Vitaly Sergeyevich Anikeenko

Vitaly Anikeenko
Date of birth	2nd January 1987
place of birth	Kiev , Ukrainian SSR
date of death	September 7, 2011
Place of death	Tunoschna near Yaroslavl , Russia
size	192 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	defender
number	# 57
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2005 , 3rd round, 70th position Ottawa Senators
Career stations
2005-2007	Yaroslavl locomotive
2007	Metallurg Novokuznetsk
2007-2011	Yaroslavl locomotive

Vitaly Sergejewitsch Anikejenko ( Russian Виталий Сергеевич Аникеенко ; born January 2, 1987 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR ; † September 7, 2011 in Tunoschna near Yaroslavl ) was a Russian ice hockey player . He last played for Lokomotive Yaroslavl from the Continental Hockey League .

Career

Vitaly Anikeenko began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of Ldinka Kiev. From there he moved to Lokomotive Yaroslavl , for whose second team he was active from 2002 to 2007 in the third-class Pervaya League . In parallel, the defender came from the 2005/06 season for Lokomotives professional team in the Super League to use. For the 2007/08 season he first moved to Metallurg Novokuznetsk within the Super League , but returned to Lokomotive Yaroslavl after only ten games. With his team he was runner-up at the end of the season.

From the 2008/09 season Anikejenko was on the ice for Lokomotive Yaroslavl in the newly formed Continental Hockey League . With his team he was defeated in the KHL premiere season only in the playoff final for the Gagarin Cup Ak Bars Kazan with 3: 4 wins in the best-of-seven series.

On September 7, 2011, he was killed in a plane crash near Yaroslavl .

International

For Russia , Anikejenko took part in the junior division of the U18 World Junior Championships in 2003 and 2005 , as well as the 2007 U20 World Junior Championships . At the U18 World Cup in 2003 he and his team won the bronze medal and at the U20 World Cup in 2007 the silver medal. With the latter, he also had the best plus / minus balance of all players with +6 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2003 bronze medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2007 silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
• 2007 Best plus / minus balance of the U20 Junior World Championship
• 2008 Russian runner-up with Yaroslavl locomotive
• 2009 Russian runner-up with Yaroslavl locomotive

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
KHL main round	3	144	14th	34	48	173
KHL playoffs	3	31	1	4th	5	22nd
Super League main round	3	101	6th	13	19th	100
Super League Playoffs	3	20th	0	0	0	32

Web links

• Vitali Anikejenko at eurohockey.com
• Witali Anikejenko at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Vitaly Anikeenko at r-hockey.ru