Andrei Kovalenko

Member of parliament In September 2020 Kovalenko was elected deputy of the State Duma, Russia's lower house, at a special election in Yaroslavl constituency No. 194, defeating long-time governor of Yaroslavl Oblast Anatoly Lisitsyn from left-leaning A Just Russia. Kovalenko was a candidate of ruling United Russia. A year later, in the 2021 elections Lisitsyn won the constituency with 36.5% of the vote, while Kovalenko received 27.3%.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1987–88 Torpedo Gorky USSR 4 3 0 3 0 — — — — — 1988–89 CSKA Moscow USSR 10 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 1988–89 SKA MVO Kalinin USSR.2 30 8 7 15 29 — — — — — 1988–89 MCOP Moscow USSR.3 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1989–90 CSKA Moscow USSR 48 8 5 13 20 — — — — — 1990–91 CSKA Moscow USSR 45 13 8 21 26 — — — — — 1991–92 CSKA Moscow CIS 36 16 11 27 28 8 3 2 5 4 1991–92 CSKA–2 Moscow CIS.3 1 1 1 2 0 — — — — — 1992–93 CSKA Moscow IHL 3 3 1 4 4 — — — — — 1992–93 Quebec Nordiques NHL 81 27 41 68 57 4 1 0 1 2 1993–94 Quebec Nordiques NHL 58 16 17 33 46 — — — — — 1994–95 Lada Togliatti IHL 11 9 2 11 14 — — — — — 1994–95 Quebec Nordiques NHL 45 14 10 24 31 6 0 1 1 2 1995–96 Colorado Avalanche NHL 26 11 11 22 16 — — — — — 1995–96 Montreal Canadiens NHL 51 17 17 34 33 6 0 0 0 6 1996–97 Edmonton Oilers NHL 74 32 27 59 81 12 4 3 7 6 1997–98 Edmonton Oilers NHL 59 6 17 23 28 1 0 0 0 2 1998–99 Edmonton Oilers NHL 43 13 14 27 30 — — — — — 1998–99 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 13 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 1998–99 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 18 6 6 12 0 4 1 1 2 2 1999–2000 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 76 15 24 39 38 — — — — — 2000–01 Boston Bruins NHL 76 16 21 37 27 — — — — — 2001–02 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl RSL 51 27 19 46 62 9 4 3 7 28 2002–03 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl RSL 51 14 16 30 62 10 5 4 9 12 2003–04 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl RSL 59 23 11 34 56 3 0 0 0 0 2004–05 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl RSL 4 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 2004–05 Avangard Omsk RSL 33 8 9 17 65 11 0 4 4 8 2005–06 Avangard Omsk RSL 12 1 4 5 8 — — — — — 2005–06 Severstal Cherepovets RSL 26 10 7 17 20 4 0 2 2 4 2006–07 Severstal Cherepovets RSL 50 21 8 29 30 5 1 0 1 0 2007–08 Severstal Cherepovets RSL 48 9 8 17 36 7 0 1 1 2 USSR/CIS totals 143 41 24 65 74 8 3 2 5 4 NHL totals 620 173 206 379 389 33 6 5 11 20 RSL totals 335 113 82 195 341 49 10 14 24 56

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 1990 Soviet Union WJC 7 5 6 11 8 1991 Soviet Union CC 5th 5 1 2 3 10 1992 Unified Team OG 8 1 1 2 2 1992 Russia WC 5th 6 3 1 4 2 1994 Russia WC 5th 6 3 5 8 2 1996 Russia WCH SF 5 2 0 2 4 1998 Russia OG 6 4 1 5 14 2000 Russia WC 11th 6 0 0 0 0 2002 Russia WC 8 0 4 4 4 2004 Russia WCH 5th 2 0 0 0 6 Senior totals 52 14 14 28 44

Awards and achievements Soviet championship: 1989 (with CSKA) European Ice Hockey Cup: 1990 (with CSKA) Russian championship: 2002 (with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) Russian championship: 2003 (with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) European Champions Cup: 2005 (with Avangard) Pajulahti Cup: 2006 (with Severstal)