Alexander Saidgerejewitsch Galimow

Alexander Galimov
Date of birth	May 2, 1985
place of birth	Yaroslavl , Russian SFSR
date of death	September 12, 2011
Place of death	Moscow , Russia
size	182 cm
Weight	89 kg
position	Right wing
number	# 11
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 2011	Yaroslavl locomotive

Alexander Galimov ( Russian Александр Саидгереевич Галимов ; * 2. May 1985 in Yaroslavl , Russian SFSR ; † 12. September 2011 in Moscow ) was a Russian ice hockey player who spent his entire career at Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Russian Super League , the Continental Hockey League and third-rate Pervaya League was under contract.

Career

Galimov in the jersey of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

Alexander Galimov began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth division of Lokomotive Yaroslavl . From 2001 to 2004 the winger played for the second team in the third-rate Perwaja League . He then made his debut for Lokomotives professional team in the Super League in the 2004/05 season . In his rookie year , he scored a goal in a total of 47 games and provided an assist. In the 2007/08 season he was runner-up with his team.

Since the 2008/09 season Galimow was on the ice for Lokomotive Yaroslavl in the newly formed Continental Hockey League . In their premiere season he failed with Lokomotive only in the playoff final for the Gagarin Cup with 3: 4 wins in the best-of-seven series at Ak Bars Kazan .

On September 7, 2011, Alexander Galimov was among the first two survivors of the plane crash near Yaroslavl , in which he suffered burns of almost 90 percent of the body surface and the upper respiratory tract. After his condition had been stabilized by the doctors, he was transferred to the capital Moscow on September 8, where he received intensive care. He died five days after the accident from his serious injuries.

International

For Russia , Galimow took part in the junior division of the 2005 U20 World Junior Championship . The Russians won the silver medal, Galimov contributed one goal and two assists in six games.

In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad for the Euro Hockey Tour in 2010 and 2011 . There he played at the Karjala Cup 2009 , Channel One Cup 2010 and LG Hockey Games 2011 . In a total of nine games, he scored two goals and one assist. He won the Karjala Cup and Channel One Cup with the Russians, the LG Hockey Games finished the Sbornaja in second place.

Achievements and Awards

• 2005 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
• 2008 Russian runner-up with Yaroslavl locomotive
• 2009 KHL vice-champion with the Yaroslavl locomotive

Career statistics

				Main round						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2001/02	Yaroslavl II locomotive	Pervaya League		4th	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Yaroslavl II locomotive	Pervaya League		-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Yaroslavl II locomotive	Pervaya League		56	26th	23	49	60		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	Yaroslavl II locomotive	Pervaya League		9	6th	1	7th	2		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	Yaroslavl locomotive	Super league		41	1	1	2	37		9	0	0	0	0
2005/06	Yaroslavl locomotive	Super league		35	5	3	8th	46		11	3	0	3	2
2005/06	Yaroslavl II locomotive	Pervaya League		3	1	1	2	0		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Yaroslavl locomotive	Super league		54	16	13	29	50		7th	1	1	2	10
2007/08	Yaroslavl locomotive	Super league		51	9	9	18th	45		10	0	0	0	14th
2008/09	Yaroslavl locomotive	KHL		55	7th	6th	13	28		19th	2	2	4th	8th
2009/10	Yaroslavl locomotive	KHL		52	13	12	25th	46		16	8th	7th	15th	13
2010/11	Yaroslavl locomotive	KHL		53	13	19th	32	31		18th	9	5	14th	10
Total Pervaya League				72	33	15th	48	64		-	-	-	-	-
Super league overall				181	31	26th	57	175		34	4th	1	5	26th
KHL total				160	33	36	69	105		53	19th	13	32	51

International

Represented Russia in:

• U20 Junior World Championship 2005

year	team	event		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2005	Russia	U20 World Cup		6th	1	2	3	0
Juniors overall				6th	1	2	3	0

( 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 Galimow  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung : Dozens of dead in plane crash , September 7, 2011
2. ↑ rt.com, Crash-survivor hockey player stable, in induced coma , September 9, 2011
3. ↑ Yaroslavl crash survivor dies ( Memento from September 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive )