Vyacheslav Savalnyuk

Vyacheslav Savalnyuk
Date of birth	December 10, 1974
place of birth	Kiev , Ukrainian SSR
size	182 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1990-1992	SchWSM Kiev
1992-1995	HK Sokol Kiev
1995-1997	HK Dynamo Moscow
1997-1998	Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk
1998-1999	Metallurg Novokuznetsk
1999-2000	SKA Saint Petersburg
2000-2001	Krylya Sovetov Moscow
2001-2004	SKA Saint Petersburg
2004-2006	HK Sibir Novosibirsk
2006-2007	Severstal Cherepovets HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Vyacheslav Dmytrowytsch Sawalnjuk ( Ukrainian В'ячеслав Дмитрович Завальнюк , Russian Вячеслав Дмитриевич Завальнюк / Vyacheslav Dmitrievich Sawalnjuk * 10. December 1974 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR ) is a former Ukrainian hockey player .

Career

Vyacheslav Savalnyuk began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown at SchWSM Kiev , for whose professional team he was active in the second division of the Soviet Union and the CIS from 1990 to 1992. Then the defender played for three years for the traditional club HK Sokol Kiev in the international hockey league , but continued to occasionally play for his ex-club SHWSM Kiev in the second division. From 1995 to 1997 he played for HK Dynamo Moscow , first in the MHL, and in the 1996/97 season in the newly founded Superliga . In the same season he took part in the European Hockey League with the Russian capital club at European level . He and his team only failed in the final at the top Finnish club TPS Turku .

From 1997 to 2000 Savalnyuk played for one year each for the Super League participants Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk , Metallurg Novokuznetsk and SKA Saint Petersburg . The 2000/01 season spent the Ukrainian international with Krylja Sowetow Moscow in the Wysschaja Liga , the second Russian division. In the following three seasons he was on the ice with his ex-club SKA Saint Petersburg in the super league. Two years at HK Sibir Novosibirsk followed before the 2002 Olympian moved to Severstal Tscherepowets at the beginning of the 2006/07 season. During the season he was committed by the top team HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk , with whom he became Russian champions in the playoffs . Following this success, he ended his career at the age of 33.

International

For the Ukraine Savalnyuk took part in the junior division in the Junior C World Championship in 1993 and the Junior B World Championship in 1994 . In both tournaments he and his team were promoted to the next higher World Cup group. In the senior sector, he was in his country's squad at the 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 and 2007 World Championships , as well as the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City .

Achievements and Awards

• 1993 promotion to the B-World Championship at the Junior World Championship
• 1994 Promotion to the A-World Championship at the Junior World Championship
• 1997 2nd place in the European Hockey League with HK Dynamo Moscow
• 2007 Russian champion with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Super league statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	10	391	25th	68	93	465
Playoffs	6th	34	0	4th	4th	34

Web links

• Vyacheslav Zavalnyuk at hockeydb.com (English)
• Vyacheslav Zavalnyuk at eliteprospects.com (English)