Moscow IHL 10 0 0 0 0
1994–95 Dynamo–2 Moscow RUS.2 39 16 9 25 18
1995–96 Dynamo–2 Moscow RUS.2 3 1 3 4 4
1995–96 HK Lipetsk RUS.2 64 30 22 52 44
1996–97 Dynamo Moscow RSL 36 11 9 20 12 4 2 0 2 2
1996–97 Dynamo–2 Moscow RUS.3 2 1 1 2 0
1997–98 Dynamo Moscow RSL 44 18 17 35 20 12 2 3 5 4
1998–99 Dynamo Moscow RSL 42 8 6 14 24 16 4 3 7 2
1999–2000 Dynamo Moscow RSL 35 13 22 35 26 17 8 3 11 10
2000–01 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 66 7 15 22 8
2001–02 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 2 1 0 1 0
2001–02 New York Islanders NHL 5 0 0 0 4
2001–02 Avangard Omsk RSL 29 2 6 8 16 4 1 0 1 2
2002–03 Avangard Omsk RSL 43 8 10 18 34 9 2 0 2 4
2003–04 Dynamo Moscow RSL 51 7 14 21 24 3 0 0 0 2
2003–04 Dynamo–2 Moscow RUS.3 1 0 1 1 2
2004–05 Dynamo Moscow RSL 49 15 14 29 26 10 3 1 4 0
2005–06 Dynamo Moscow RSL 41 10 15 25 30 4 1 0 1 2
2006–07 Dynamo Moscow RSL 52 12 24 36 62 3 1 0 1 0
2007–08 Dynamo Moscow RSL 54 11 15 26 48 9 0 2 2 2
2008–09 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod KHL 55 7 22 29 26 3 0 0 0 0
2009–10 Sibir Novosibirsk KHL 48 3 10 13 24
2010–11 Rubin Tyumen VHL 41 8 8 16 40 8 1 3 4 4
2011–12 Sokil Kyiv UKR 7 1 1 2 2
RSL totals 476 115 152 267 322 91 24 12 36 30
NHL totals 71 7 15 22 12
KHL totals 103 10 32 42 50 3 0 0 0 0

International

Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2000 Russia WC 11th 6 2 3 5 2
2001 Russia WC 6th 7 2 0 2 8
2005 Russia WC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 2 0 2 4
2006 Russia OG 4th 8 1 1 2 6
2006 Russia WC 5th 4 1 0 1 2
2007 Russia WC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 9 0 2 2 6
Senior totals 42 8 6 14 28

Honours

References

  1. Wagner, Courtney (May 11, 2005). "Lightning 2000 draft evaluation". Hockey's Future. Retrieved August 10, 2017.


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