Ilya Valeryevich Kovalchuk
Date of birth | April 15, 1983 |
place of birth | Kalinin , Russian SFSR |
size | 187 cm |
Weight | 107 kg |
position | Left wing |
number | # 17 |
Shot hand | Right |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
2001 , 1st round, 1st position Atlanta Thrashers |
Career stations | |
until 2001 | HK Spartak Moscow |
2001-2004 | Atlanta Thrashers |
2004-2005 | Ak Bars Kazan |
2005 | Chimik Moskovskaya Oblast |
2005-2010 | Atlanta Thrashers |
2010-2013 | New Jersey Devils |
2012 | SKA Saint Petersburg |
2013-2018 | SKA Saint Petersburg |
2018-2019 | Los Angeles Kings |
2020 | Canadiens de Montréal |
since 2020 | Washington Capitals |
Ilya Kovalchuk ( Russian Илья Валерьевич Ковальчук ; English transcription: Ilya Kovalchuk Valerievich * 15. April 1983 in Kalinin , Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player , who in February 2020 the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League is under contract. The left winger was active in the NHL between 2001 and 2013, playing for the Atlanta Thrashers and the New Jersey Devils . The Thrashers, who him in the NHL Entry Draft in 2001 at the first position had selected, he presented numerous records and won in 2004 as top scorer of the NHL, the Maurice Richard Trophy . Between 2013 and 2018 he returned to his homeland and won the playoffs of the Continental Hockey League for the Gagarin Cup twice with SKA Saint Petersburg . In addition, he represented the Russian national team at numerous international tournaments, became world champion with them in 2008 and 2009 and won the gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics under a neutral flag .
Career
Kovalchuk's career began in Russia at HK Spartak Moscow before he was selected by the Atlanta Thrashers as the overall first in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft . This made him the first Russian to be selected in the first place.
Atlanta Thrashers (2001-2010)
As an 18-year-old rookie , he impressed with 29 goals in his first NHL season , although he missed a total of 17 games due to a shoulder injury. In the election for the Calder Memorial Trophy Kovalchuk defeated his teammate Dany Heatley . After he was able to increase his offensive performance the following year , the Russian finally established himself as a top player in the top division of North America in the 2003/04 season and won the Maurice Richard Trophy with 41 goals , which he received along with Jarome Iginla and Rick Nash . The attacker also took part in the All-Star Game for the first time in February 2004 .
During the 2004/05 season Kovalchuk played due to the NHL lockout at the Russian club Ak Bars Kazan in the Russian Super League , where he was under contract with many other NHL stars such as Heatley, Nikolai Chabibulin , Alexei Kowaljow and Vincent Lecavalier . At the beginning of the 2005/06 season Kovalchuk played in Russia at the Moscow suburb club Chimik Moskowskaja Oblast until he agreed on a new contract with Atlanta. In October 2005, he signed a five-year contract that made him $ 32 million, or nearly $ 6.5 million a year. Although he missed a few games at the beginning, Kovalchuk surpassed his personal record of 41 goals from 2004 and ended the main round with 52 goals, which had never before been achieved by any player wearing the Atlanta Thrashers' jersey.
In the 2006/07 season , the right-handed shooter scored 76 points and moved his team into the playoffs for the first time , where they were eliminated in the first round against the New York Rangers . Kovalchuk contributed one goal and one assist in four games. In November 2007, Kovalchuk got a hat trick in two consecutive games . After he was one of five assistant captains at the beginning of the 2008/09 season , he took over from Bobby Holík as the new team captain in January 2009 .
New Jersey Devils (2010-2013)
During the 2009/10 season , the Thrashers negotiated extensively with Kovalchuk for a contract extension and ultimately offered him a twelve-year contract for $ 101 million or a seven-year contract with an annual income of $ 10 million. But Kowaltschuk turned down the offers, so he was transferred to the New Jersey Devils on February 4, 2010 , when the Thrashers together with Anssi Salmela against Johnny Oduya , Niclas Bergfors , Patrice Cormier and a draft pick for the first round of the NHL Entry Draft Exchanged in 2010 . In addition, the teams also exchanged their voting rights in the second round of the same draft.
He signed a 17-year contract with the New Jersey Devils, which was later not approved by the NHL, as the contract served to circumvent the salary cap by steadily decreasing the salary from the seventh year of the term, and thus that Average salary of the contract lowers. Since the salary cap is calculated based on the average salary of a player, Kovalchuk would have charged the salary cap with 6 million dollars, even though he would have made 11 million dollars in the first few years. On August 9, the contract was declared invalid. This made Kovalchuk an unrestricted free agent again . A 15-year contract valued at around $ 100 million was approved on September 4, and Kovalchuk returned to the Devils. It was agreed that the Russian would earn nine million dollars annually for the first ten years of his contract, this sum will be reduced to two million dollars annually for the last five years of his contract.
