Alexander Nikolayevich Switov

Alexander Switov
Date of birth	3rd November 1982
place of birth	Omsk , Russian SFSR
size	192 cm
Weight	106 kg
position	center
number	# 15
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2001 , 1st round, 3rd position Tampa Bay Lightning
Career stations
until 2002	HK Awangard Omsk
2002-2004	Tampa Bay Lightning
2004	Columbus Blue Jackets
2004-2005	Syracuse crunch
2005-2006	HK Awangard Omsk
2006-2007	Columbus Blue Jackets
2007-2010	HK Awangard Omsk
2010-2013	Salawat Yulayev Ufa
since 2013	Ak Bars Kazan
since 2019	Yaroslavl locomotive

Alexander Nikolajewitsch Switow ( Russian Александр Николаевич Свитов ; born November 3, 1982 in Omsk , Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player who has been under contract with Lokomotive Yaroslavl from the Continental Hockey League since June 2019 .

Career

Alexander Switow comes from the HK Avangard Omsk ice hockey school . During the 1998/99 season, he made his debut on the Omsk farm team, Awangard WDW , at the age of 15 . In only 27 games he scored 15 goals and 8 assists, so that he was called up for a playoff game in the Superliga squad of Awangard. In the following season he received more ice time in the first team and brought it to 6 scorer points in 19 games this season. At the same time he continued to play for Awangard WDW in the Perwaja League , collecting a total of 22 scorer points in 14 games.

During the 2000/01 season he finally established himself in the first team, where he not only stood out as a scorer, but also with his physical presence. In 32 games of the main round, he collected 111 penalty minutes, but also scored 12 points scorer. With Awangard he reached the playoff final, in which his team lost 4-2 to HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk .

During the 2001 NHL Entry Draft , Switow was selected third in the first round by the Tampa Bay Lightning . In August 2001 he signed an entry contract for the National Hockey League , which forbade him to continue playing in the Super League. First he was then employed by the Awangard WDW farm team , which is subordinate to the Russian Air Force. In October 2001, he received Tampa's permission to play in the Super League again. Shortly before a Superliga game in Moscow, Switow, Kirill Kolzow and Stanislaw Tschistow were picked up by a unit of the Russian military police and forced to start their military service. As part of this, the players Switow and Tschistow were delegated to HK CSKA Moscow , where they were used in a few games.

After completing his military service, Switow moved to North America in the summer of 2002. Here he made his debut in the 2002/03 season for Tampa in the NHL and was able to reach eight points in 63 games. During the 2003/04 season he was mostly with the Hamilton Bulldogs in the American Hockey League for use and ran only in eleven NHL games for Tampa. In January 2004, he was given to the Columbus Blue Jackets , while Tampa received Darryl Sydor and a vote for the 2004 NHL Entry Draft . For the Jackets he completed 29 NHL games by the end of the season, in which he collected eight scorer points.

He spent the lockout of the 2004/05 NHL season at the Syracuse Crunch in the AHL and took part in the AHL All-Star Classic . For the 2005/06 season he returned to Awangard Omsk for one season in the Russian Super League . With Awangard he reached the playoff final in 2006 , in which his team Ak Bars Kazan lost 3-0. Switow contributed a total of 15 scorer points to the runner-up title, but also collected 152 penalty minutes.

Alexander Switov as the captain of Ak Bars Kazan (2014)

For the 2006/07 season he returned with a one-year contract to the Jackets in the National Hockey League. In 76 games of the main round, he collected 18 points and 145 penalty minutes for the jackets that missed the playoffs. In early July 2007, Switow signed a new two-year contract for one million US dollars per season with the Blue Jackets. Six weeks later he signed another contract, this time with Awangard Omsk, for a term of three years. Since there was no valid transfer agreement between the Superliga and NHL at this time, the NHL obtained an international start ban in competitions of the IIHF for Switow and a few other players.

In the following three seasons he stood for Omsk in the super league and its successor league KHL as team captain on the ice. He scored around 20 points per season, but was particularly noticeable due to the many penalties. In early July 2010, Switov was committed by Salawat Yulayev Ufa . With his new team he won the Gagarin Cup at the end of the 2010/11 season .

In June 2013, Switow was signed by Ak Bars Kazan and initially acted as assistant captain, then from 2014 as team captain .

With Ak Bars he won the Gagarin Cup in 2018 and was also the Russian champion . He contributed a total of 14 scorer points to this success during the season. After a rather unsuccessful 2018/19 season, which was also marked by injuries, he left the club from Tatarstan and signed a contract with Lokomotive Yaroslavl in June 2019 .

International

Alexander Switov at the 2012 World Cup

Switow represented his home country at the U18 Junior World Championships in 2000 and the U20 Junior World Championships in 2001 and 2002 . At the U18 Junior World Championship, Switow won the silver medal with the team and was the best scorer of the Russian team with eight points behind Yegor Shastin . After the Russians finished seventh at the U20 World Junior Championship in 2001, they won the gold medal the following year. In both tournaments, the striker received the most penalty minutes of all players.

For the senior selection of the Sbornaja Switow came in the context of the Euro Hockey Tour 2009/10 and 2010/11 to first appearances before he made his debut at the men's world championship in 2012 for the national team and won the gold medal.

