Viktor Karachun

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BelarusBelarus  Viktor Karachun Ice hockey player
Date of birth August 12, 1968
place of birth Minsk , Belarusian SSR
date of death August 11, 2004
Place of death Heilbronn , Germany
size 187 cm
Weight 89 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 1993 Dinamo Minsk
1993-1994 Podhale Nowy Targ
1994-1995 Stoczniowiec Gdańsk
1995-1996 EV Landsberg
1997-1998 Augsburg panther
1998-1999 EHC Neuwied
1999-2000 Territory lions Oberhausen
2000-2001 EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen
2001-2004 Heilbronn EC

Wiktar Karachun ( Belarusian Віктар Карачун , Russian Виктор Карачун / Wiktor Karachun; born August 12, 1968 in Minsk , Belarusian SSR ; † August 11, 2004 in Heilbronn , Germany ) was a Belarusian ice hockey player who played in the German ice hockey league for the Augsburg League and Revierlöwen Oberhausen stood on the ice.

Career

The 1.87 m tall center initially played for HK Dinamo Minsk in the second and later in the first Soviet division and in 1993 moved to Podhale Nowy Targ in the Polish Ekstraklasa . In the following season he wore the jersey of the league competitor Stoczniowiec Gdańsk and then signed a contract with the German second division EV Landsberg for the 1995/96 season . Via the Heilbronner EC , Karachun came to the Augsburg Panthers in the German Ice Hockey League in 1997 .

After 38 games, however, the striker returned to the second division, where he was initially on the ice for EHC Neuwied . In 1999 , the Belarusian moved again to the DEL to play for the Revierlöwen Oberhausen against relegation for one season. After a year with EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen , Karatschun signed a contract with Heilbronn EC for the second time in his career, for which he played in the 2nd Bundesliga until shortly before his death.

After the Belarusian had to undergo an abdominal operation in 2001 and initially returned to ice hockey, Viktor Karachun succumbed to cancer shortly before the start of the 2004/05 season . In November, his former teammates held a charity match for the benefit of his bereaved.

International

With the Belarusian national team , Viktor Karachun took part in five world championships between 1995 and 2002 , scoring ten goals and 13 assists in 25 games . He was also on the ice for "Team Belarus" at the 1998 Olympic ice hockey tournament.

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1985/86 HK Dinamo Minsk Pervaya League 6th 0 1 1 2
1986/87 HK Dinamo Minsk Pervaya League 62 14th 6th 20th 72
1987/88 HK Dinamo Minsk Pervaya League 58 10 7th 17th 49
1988/89 HK Dinamo Minsk Vysschaya League 23 1 3 4th 19th
1989/90 HK Dinamo Minsk Vysschaya League 41 9 6th 15th 29
1991/92 HK Dinamo Minsk MHL 28 1 1 2 11
1992/93 HK Dinamo Minsk MHL 34 4th 1 5 26th
1993/94 Podhale Nowy Targ Ekstraklasa 7th 5 3 8th 6th
1993/94 Stoczniowiec Gdańsk Ekstraklasa 28 29 22nd 51 50 6th 4th 1 5 0
1995/96 EV Landsberg 1st League 27 22nd 29 51 71
1997/98 Heilbronn EC 1st League 2 4th 0 4th 4th
1997/98 Augsburg panther DEL 38 8th 10 18th 42 - - - - -
1998/99 EHC Neuwied BL 52 24 35 59 126
1999/00 Territory lions Oberhausen DEL 50 9 20th 29 42 - - - - -
2000/01 EC Wilhelmshaven-Stickhausen 2nd BL 46 32 39 71 139
2001/02 Heilbronn falcon 2nd BL 12 1 6th 7th 6th 7th 4th 2 6th 14th
2002/03 Heilbronn falcon 2nd BL 49 24 30th 54 71 3 1 1 2 16
2003/04 Heilbronn falcon 2nd BL 39 21st 21st 42 83 - - - - -
Total Pervaya League 126 24 14th 38 123 0 0 0 0 0
Wysschaja-Liga and MHL overall 126 15th 11 26th 85 0 0 0 0 0
Ekstraklasa (POL) total 35 34 25th 59 56 6th 4th 1 5 0
2. Bundesliga 2 overall 227 128 160 288 500 10 5 3 8th 30th
DEL total 88 17th 30th 47 84 0 0 0 0 0

( 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 )
1 ) including national league of the CIS (from 1991)
2 ) including previous leagues (1st division, Bundesliga)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ice Hockey News from August 17, 2004, Farewell to a very special person - a memory of Viktor Karachun ( Memento from December 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Ice Hockey News from November 9, 2004, John Kachur gives falcons a basket ( Memento from December 15, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

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personal data
SURNAME Karachun, Viktor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karachun, Viktor; Карачун, Виктор (Russian); Karachun, Viktor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belarusian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Minsk , Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 2004
Place of death Heilbronn , Germany