In February 2012, Kovalchuk scored a Gordie Howe hat trick in the game against the Philadelphia Flyers . He finished the 2011/12 NHL with seven game-winning goals and eleven hits in the shootout , setting new NHL records for both categories. In the play-offs, the Russian was instrumental in getting his team into the Stanley Cup final, with 19 points from 23 games , where they lost to the Los Angeles Kings . Between September 2012 and January 2013 he played due to the lockout in the NHL at SKA Saint Petersburg in the Continental Hockey League . At the KHL All-Star Game 2013 , he led the selection of the West Conference as captain.
SKA Saint Petersburg (2013-2018)
On July 11, 2013, Kovalchuk announced his resignation from the NHL. Just four days later, he signed a four-year contract with SKA Saint Petersburg. In the 2014/15 season he won the Gagarin Cup with his team and was awarded 19 scorer points from 22 games as the most valuable player in the play-offs, but gave the award voluntarily to his teammate Yevgeny Dadonov , who, according to Kowaltschuk, won the award earned. In 2017 he was able to repeat winning the Gagarin Cup with the team.
Los Angeles, Montréal and Washington (since 2018)
After Kovalchuk himself announced his intention to return to the NHL, he agreed on a three-year contract with the Los Angeles Kings in June 2018 , which should bring him an average annual salary of 6.25 million US dollars. In his first season after returning to the NHL, the Russian recorded 34 points in 64 games and clearly missed the playoffs with the Kings. After another 17 games in the 2019/20 season, in which he also did not know how to convince, his contract in Los Angeles was dissolved. According to media reports, however, Kovalchuk wanted to continue his NHL career, which was confirmed in early January 2020 when he signed a contract for $ 350,000 by the end of the season with the Canadiens de Montréal . In the period up to the end of February of the same year, the Russian completed 22 games for the Franco-Canadians, in which he posted 13 points scorer. Shortly before the trade deadline , he was transferred to the Washington Capitals in exchange for a third-round vote in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft . The Habs continued to take over 50 percent of Kovalchuk's salary.
International
At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Kovalchuk scored four goals in one game in a 9-2 win over Latvia on February 19, 2006, but could not win a medal with the Russian national team.
At the ice hockey world championship in 2008 , Kovalchuk scored the two game-winning goals (4: 4 and 5: 4) in the final of his team against the host Canadians after a previously disappointing World Cup . Thus, he became world champion for the first time and collected a total of eight scorer points with two goals and six assists. At the 2009 World Cup , he and his team defended the title, again defeating the Canadians in the final. Kovalchuk convinced with 14 points, five of which were goals.
At the 2018 Winter Olympics , the attacker won the gold medal with Sbornaja, who started under a neutral flag . He was personally the top scorer (5) of the tournament (together with Kirill Kaprisow and Ryan Donato ) and was subsequently recognized as the most valuable player and voted into the tournament's all-star team.
Achievements and Awards
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Career statistics
Status: end of the 2018/19 season
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
1999/00 | HK Spartak Moscow II | Pervaya League | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 61 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1999/00 | HK Spartak Moscow | Vysschaya League | 51 | 14th | 6th | 20th | 89 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2000/01 | HK Spartak Moscow | Vysschaya League | 39 | 25th | 18th | 43 | 78 | 12 | 14th | 4th | 18th | 38 | ||
2001/02 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 65 | 29 | 22nd | 51 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2002/03 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 81 | 38 | 29 | 67 | 57 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2003/04 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 81 | 41 | 46 | 87 | 63 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2004/05 | Ak Bars Kazan | Super league | 53 | 19th | 22nd | 41 | 70 | 4th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2005/06 | Chimik Moskovskaya Oblast | Super league | 11 | 8th | 5 | 13 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2005/06 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 78 | 52 | 46 | 98 | 68 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2006/07 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 82 | 42 | 34 | 76 | 66 | 4th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19th | ||
2007/08 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 79 | 52 | 35 | 87 | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2008/09 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 79 | 43 | 48 | 91 | 50 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2009/10 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 49 | 31 | 27 | 58 | 45 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2009/10 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 27 | 10 | 17th | 27 | 8th | 5 | 2 | 4th | 6th | 6th | ||
2010/11 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 81 | 31 | 29 | 60 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2011/12 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 77 | 37 | 46 | 83 | 33 | 23 | 8th | 11 | 19th | 6th | ||
