Alexander Gennadjewitsch 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
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International
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Career statistics
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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 | |
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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 )
Web links
- Alexander Mogilny at hockeydb.com (English)
- Alexander Mogilny at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Alexander Mogilny in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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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 |