Alexander Yevgenyevich Kharitonov

Alexander Kharitonov
Date of birth	March 30, 1976
place of birth	Moscow , Russian SFSR
size	175 cm
Weight	80 kg
position	Left wing
number	# 17
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2000 , 3rd round, 81st position Tampa Bay Lightning
Career stations
1993-1994	Vyatich Ryazan
1994-1995	HK Dynamo Moscow
1995-1996	HK Lipetsk
1996-2000	HK Dynamo Moscow
2000-2001	Tampa Bay Lightning
2001	New York Islanders
2001-2003	HK Awangard Omsk
2003-2008	HK Dynamo Moscow
2008-2009	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
2009-2010	HK Sibir Novosibirsk
2010-2011	HK Ruby Tyumen
2012	HK Sokol Kiev

Alexander Yevgenyevich Kharitonov ( Russian Александр Евгеньевич Харитонов ; born March 30, 1976 in Moscow , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player who was active in the Superleague with HK Dynamo Moscow and a total of 71 NHL games for the Tampa Bay Lightning and the New York Islanders graduated.

Career

Alexander Kharitonov began his career with Vyatich Ryazan in the Russian third division before moving to HK Dynamo Moscow in 1994 and playing for the latter's second team. In the season 1994/95 he also made his debut in the International Hockey League , the predecessor of today's Russian Super League . In the following season he completed a few games for the second team Dynamos and was later loaned to HK Lipetsk , where he scored 52 points in 64 games. For the 1996/97 season he returned to Moscow and played from then on in the professional team of Dynamo. In the NHL Entry Draft 2000 , the Tampa Bay Lightning was selected in the third round in 81st place and moved a short time later to North America. In his first NHL season he completed 66 games for Tampa Bay, in which he could achieve seven goals and 15 assists. In the summer of 2001 , he and Adrian Aucoin were given to the New York Islanders , who in return gave Mathieu Biron and a second-round draft pick to Tampa Bay.

After five NHL games for the Islanders, he was sent to the farm team, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers , in the AHL . Shortly afterwards he returned to Russia and signed a contract with HK Awangard Omsk . In the summer of 2003 he was signed by Dynamo Moscow, where he played until the end of the 2007/08 season. Then he was under contract with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod for a year before moving to HK Sibir Novosibirsk just before the start of the 2009/10 season.

International

Before the men's ice hockey world championship in 2000, Alexander Kharitonov was called up for the first time for a major tournament in the Russian national team. Further World Cup participations followed in 2001 , 2005 (bronze medal won), 2006 and 2007 (bronze medal won). He also took part in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

Achievements and Awards

• 2000 won the Russian championship
• 2000 All-Star Team of the Super League
• 2005 won the Russian championship
• 2005 bronze medal at the world championship
• 2006 won the IIHF European Champions Cup

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season	2	71	7th	15th	22nd	12
NHL playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-
KHL main round	2	103	10	32	42	50
KHL playoffs	1	3	0	0	0	0

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Alexander Charitonow at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Alexander Charitonow at eurohockey.com