2012/13 | SKA Saint Petersburg | KHL | 36 | 18th | 24 | 42 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2012/13 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 37 | 11 | 20th | 31 | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2013/14 | SKA Saint Petersburg | KHL | 45 | 16 | 24 | 40 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 31 | ||
2014/15 | SKA Saint Petersburg | KHL | 54 | 25th | 30th | 55 | 69 | 22nd | 8th | 11 | 19th | 12 | ||
2015/16 | SKA Saint Petersburg | KHL | 50 | 16 | 33 | 49 | 24 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2016/17 | SKA Saint Petersburg | KHL | 60 | 32 | 46 | 78 | 47 | 18th | 6th | 3 | 9 | 35 | ||
2017/18 | SKA Saint Petersburg | KHL | 53 | 31 | 32 | 63 | 26th | 15th | 6th | 4th | 10 | 12 | ||
2018/19 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 64 | 16 | 18th | 34 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Super league overall | 64 | 27 | 27 | 54 | 94 | 4th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
KHL total | 298 | 138 | 189 | 327 | 216 | 69 | 23 | 20th | 43 | 92 | ||||
NHL overall | 880 | 433 | 417 | 850 | 526 | 32 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 31 |
International
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year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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2000 | Russia | U18 World Cup | 6th | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6th | ||
2001 | Russia | U20 World Cup | 7th place | 7th | 4th | 2 | 6th | 37 | |
2001 | Russia | U18 World Cup | 6th | 11 | 4th | 15th | 26th | ||
2002 | Russia | Olympia | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14th | ||
2003 | Russia | WM | 7th place | 7th | 4th | 0 | 4th | 6th | |
2004 | Russia | WM | 10th place | 6th | 3 | 1 | 4th | 6th | |
2004 | Russia | World cup | 6th place | 4th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4th | |
2005 | Russia | WM | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6th | 4th | ||
2006 | Russia | Olympia | 4th Place | 8th | 4th | 1 | 5 | 31 | |
2007 | Russia | WM | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7th | 10 | ||
2008 | Russia | WM | 8th | 2 | 6th | 8th | 52 | ||
2009 | Russia | WM | 9 | 5 | 9 | 14th | 4th | ||
2010 | Russia | Olympia | 6th place | 4th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
2010 | Russia | WM | 9 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | ||
2011 | Russia | WM | 4th Place | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8th | 6th | |
2013 | Russia | WM | 6th place | 8th | 8th | 5 | 13 | 29 | |
2014 | Russia | Olympia | 5th place | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
2015 | Russia | WM | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
2018 | OA from Russia | Olympia | 6th | 5 | 2 | 7th | 4th | ||
2019 | Russia | WM | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4th | ||
Juniors overall | 19th | 17th | 9 | 26th | 69 | ||||
Men overall | 127 | 51 | 57 | 108 | 180 |
( 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 )
Personal
Kovalchuk wears the number 17 on his back in recognition of his idol Valery Kharlamov , a Soviet ice hockey legend from the 1970s. For the national team he wears the 71 because the number Kharlamov has been blocked by the Russian Federation .
Web links
- Player biography on the Washington Capitals website
- Ilja Kowaltschuk at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Ilja Kowaltschuk at eliteprospects.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thrashers ship Kovalchuk to Devils for players, 1st rounder. The Sports Network , February 4, 2010, accessed February 5, 2010 .
- ^ NHL Rejects Kovalchuk Contract For Salary Cap Circumvention. TSN, July 20, 2010, accessed July 20, 2010 .
- ↑ Reports: Arbitrator rules in NHL's favor. National Hockey League , August 9, 2010, accessed September 5, 2010 .
- ↑ Kovy deal registered as NHL, NHLPA reach settlement. New Jersey Devils , September 4, 2010, accessed September 5, 2010 .
- ↑ Adam Kimelman: Devils' Ilya Kovalchuk Announces retirement from NHL. National Hockey League , July 11, 2013, accessed July 14, 2013 .
- ↑ Kovalchuk signs with Russian club. National Hockey League , July 15, 2013, accessed July 15, 2013 .
- ↑ LA Kings Agree to Terms with Ilya Kovalchuk on 3-Year Contract. nhl.com, June 23, 2018, accessed June 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Where does Ilja Kovalchuk want to fit into Habs lineup? awinninghabit.com, January 4, 2020, accessed January 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Jared Clinton: Capitals land Kovalchuk from Canadiens as Washington stocks up and Montreal starts selling. In: thehockeynews.com. The Hockey News , February 24, 2020, accessed February 24, 2020 .
Goalkeeper:
Braden Holtby |
Ilja Samsonow
Defender:
John Carlson ( A ) |
Brenden Dillon |
Radko Gudas |
Nick Jensen |
Michal Kempný |
Dmitri Orlov |
Jonas Siegenthaler
attacker:
Nicklas Bäckström ( A ) |
Travis Boyd |
Nic Dowd |
Lars Eller |
Carl Hagelin |
Garnet Hathaway |
Ilya Kovalchuk |
Yevgeny Kuznetsov |
TJ Oshie |
Alexander Ovechkin ( C ) |
Richard Pánik |
Jakub Vrána |
Tom Wilson
Head Coach: vacant Assistant Coach : Scott Arniel | Reid Cashman | Blaine Forsythe General Manager: Brian MacLellan
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kovalchuk, Ilya Valeryevich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kovalchuk, Ilya (English spelling); Ковальчук, Илья Валерьевич (Russian spelling) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1983 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kalinin , Russian SFSR |