Dmytro Chrystytsch

Dmytro Chrystytsch
Date of birth	July 23, 1969
place of birth	Kiev , Ukrainian SSR
size	186 cm
Weight	94 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1988 , 6th round, 120th position Washington Capitals
Career stations
1985-1990	HK Sokol Kiev
1990-1995	Washington Capitals
1995-1997	Los Angeles Kings
1997-1999	Boston Bruins
1999-2000	Toronto Maple Leafs
2000-2002	Washington Capitals
2002-2004	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Dmytro Iwanowytsch Chrystytsch ( Ukrainian Дмитро Іванович Христич , Russian Дмитрий Иванович Христич / Dmitry Ivanovich Christ sealed; * 23. July 1969 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union ) is a retired Soviet and Ukrainian hockey player , who in his time from 1985 to 2004 including played for the Washington Capitals , Los Angeles Kings , Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League .

Career

Dmytro Chrystytsch began his career as a hockey player in his hometown at HK Sokol Kiev , for whom he played in the Soviet ice hockey league from 1985 to 1990 . During this period he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1988 in the sixth round as a total of 120 players by the Washington Capitals , for which he made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 1990/91 season . In his rookie year he scored 31 scorer points in a total of 51 games, including 14 goals. The attacker also played three games for their farm team , the Baltimore Skipjacks , in the American Hockey League . After five years in Washington, the right-shooter was given to their league rivals Los Angeles Kings , for which he also ran up in two more years in the NHL and then for the Boston Bruins .

On October 20, 1999, the Ukrainian was given in exchange for a second-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft 2000 to the Toronto Maple Leafs , for which he completed a total of 92 games in the following year and a half, in which he scored 42 scorer points. In December 2000, Chrystytsch returned to his ex-club Washington Capitals for a third round suffrage in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft , where he acted as a regular for the following year and a half. The 1990 world champion ended his career at HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the Russian Super League , in which he was on the ice until 2004. With Magnitogorsk he was runner-up in the 2003/04 season.

International

For the Soviet Union , Chrystytsch took part in the 1989 World Junior Championship and the 1990 World Championship . For Ukraine he took part in the 2001 , 2002 and 2003 World Championships and the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City .

Achievements and Awards

• 1987 bronze medal at the European Junior Championships
• 1988 silver medal at the Junior World Championship
• 1989 gold medal at the Junior World Championship
• 1990 gold medal at the world championship
• 1997 NHL All-Star Game
• 1999 NHL All-Star Game
• 2004 Russian runner-up with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	12	811	259	337	596	422
Playoffs	9	75	15th	25th	40	41

Web links

• Dmytro Chrystytsch at hockeydb.com (English)
• Dmytro Chrystytsch at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Dmytro Chrystytsch at eurohockey.com