Maxim Wassiljewitsch Balmochnych

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RussiaRussia  Maxim Balmochnych Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 7, 1979
place of birth Lipetsk , Russian SFSR
size 184 cm
Weight 89 kg
position Right wing
number # 73
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1997 , 2nd round, 45th position
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Career stations
until 1996 HK Lipetsk
1996-1998 HK Lada Tolyatti
1998-1999 Remparts de Quebec
1999-2002 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
2002-2003 Severstal Cherepovets
2003-2004 Albany River Rats
2004-2006 HK Lipetsk
2006-2007 HK Dinamo Minsk
2007-2008 HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2008-2009 HK Dinamo Minsk
2009 HK Homel
2009-2010 HK Dinamo Minsk
HK Shakhtsor Salihorsk
2010 HK Homel
2010-2011 HK Brest
2011-2013 HK Lipetsk

Maxim Vasilyevich Balmotschnych ( Russian Максим Васильевич Балмочных * 7. March 1979 in Lipetsk , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player , who during his playing career, among others, for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the National Hockey League has played.

Career

Maxim Balmochnych began his career as a hockey player in his hometown at HK Lipetsk , for whose professional team he made his debut in the Vysschaya League , the second Russian division, in the 1995/96 season . The winger then spent two and a half years at HK Lada Tolyatti from the super league , in which he also played two games for its league rivals HK Metschel Chelyabinsk . He was also selected in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft in the second round as the 45th player of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim . First he finished the 1998/99 season with the Remparts de Québec in the Canadian junior league QMJHL , before he played for the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks , the Anaheim farm team , in the American Hockey League from 1999 to 2002 . For the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim itself, the Russian ran in the 1999/2000 season in six games in the National Hockey League , in which he gave an assist and received two penalty minutes.

For the 2002/03 season Balmochnych returned to the Super League, in which he received a contract with Severstal Tscherepowez . He then spent another season in the AHL with the Albany River Rats , before he was on the ice from 2004 to 2006 for his home club HK Lipetsk in the Wysschaja Liga. The left-shooter bridged the 2006/07 season at HK Dinamo Minsk in the Belarusian extra league . After he began the following season at Metallurg Novokuznetsk in the Super League, he finished it again at Dinamo Minsk in Belarus. The former Russian junior national player has been playing for the capital club since the 2008/09 season in the newly founded Continental Hockey League . At the same time, he played in his first two KHL years for Dinamo's cooperation partner HK Homel and HK Schachzjor Salihorsk in the extra league . For the 2010/11 season he returned to Belarus and went on the ice for HK Homel, before Balmochnych moved within the Belarusian extra league to HK Brest in the same year . Two seasons at HK Lipetsk followed before the Russian ended his active career.

International

For Russia Balmochnych took part in the junior division in the U20 Junior World Championships in 1998 and 1999 . At both tournaments he was appointed to the All-Star Team and won the silver and gold medal with his team. In total, he scored five goals in 14 games and provided eleven templates.

Achievements and Awards

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
KHL main round 2 29 6th 3 9 14th
KHL playoffs - - - - - -
Super League main round 5 105 20th 12 32 147
Super League Playoffs - - - - - -
NHL Regular Season 1 6th 0 1 1 2
NHL playoffs - - - - - -
AHL regular season 4th 170 26th 34 60 214
AHL playoffs - - - - - -

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personal data
SURNAME Balmochnych, Maxim Wassiljewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Balmochnykh, Maxim; Balmochnykh, Maksim (English spelling); Балмочных, Максим Васильевич (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Lipetsk , Russian SFSR