Alexander Gennadjewitsch Mogilny

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Alexander Mogilny
Date of birth 18th February 1969
place of birth Khabarovsk , Russian SFSR
Nickname Alexander the Great
size 183 cm
Weight 95 kg
position Right wing
number # 89
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1988 , 5th lap, 89th position
Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
until 1989 HK CSKA Moscow
1989-1995 Buffalo Sabers
1995-2000 Vancouver Canucks
2000-2001 New Jersey Devils
2001-2005 Toronto Maple Leafs
2005-2006 New Jersey Devils
2006 Albany River Rats

Alexander Mogilny ( Russian Александр Геннадьевич Могильный * 18th February 1969 in Khabarovsk , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player , who during his career for the Buffalo Sabers , Vancouver Canucks , New Jersey Devils and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League played. He achieved over 1000 points scorer in 990 NHL games. He was the first Soviet player in the NHL, the first Russian to be elected to an NHL All-Star team , the first European to surpass 76 goals in one season and the first European to be the team captain of an NHL Teams became.

Career

Alexander Mogilny began his career at HK CSKA Moscow , where he, together with Sergei Fjodorow and Pawel Bure, formed a talented young assault line that was to replace the series Krutow - Larionow - Makarow ( KLM series ). With CSKA, the three players became Soviet champions in 1987, 1988 and 1989 and won the European Cup in 1988 and 1989.

At the 1989 World Cup , Mogilny sat down after the medal ceremony from the Soviet national team . The Buffalo Sabers , who had selected him in the fifth round in the fifth round in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft in 1988 , arranged his flight to North America. Mogilny was the first Soviet ice hockey player in the National Hockey League . In the Sabers Mogilny developed into one of the most dangerous strikers in the league, increasing his points yield from year to year. In the 1992/93 season he scored 76 goals in 77 games this season, so that he won the top scorer's crown of the NHL together with Finnish rookie Teemu Selänne . He was also elected to the league's Second All-Star Team .

Due to the lockout in the NHL at the beginning of the 1994/95 season , he returned to Russia and completed a game for HK Spartak Moscow before he was drawn back to the Sabers when the game was resumed. In the summer of 1995, the Sabers gave him to the Vancouver Canucks , which in turn gave Michael Peca , Mike Wilson and a first-round draft option to the Sabers. At the Canucks he was able to build on his achievements and was reelected to the Second-All-Star Team in 1996 with 107 points scorer in the regular season. In the following three years he only scored significantly fewer goals, so that the Canucks decided to swap in March 2000. Mogilny was sent to the New Jersey Devils , the Canucks received Brendan Morrison and Denis Pederson . With the Devils he won the Stanley Cup at the end of the 1999/2000 season . In the following season he scored 83 scorer points in 75 games and again reached the final for the Stanley Cup with the Devils, which was lost 3: 4 against the Colorado Avalanche .

In the summer of 2001, his contract expired and Mogilny was hired as a free agent by the Toronto Maple Leafs , where he received a four-year contract for a total of 22 million US dollars. At the Leafs, he became one of the leading players and was instrumental in ensuring that the team advanced to the conference finals in 2002. In the 2002/03 season he was the best points collector of his team and was awarded the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for the most exemplary athletic player by the NHL . He missed most of the following season due to a hip injury he sustained in a game against the Edmonton Oilers in November 2003 .

During the renewed lockout in the 2004/05 season , he did not play professional ice hockey. In August 2005, he was signed again by the New Jersey Devils, who gave him a two-year contract worth $ 7 million. During the following season he was deported to the American Hockey League in order not to exceed the so-called salary cap . Mogilny missed the entire 2006/07 season with an injury before retiring from active sport in 2007.

International

Mogliny played for the Soviet Union at the Junior World Championships in 1987 , 1988 and 1989 . He was top scorer in 1988, honored as the best striker and won the silver medal with the U20 team. As a result, he was awarded the title of Honored Master of Sports of the USSR .

With the Men's National Team he won at the 1988 Olympic Winter Games , the gold medal and the world title 1989 . For the Russian national team he only played at the World Cup of Hockey 1996 , but without any significant success.

Achievements and Awards

International

  • 1988 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
  • 1988 Best striker in the U20 World Junior Championship
  • 1988 All-Star-Team of the U20 Junior World Championship
  • 1988 Top scorer in the U20 World Junior Championship

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1986-87 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 28 15th 1 16 4th - - - - -
1987-88 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 39 12 8th 20th 14th - - - - -
1988-89 CSKA Moscow Vysschaya League 31 11 11 22nd 24 - - - - -
1989-90 Buffalo Sabers NHL 65 15th 28 43 16 4th 0 1 1 2
1990-91 Buffalo Sabers NHL 62 30th 34 64 16 6th 0 6th 6th 2
1991-92 Buffalo Sabers NHL 67 39 45 84 73 2 0 2 2 0
1992-93 Buffalo Sabers NHL 77 76 51 127 40 7th 7th 3 10 6th
1993-94 Buffalo Sabers NHL 66 32 47 79 22nd 7th 4th 2 6th 6th
1994-95 HK Spartak Moscow IHL 1 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
Buffalo Sabers NHL 44 19th 28 47 36 5 3 2 5 2
1995-96 Vancouver Canucks NHL 79 55 52 107 16 6th 1 8th 9 8th
1996-97 Vancouver Canucks NHL 76 31 42 73 18th - - - - -
1997-98 Vancouver Canucks NHL 51 18th 27 45 36 - - - - -
1998-99 Vancouver Canucks NHL 59 14th 31 45 58 - - - - -
1999-00 Vancouver Canucks NHL 47 21st 17th 38 16 - - - - -
New Jersey Devils NHL 12 3 3 6th 4th 23 4th 3 7th 4th
2000-01 New Jersey Devils NHL 75 43 40 83 43 25th 5 11 16 8th
2001-02 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 66 24 33 57 8th 20th 8th 3 11 8th
2002-03 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 73 33 46 79 12 6th 5 2 7th 4th
2003-04 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 37 8th 22nd 30th 12 13 2 4th 6th 8th
2004-05 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL not played because of lockout
2005-06 New Jersey Devils NHL 34 12 13 25th 6th - - - - -
Albany River Rats AHL 19th 4th 10 14th 17th - - - - -
Wysschaja League overall 98 38 20th 58 42 - - - - -
IHL total 1 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
AHL total 19th 4th 10 14th 17th - - - - -
NHL overall 990 473 559 1032 432 124 39 47 86 58

International

Represented the USSR in:

Represented Russia at:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1986 USSR U18 European Championship 5 4th 1 5 4th
1987 USSR U20 World Cup 6th 3 2 5 4th
1988 USSR U20 World Cup 7th 9 9 18th 2
1988 USSR Olympia 6th 3 2 5 2
1989 USSR U20 World Cup 7th 7th 5 12 4th
1989 USSR WM 10 0 3 3 2
1996 Russia World cup 5 2 4th 6th 0
Juniors overall 25th 23 17th 40 14th
Men overall 21st 5 9 14th 4th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Mogilny, Alexander Gennadjewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Могильный, Александр Геннадьевич (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 18th February 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Khabarovsk , Russian SFSR