Maxim Viktorovich Rybalko

Maxim Rybalko
Date of birth	September 16, 1986
place of birth	Moscow , Russian SFSR
size	187 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
until 2005	HK Dynamo Moscow
2005	Crystal Saratov
2005-2007	Captain Stupino
2007-2008	HK Lada Tolyatti
2008-2009	Krylya Sovetov Moscow
2009-2010	Amur Khabarovsk
2010–2012	Yermak Angarsk
2012-2013	HK Sarov Buran Voronezh Crystal Saratov
2013-2014	Crystal Saratov Sauralje Kurgan
2014-2017	Yermak Angarsk
2017-2018	HK Almaty
2018-2019	High1
since 2019	CSM Dunărea Galați

Maxim Wiktorowitsch Rybalko ( Russian: Максим Викторович Рыбалко ; born September 16, 1986 in Moscow , Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player who has been under contract with CSM Dunărea Galați since 2019 . His twin brother Mikhail is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Maxim Rybalko began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of HK Dynamo Moscow , for whose second team he was active in the third-rate Pervaya League from 2003 to 2005 . For the 2005/06 season, the defender moved to Kristall Saratow in the Wysschaja Liga , the second Russian division, but left the club again after two games and joined its league rivals Kapitan Stupino , for whom he played the following two years. The 2007/08 season spent the right-handed shooter at HK Lada Tolyatti , for whom he was on the ice in eleven games in the Super League . The rest of the time he spent, however, with their second team in the Pervaya League, so that he spent the following season with Krylja Sowetow Moscow in the Wysschaja Liga.

Rybalko has been under contract with Amur Khabarovsk in the Continental Hockey League since the 2009/10 season . In his first year at the KHL, he remained pointless in 29 games and received 16 penalty minutes. Since the 2010/11 season he has been on the ice for Jermak Angarsk in the new Russian second division, the Wysschaja Hockey League .

KHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	1	29	0	0	0	16
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Maxim Rybalko at hockeydb.com (English)
• Maxim Viktorovich Rybalko at eurohockey.com
• Maxim Rybalko at eliteprospects.com (English)