Alexander Galchenyuk

Alexander Nikolaevich Galchenyuk (born July 28, 1967) is a Belarusian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of Amur Khabarovsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). As a player, he participated in the 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001 IIHF World Championships as a member of the Belarus men's national ice hockey team.

Galchenyuk was employed as an assistant coach with the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League who was selected by the Montreal Canadiens third overall at the 2012 NHL entry draft.

Professional career Galchenyuk began playing top-level professional hockey with HC Dynamo Moscow during the 1985-86 season, staying with this team until the end of the 1991-92 season. He then travelled to the United States where he played the 1992–93 and 1993-94 seasons with the Milwaukee Admirals in the International Hockey League (IHL). Galchenyuk started the 1995-96 season in Germany playing elite level hockey in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) with Eisbären Berlin, but returned to the United States before the season's end to join the Madison Monsters of the Colonial Hockey League (CoHL). Midway through the season, he was signed by the Michigan K-Wings of the IHL, where he remained for the following season and a half.

Galchenyuk returned to Europe for the 1998–99 season where he played nine more seasons in various the European leagues including the Russian Superleague where he played with Avangard Omsk and SKA Saint Petersburg. After spending 21 seasons as a professional ice hockey player, Galchenyuk retired following the 2006-07 season.

International play

Soviet Union At the age of 19, Galchenyuk was selected to represent the Soviet Union at the 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships where he played 13 games and scored 5 points before the Soviet team was disqualified from the tournament following an on-ice brawl with the Canadian Team. He was also selected to play with the senior Soviet Union team that competed for the 1991 Canada Cup.

Belarus Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Galchenyuk went on to represent Belarus in international tournaments. As a member of the Belarus men's national ice hockey team, Galchenyuk competed in four consecutive Ice Hockey World Championships, from 1998 to 2001, during which he scored a total of 26 points in 24 IIHF World Championship games. He also competed with Team Belarus at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1983–84 Dinamo Minsk URS.2 11 1 — — — — — 1984–85 Dinamo Minsk URS.2 20 5 1 6 6 — — — — — 1985–86 Dinamo Minsk URS.2 28 12 7 19 26 — — — — — 1985–86 Dynamo Moscow URS 11 1 1 2 4 — — — — — 1986–87 Dynamo Moscow URS 29 0 2 2 10 — — — — — 1987–88 Dynamo Moscow URS 45 7 3 10 14 — — — — — 1988–89 Dynamo Moscow URS 26 3 3 6 26 — — — — — 1989–90 Dynamo Moscow URS 34 6 3 9 20 — — — — — 1990–91 Dynamo Moscow URS 44 11 16 27 32 — — — — — 1991–92 Dynamo Moscow CIS 32 5 13 18 25 7 0 2 2 4 1991–92 Dynamo–2 Moscow CIS.3 5 3 1 4 2 — — — — — 1992–93 Michigan K–Wings IHL 44 13 33 46 22 1 0 0 0 0 1993–94 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 33 12 24 36 20 3 1 1 2 0 1995–96 Eisbären Berlin DEL 30 9 11 20 34 — — — — — 1995–96 Madison Monsters CoHL 12 2 7 9 4 — — — — — 1996–97 Madison Monsters CoHL 22 11 21 32 18 — — — — — 1996–97 Michigan K–Wings IHL 52 11 17 28 24 4 2 1 3 0 1997–98 Michigan K–Wings IHL 66 12 25 37 42 4 3 1 4 0 1998–99 Avangard Omsk RSL 29 3 3 6 14 — — — — — 1998–99 SG Cortina ITA 9 5 8 13 2 9 2 10 12 10 1999–2000 Asiago Hockey 1935 ITA 46 37 84 121 40 — — — — — 2000–01 Asiago Hockey 1935 ITA 31 11 34 45 10 16 5 13 18 14 2001–02 HC Sierre SUI.2 6 0 2 2 4 — — — — — 2001–02 Milano Vipers ITA 17 7 14 21 4 2 0 1 1 2 2002–03 Khimik Voskresensk RUS.2 2 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 2002–03 Khimik–2 Voskresensk RUS.3 5 2 5 7 2 — — — — — 2002–03 SKA St. Petersburg RSL 26 1 5 6 26 — — — — — 2002–03 SKA–2 St. Petersburg RUS.3 1 1 1 2 0 — — — — — 2003–04 Khimvolokno Mogilev BLR 42 11 28 39 36 2 0 0 0 4 2003–04 Khimvolokno Mogilev EEHL 29 5 19 24 70 — — — — — 2004–05 Khimvolokno Mogilev BLR 43 16 39 55 58 8 3 3 6 6 2005–06 Dinamo Minsk BLR 48 7 19 26 50 10 0 1 1 4 2006–07 Dinamo Minsk BLR 28 4 6 10 10 — — — — — 2006–07 Neman Grodno BLR 19 2 4 6 20 3 1 1 2 0 URS/CIS totals 221 33 41 74 131 7 0 2 2 4 IHL totals 195 48 99 147 108 12 6 3 9 0 BLR totals 180 40 96 136 174 23 4 5 9 14

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1985 Soviet Union EJC 5 0 2 2 0 1986 Soviet Union WJC 7 1 2 3 4 1987 Soviet Union WJC 6 1 1 2 8 1991 Soviet Union CC 5 0 1 1 0 1998 Belarus OG 7 1 2 3 0 1998 Belarus WC 6 0 0 0 10 1999 Belarus WC 6 0 1 1 6 2000 Belarus WC 6 0 0 0 6 2001 Belarus WC 6 1 2 3 4 2005 Belarus OGQ 3 0 1 1 0 Junior totals 18 2 5 7 12 Senior totals 39 2 7 9 26