Achievements and Awards

2001 Russian runner-up with the HK Awangard Omsk 2003 NHL Young Stars Game 2005 AHL All-Star Classic

2006 Russian runner-up with the HK Awangard Omsk 2011 Gagarin Cup win with Salawat Julajew Ufa 2018 Gagarin Cup win and Russian champion with Ak Bars Kazan

International

• 2000 silver medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2002 gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
• 2012 gold medal at the world championship

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1997/98	Novokuznetsk II metallurgy	Pervaya League		4th	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
1998/99	HK Awangard-WDW Omsk	Pervaya League		27	15th	8th	23	20th		-	-	-	-	-
	HK Awangard Omsk	Super league		-	-	-	-	-		1	0	0	0	0
1999/00	HK Awangard Omsk	Super league		18th	3	3	6th	45		6th	1	0	1	16
	HK Awangard-WDW Omsk	Pervaya League		14th	13	9	22nd	62		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	HK Awangard Omsk	Super league		32	6th	6th	12	111		14th	2	1	3	34
2001/02	HK Awangard Omsk	Super league		3	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Springfield Falcons	AHL		11	4th	5	9	17th		-	-	-	-	-
	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		63	4th	4th	8th	58		7th	0	0	0	6th
2003/04	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL		30th	9	9	18th	79		-	-	-	-	-
	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		11	0	3	3	4th		-	-	-	-	-
	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		29	2	6th	8th	16		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	Syracuse crunch	AHL		69	19th	23	42	200		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	HK Awangard Omsk	Super league		32	3	7th	10	142		13	4th	2	6th	10
2006/07	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		76	7th	11	18th	145		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	HK Awangard Omsk	Super league		54	10	10	20th	140		4th	0	3	3	10
2008/09	HK Awangard Omsk	KHL		32	8th	8th	16	86		6th	1	0	1	41
2009/10	HK Awangard Omsk	KHL		44	7th	16	23	95		3	1	0	1	4th
2010/11	Salawat Yulayev Ufa	KHL		39	9	9	18th	44		20th	5	3	8th	20th
2011/12	Salawat Yulayev Ufa	KHL		42	10	9	19th	40		6th	1	2	3	29
2012/13	Salawat Yulayev Ufa	KHL		27	7th	3	10	41		14th	3	2	5	10
2013/14	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL		50	8th	6th	14th	41		6th	1	3	4th	18th
2014/15	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL		47	9	11	20th	35		20th	4th	4th	8th	8th
2015/16	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL		47	8th	6th	14th	47		7th	0	1	1	6th
2016/17	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL		57	12	15th	27	84		10	2	2	4th	6th
2017/18	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL		40	5	5	10	98		19th	1	3	4th	8th
2018/19	Ak Bars Kazan	KHL		28	1	7th	8th	14th		2	0	0	0	10
2018/19	Bars Kazan	VHL		3	3	0	3	0		-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Yaroslavl locomotive	KHL
Total Pervaya League				45	28	17th	45	82		-	-	-	-	-
Super league overall				148	24	28	52	444		38	7th	6th	13	70
AHL total				110	32	37	69	296		-	-	-	-	-
NHL overall				179	13	24	37	223		7th	0	0	0	6th
KHL total				453	84	96	180	625		113	19th	20th	39	160

International

Represented Russia in:

• U18 Junior World Championship 2000
• U20 World Junior Championship 2001
• U20 Junior World Championship 2002
• Men's World Championship 2012
• Men's World Championship 2013

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
2000	Russia	U18 World Cup	Silver medal		6th	3	5	8th	8th	+10
2001	Russia	U20 World Cup	space		6th	0	1	1	58	+2
2002	Russia	U20 World Cup	gold medal		5	2	1	3	43	+3
2012	Russia	WM	gold medal		10	0	0	0	4th	± 0
2013	Russia	WM	Rank 6		5	1	2	3	4th	+2
Juniors overall					17th	5	7th	12	109	+15

( 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

Commons : Alexander Svitov  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Alexander Switow at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Alexander Switow at legendsofhockey.net (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Alexander Svitov Columbus Blue Jackets NHL Russian Hockey Prospect Player Profile. (No longer available online.) Russianprospects.com, archived from the original on September 26, 2011 ; accessed on October 19, 2011 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Damian Cristodero: Complicated tussle leaves Svitov waiting in Russia. Lightning trying to clarify status of its top draft pick, who is said to be serving in his country's military. St. Petersburg Times , September 22, 2001, accessed October 19, 2011 . 
3. ↑ Dmitri Ponomarenko ( Sovetsky Sport ): Alexander Svitov: I am considered a millioner in Omsk. (No longer available online.) Russianprospects.com, October 31, 2001, archived from the original on October 18, 2007 ; accessed on October 19, 2011 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ Jackets trade Sydor to Lightning. In: espn.com. January 28, 2004, accessed June 5, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Martin Merk: Svitov signed with Omsk. hockeyfans.ch, August 18, 2007, accessed on October 19, 2011 (German). 
6. ↑ Свитов переезжает из Омска в Уфу. Sowetski Sport , July 5, 2010, accessed October 19, 2011 (Russian). 
7. ^ Ak Bars wins the Gagarin Cup. Final, Game 5, April 22. In: en.khl.ru. April 22, 2018, accessed June 5, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Александр Свитов: "Это были прекрасные шесть сезонов". In: news.sportbox.ru. May 3, 2019, Retrieved June 5, 2019 (Russian). 
9. ↑ СМИ: Свитов станет игроком «Локомотива». In: news.sportbox.ru. June 4, 2019, Retrieved June 5, 2019 (Russian).