André Burakovsky

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André Burakovsky
Date of birth February 9, 1995
place of birth Klagenfurt , Austria
size 190 cm
Weight 90 kg
position Left wing
number # 95
Shot hand Left
Draft
KHL Junior Draft 2012 , 3rd round, 102nd position
SKA Saint Petersburg
NHL Entry Draft 2013 , 1st round, 23rd position
Washington Capitals
Career stations
until 2013 Malmo Redhawks
2013-2014 Erie Otters
2014-2019 Washington Capitals
since 2019 Colorado Avalanche

André Burakovsky (also André Burakowsky ; born February 9, 1995 in Klagenfurt , Austria ) is a Swedish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Colorado Avalanche in the National Hockey League since June 2019 . The winger previously spent five years with the Washington Capitals , with whom he won the Stanley Cup in the 2018 playoffs .

Career

Youth in Sweden

André Burakovsky was born in 1995 in Klagenfurt, the son of Robert Burakovsky , who was under contract with the Klagenfurt AC at the time, but subsequently grew up in Sweden. Robert's father, Benny Burakovsky, was already an active ice hockey coach and Robert's brother Mikael Burakovsky was also a professional ice hockey player.

André Burakovsky went through the youth departments of the Malmö Redhawks until he made his debut in the J20 SuperElit , the highest Swedish junior league, in the 2011/12 season . There he got 42 scorer points from 42 games, after which he accompanied the Swedish U18 national team to the U18 World Cup and won the silver medal there. He had previously participated in the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2011 , where the team also won the silver medal, and in the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2012 . In August 2012 he again took part in the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament and this time achieved a third place. In addition, he was selected in the KHL Junior Draft 2012 by SKA Saint Petersburg in 102nd position.

Already in the following season 2012/13 the attacker made his professional debut in the Swedish Elitserien and spent most of the season with 43 appearances at a professional level, while only a few appearances were in the junior leagues. After he had participated with the Swedish U18 again in the U18 World Championship , he was selected in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft in 23rd position by the Washington Capitals .

NHL

Burakovsky in the jersey of the Washington Capitals (2018)

In August 2013 Burakovsky moved to the Canadian Ontario Hockey League to the Erie Otters , who had selected him in the CHL Import Draft of the same year in fifth position. He also signed an entry-level contract with Washington Capitals for a month . However, the Swede spent the entire 2013/14 season with the Otters and scored 87 points scorer in 57 games. After the season he represented the Swedish U20 national team at the U20 World Cup in 2014 and again won the silver medal.

With the start of the 2014/15 season, Burakovsky is, apart from two appearances with the Hershey Bears farm team , firmly in the squad of the Capitals and scored his first goal in the National Hockey League with his first shot on the first day of the game . Head coach Barry Despite plans to retrain him from left winger to center . In the two following NHL seasons 2015/16 and 2016/17 he scored more than 30 points for the capital club. Burakovsky also made his debut for the senior national team of Sweden at the 2016 World Cup and finished sixth with the team.

At the end of the 2017/18 season, Burakovsky won the first Stanley Cup in franchise history with the Capitals . He was especially in the crucial 7th game of the Eastern Conference Final in the playoffs of the decisive player when he scored two goals for the 4-0 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning .

After five years with the Capitals, Burakovsky was transferred to the Colorado Avalanche in June 2019 , while Scott Kosmachuk and a second and a third-round vote in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft moved to Washington. A month later, the striker was awarded a one-year deal worth $ 3.25 million.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2011/12 Malmo Redhawks J20 J20 SuperElit 42 17th 25th 42 -3 43 5 1 4th 5 -1 2
2011/12 Malmo Redhawks Elitserien 10 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 0 0 ± 0 0
2012/13 Malmo Redhawks J20 J20 SuperElit 13 3 4th 7th -4 8th 3 1 2 3 +3 8th
2012/13 Malmo Redhawks Elitserien 43 4th 7th 11 -2 8th - - - - - -
2013/14 Erie Otters OHL 57 41 46 87 +46 35 14th 10 3 13 +7 2
2014/15 Hershey Bears AHL 13 3 4th 7th ± 0 6th 1 1 0 1 -2 0
2014/15 Washington Capitals NHL 53 9 13 22nd +12 10 11 2 1 3 +2 0
2015/16 Washington Capitals NHL 79 17th 21st 38 +4 12 12 1 0 1 -1 6th
2016/17 Washington Capitals NHL 64 12 23 35 +13 14th 13 3 3 6th +5 2
2017/18 Washington Capitals NHL 56 12 13 25th +3 27 13 2 4th 6th +2 4th
2018/19 Washington Capitals NHL 76 12 13 25th +2 14th 7th 1 1 2 −3 0
J20 SuperElit overall 55 20th 29 49 –7 51 8th 2 6th 8th +1 10
Elitserien total 53 4th 8th 12 -1 8th 3 0 0 0 ± 0 0
NHL overall 328 62 83 145 +34 77 56 9 9 18th +5 12

International

Represented Sweden at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2011 Sweden Hlinka Memorial Silver medal 5 2 1 3 ± 0 0
2012 Sweden WHC 4th Place 6th 4th 4th 8th 4th
2012 Sweden U18 World Cup Silver medal 6th 0 3 3 ± 0 0
2012 Sweden Hlinka Memorial Bronze medal 5 3 3 6th +2 16
2013 Sweden U18 World Cup 5th place 5 4th 1 5 +1 4th
2014 Sweden U20 World Cup Silver medal 7th 3 4th 7th +3 0
2016 Sweden WM 6th place 3 1 0 1 ± 0 12
Juniors overall 34 16 16 32 24
Men overall 3 1 0 1 ± 0 12

( 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 )

family

His father Robert and uncle Mikael were also professional ice hockey players.

Web links

Commons : André Burakovsky  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ washingtonpost.com: "NHL draft 2013: Capitals choose forward Andre Burakovsky with 23rd pick" (English, June 30, 2013, accessed February 4, 2015)
  2. ↑ ottershockey.com: "Burakovsky Commits To Otters" (English, August 22, 2013, accessed February 4, 2015)
  3. ↑ capitals.nhl.com: "Capitals Sign Andre Burakovsky" (English, September 4, 2013, accessed February 4, 2015)
  4. ↑ csnwashington.com: "Burakovsky scores, but Caps loose opener to Habs in 2-1 shootout" ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. (English, October 9, 2014, accessed February 4, 2015) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.csnwashington.com
  5. ↑ washingtonpost.com: "Despite: Capitals will 'hold off' on returning Andre Burakovsky to center" (English, January 6, 2015, accessed February 4, 2015)
  6. ^ Sean Merz: Andre Burakovsky re-signs with the Washington Capitals. lostwordonhockey.com, July 4, 2017, accessed June 19, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Christian Rupp: 4-0 in game 7! Washington in the Stanley Cup final. Kicker-Sportmagazin , May 24, 2018, accessed on June 19, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Avalanche Acquires Burakovsky. nhl.com, June 28, 2019, accessed June 28, 2019 .
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personal data
SURNAME Burakovsky, André
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Burakovsky, André; Burakowsky, André; Burakowsky, Andre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Klagenfurt , Austria