Alexander Pechursky
Alexander Alekseevich Pechursky (born 4 June 1990) is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently playing for Metallurg Novokuznetsk of the Supreme Hockey League (VHL). Pechurskiy was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins 150th overall in the 5th round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. He played one game for the Penguins in 2010. Pechursky then played in the Central Hockey League before returning to Russia.
| Alexander Pechursky | |||
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| Born |
4 June 1990 Magnitogorsk, USSR | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Caught | Left | ||
| Played for |
Metallurg Magnitogorsk Pittsburgh Penguins Amur Khabarovsk | ||
| NHL Draft |
150th overall, 2008 Pittsburgh Penguins | ||
| Playing career | 2007–2020 | ||
Playing career
Pechurskiy began his professional career with Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Russian Superleague in 2007–08, playing in 26 games and posting a 2.07 goals against average. He played for Team Russia at the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships with a 3.06 GAA and a .8854 save percentage, while Russia earned a silver medal.[1] A month later in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, Perchurskiy was selected 150th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the fifth round.
He began the 2009–10 season with Magnitogorsk, but after requesting a release, joined the Tri-City Americans of the major junior Western Hockey League in the United States in December 2009.[2]
On 16 January 2010 Pechurskiy signed an amateur try-out contract with the Penguins due to injuries to starter Marc-André Fleury and back-up Brent Johnson. That night he was to serve as a back-up to the Penguins' third goalie John Curry against the Vancouver Canucks at GM Place.[3] At the time of his signing, Pechurskiy had a 4–1–1 record, with a 1.84 goals against average, a .936 save percentage, and two shutouts in the WHL.[4] After Curry allowed five goals against the Canucks, Pechurskiy entered in relief and became the first Russian goaltender to play for the Penguins.[5] He played the final 35:31 of the game, making 12 saves on 13 shots, and earned the third star of the game.[6] This effort by Pechurskiy tallied him a 0.923 save percentage and a 1.69 goals against average. After the game, Pechurskiy spoke with teammates and media through translations by Ukrainian Ruslan Fedotenko, and Russians Evgeni Malkin[7] and Sergei Gonchar.
Pechurskiy started the 2010–11 season going 2–0–1 with the Americans.[8] On 14 October 2010, the Tri-City Americans announced that they had waived Pechurskiy because of the WHL's mandated limit on overaged players (he was 20 years old at the time).[9]
On 12 November 2010, Pechurskiy signed a contract with the Mississippi RiverKings of the Central Hockey League and began playing regularly for the team.[5] On 25 January 2011, he was signed to a Professional Tryout (PTO) contract with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.[10] Pechurskiy did not make any appearances with the team, and was released from his contract on 31 January 2011 to return to the River Kings.[11]
On 6 June 2011, Pechurskiy returned to his native Russia, securing a contract in a return with Metallurg Magnitogorsk.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | OTL | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | ||
| 2007–08 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | RUS-3 | 27 | — | — | — | — | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | RSL | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | RUS-3 | 20 | — | — | — | — | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2009–10 | Stalnye Lisy | MHL | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 299 | 14 | 0 | 2.81 | .917 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 6.00 | .571 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Tri-City Americans | WHL | 27 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 1403 | 61 | 4 | 2.61 | .912 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 305 | 15 | 0 | 2.95 | .909 | ||
| 2009–10 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1.67 | .923 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Tri-City Americans | WHL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 184 | 11 | 0 | 3.60 | .861 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Mississippi RiverKings | CHL | 37 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2030 | 103 | 1 | 3.04 | .894 | 5 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 3.45 | .874 | ||
| 2011–12 | Stalnye Lisy | MHL | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1024 | 38 | 1 | 2.23 | .922 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 587 | 25 | 0 | 2.55 | .919 | ||
| 2011–12 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 259 | 11 | 0 | 2.55 | .914 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Titan Klin | VHL | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 699 | 27 | 0 | 2.32 | .923 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Yuzhny Ural Orsk | VHL | 35 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 2062 | 63 | 5 | 1.83 | .935 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 272 | 11 | 0 | 2.42 | .913 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 8.46 | .600 | ||
| 2014–15 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 400 | 16 | 0 | 2.40 | .910 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Amur Khabarovsk | KHL | 14 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 703 | 41 | 0 | 3.50 | .893 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Amur Khabarovsk | KHL | 18 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 936 | 30 | 1 | 1.92 | .936 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Amur Khabarovsk | KHL | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 257 | 15 | 0 | 3.50 | .874 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Tsen Tou Jilin | VHL | 38 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 1944 | 81 | 3 | 2.50 | .910 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | VHL | 32 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 1752 | 69 | 0 | 2.36 | .917 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Altay-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | KAZ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2.03 | .909 | ||
| 2019–20 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | VHL | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 595 | 33 | 0 | 3.33 | .892 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| KHL totals | 63 | 13 | 27 | 7 | 2858 | 127 | 1 | 2.67 | .910 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 8.46 | .600 | ||||
| NHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 1.67 | .923 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
- "Alexander Pechurski". Hockey's Future. 21 August 2008. Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2008.
- "Highly-touted Russian goalie joins Ams". Tri-City Herald. 24 December 2009. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
- Anderson, Shelly (16 January 2010). "Fleury likely won't play tonight". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- Penguins Sign Pechurski to One-Game Try Out – Pittsburgh Penguins – News
- "riverkings.com: Roster". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- NHL.com – Game Boxscore – NHL.com – Game Boxscore
- Penguins Report: Game Day at Vancouver – Pittsburgh Penguins – Penguins Report
- Bob Bakken (11 November 2010). "RiverKings Sign Pechurskiy, Place Sterling on IR". Riverkings.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- "Americans Trade for Stebner from Hitmen; Release Brown, Pechurskiy, Kardashev; Reassign Guenther". OurSportsCentral.com. 14 October 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
- Pittsburgh Penguins (25 January 2011). "Penguins Sign Goaltender Alexander Pechurskiy to PTO". PittsburghPenguins.com. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- Jonathan Bombulie (31 January 2011). "All-Star Game Post-Game 1/31". citizensvoice.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database