Alexander Igorevich Kalyanin

Alexander Kaljanin
Date of birth	September 24, 1987
place of birth	Chelyabinsk , Russian SFSR
date of death	September 7, 2011
Place of death	Tunoschna near Yaroslavl , Russia
size	186 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	Left wing
number	# 28
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 2005	HK tractor Chelyabinsk
2005-2006	Yaroslavl locomotive
2006-2007	Disel Pensa
2007-2008	HK tractor Chelyabinsk
2008-2011	Yaroslavl locomotive

Alexander Kalyanin ( Russian Александр Игоревич Калянин * 24. September 1987 in Chelyabinsk , Russian SFSR , † 7. September 2011 in Tunoschna in Yaroslavl ) was a Russian ice hockey player , who during his career, among others, the Traktor Chelyabinsk and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Superliga as well as Continental Hockey League was under contract.

Career

Alexander Kaljanin began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of the HK Tractor Chelyabinsk , for whose second team he was active in the third-rate Pervaya League from 2003 to 2005 . In the 2004/05 season he also made his debut for the professional team of HK tractor in the Superliga , the top Russian division. In the 2006/07 season , the winger was on the ice for the second division Disel Penza in the Wysschaja Liga .

Alexander Kaljanin (right) in the jersey of the Russian national B team

The 2007/08 season began Kaljanin at Lokomotive Yaroslavl, but came only to eight missions for its second team in the Pervaya League, whereupon he spent the entire remaining season at his home club tractor Chelyabinsk in the super league. Since the 2008/09 season , the Russian has been running for Lokomotive Yaroslavl in the newly founded Continental Hockey League . In their premiere season he reached the playoff final for the Gagarin Cup with Lokomotive straight away , but had to admit defeat in this with his team Ak Bars Kazan in the best-of-seven series with 3: 4 wins. In the following years he became a regular at Lokomotive. On September 7, 2011, he was killed in a plane crash near Yaroslavl .

International

In 2011 Kaljanin took part in the Euro Hockey Tour for Russia .

Achievements and Awards

• 2009 Russian runner-up with Yaroslavl locomotive

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
KHL main round	3	94	16	21st	37	72
KHL playoffs	3	35	13	8th	21st	24
Super League main round	2	35	8th	7th	15th	44
Super League Playoffs	1	3	0	0	0	0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of Lokomotive Yaroslavl ice hockey players who died in the plane crash on izvestia.ru. Accessed on September 7, 2011

Web links

• Alexander Kaljanin at hockeydb.com (English)
• Alexander Kaljanin at eliteprospects.com (English)