Alexander Sergejewitsch Wassjunow

Alexander Vasyunov
Date of birth	April 22, 1988
place of birth	Yaroslavl , Russian SFSR
date of death	September 7, 2011
Place of death	Tunoschna near Yaroslavl , Russia
size	183 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	Left wing
number	# 24
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2006 , 2nd round, 58th position New Jersey Devils
Career stations
until 2008	Yaroslavl locomotive
2008-2010	Lowell Devils
2010-2011	Albany Devils
2011	Yaroslavl locomotive

Alexander Sergejewitsch Wassjunow ( Russian Александр Сергеевич Васюнов ; born April 22, 1988 in Yaroslavl , Russian SFSR ; † September 7, 2011 in Tunoschna near Yaroslavl) was a Russian ice hockey player who during his career, among others, with the New Jersey Devils in the national hockey League and Lokomotive Yaroslavl played in the Continental Hockey League .

Career

Wassjunow in the jersey of the Lowell Devils

Alexander Vasyunov began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth division of Lokomotive Yaroslavl , for whose professional team he made his debut in the Russian Super League in the 2005/06 season . Then the winger was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2006 in the second round as a total of 58th player by the New Jersey Devils . First, however, he stayed in his Russian homeland, where he completed two games for Lokomotive Yaroslavl at the beginning of the 2008/09 season in the newly founded Continental Hockey League . Eventually the New Jersey Devils appointed him to their farm team , the Lowell Devils , from the American Hockey League . The 2010/11 season he completed mostly with the Albany Devils in the AHL, but also made his NHL debut in the jersey of the New Jersey Devils during the season.

In July 2011, he returned to his hometown club in Yaroslavl and took part in the club's preparatory program. On September 7, 2011, he was killed in a plane crash near Yaroslavl .

International

For Russia Vasyunov took part in the U18 Junior World Championship in 2006 and the U20 Junior World Championship in 2007 . He also represented his home country in the 2007 Super Series .

Achievements and Awards

• 2007 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
• 2008 Russian runner-up with Yaroslavl locomotive

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
AHL regular season	3	187	39	52	91	33
AHL playoffs	1	5	2	2	4th	0
Super League main round	3	41	4th	0	4th	10
Super League Playoffs	1	16	2	0	2	2
KHL main round	1	2	0	0	0	0
KHL playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

Web links

Commons : Alexander Wassjunow  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Alexander Wassjunow at hockeydb.com (English)
• Alexander Wassjunow at eurohockey.com
• Alexander Wassjunow at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

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