Vitaly Lytvynenko
Date of birth | March 14, 1970 |
place of birth | Kharkiv , Ukrainian SSR |
size | 182 cm |
Weight | 88 kg |
position | striker |
Shot hand | Left |
Career stations | |
1987-1992 | Dinamo Kharkiv |
1992-1995 | HK Sokil Kiev |
1995-2001 |
Torpedo Yaroslavl (2000–2001: Locomotive Yaroslavl) |
2002 | HK Lada Tolyatti |
2002-2004 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod |
2004-2006 | HK Sokil Kiev |
2006-2007 | HK Homel |
2007–2012 | HK Sokil Kiev |
2012-2013 | HK Bilyj Bars Brovary |
2013-2014 | HK Kompanjon Kiev |
2014-2015 | Vytyaz Kharkiv |
Vitaly Ivanovyich Lytwynenko ( Ukrainian Віталій Іванович Литвиненко ; born March 14, 1970 in Kharkiv , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union ) is a former Ukrainian ice hockey player and current coach. With over one hundred points, he is still the top scorer of the Ukrainian national team .
Career
Vitaly Lytwynenko began his career at Dinamo Kharkiv in his hometown. With the club he became champion of the Pervaya League in 1988 and rose to the Wysschaya League , the top division of the Soviet Union at the time, where they could hold out until 1990. After relegation he played with Dinamo for two more years in the Pervaya League. In 1992 he moved to the Ukrainian capital and was there for three years for HK Sokil Kiev , with whom he became Ukrainian champion in 1993 and 1995 , in the Ukrainian ice hockey league. Then he moved to Russia to Torpedo Yaroslavl . With the club from Central Russia , he became Russian champions in 1997 . At the turn of the year 2001/02 he left the club, now renamed Lokomotive Yaroslavl , and joined the HK Lada Tolyatti , where he ended the Super League season . He spent the following two years with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod , with whom he rose from the now second-rate Wysschaya League to the Super League in 2003, but could not hold on there. After relegation he returned to Sokil Kiev and played with the club both in the Ukrainian league and temporarily in the stronger Belarusian extra league , whose top scorer and best preparer he was in 2006. In 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010 he was able to win the Ukrainian national championship again with Sokil. Only interrupted by a one-year detour to HK Homel , with which he won the Belarusian cup competition in 2007 and, as in the previous year with Sokil Kiev, was also the top scorer and best preparer of the extra league, he stayed with Sokil Kiev until 2012. He then ended his career with annual appearances at HK Bilyj Bars Brovary , HK Kompanjon Kiew , with whom he also became Ukrainian champion in 2014, and Vytjas Charkiw . At Wytjas, he then worked as head coach until November 2016.
International
Lytwynenko played with the Ukrainian national team at the C World Championships in 1993 , 1994 and 1995 , the B World Championship in 1998 and the A World Championships in 1999 and 2000 . After switching to the current division system, he was initially active in the top division World Championships in 2001 , 2003 , 2004 and 2006 . In addition, after relegation in 2007, he wore the national jersey at the World Championships in Division I in 2008 and 2009 . In 2009 he was elected to the All-Star Team at the end of the tournament . In 2011 he was the second best scorer of the tournament behind his compatriot Oleksandr Materuchin with three goals and five assists . In 2013, with two goals and eight assists, he was the best scorer with his compatriot Oleh Tymtschenko and also the best preparer of the tournament with the Lithuanian Daniel Bogdziul .
He also took part in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City for Ukraine and the qualifying tournaments for the 2002 Winter Games, Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010 .
Achievements and Awards
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International
- 1998 promotion to the A group at the B World Championship
Web links
- Witalij Lytwynenko at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Vitaly Lytwynenko at eurohockey.com
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lytwynenko, Vitaly |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lytwynenko, Vitaly Ivanovich; Litvinenko, Vitali Ivanovich (English transcription); Литвиненко, Віталій Іванович (Ukrainian spelling) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian ice hockey player and coach |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1970 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kharkiv , Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |