Alexander Pechurskiy

Alexander Alekseevich Pechursky (born 4 June 1990) is a Russian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He most recently played 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.

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. 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.

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. 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. After Curry allowed five goals against the Canucks, Pechurskiy entered in relief and became the first Russian goaltender to play for the Penguins. 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 and Sergei Gonchar.

Pechurskiy started the 2010–11 season going 2–0–1 with the Americans. 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).

On 12 November 2010, Pechurskiy signed a contract with the Mississippi RiverKings of the Central Hockey League and began playing regularly for the team. On 25 January 2011, he was signed to a Professional Tryout (PTO) contract with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. 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.

On 6 June 2011, Pechurskiy returned to his native Russia, securing a contract in a return with Metallurg Magnitogorsk.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs 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 — — — — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2007 Russia U18 3 1 0 0 77 5 0 3.92 .861 2008 Russia U18 5 4 1 0 216 11 0 3.06 .885 Junior totals 8 5 1 0 293 16 0 3.28 .879