Andrei Kovalenko

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Olympic medal record
Men's ice hockey
Gold	1992 Albertville	Ice hockey

Andrei Kovalenko (born June 7, 1970 in Balakovo, Russia) is a professional ice hockey player currently plays for Severstal Cherepovets.

He was traded from the Colorado Avalanche to the Montreal Canadiens with Jocelyn Thibault and Martin Rucinsky for Patrick Roy and Mike Keane.

In 1996, he scored the final goal in the history of the Montreal Forum, the fourth in a 4–1 victory over the Dallas Stars.^{[citation needed]}

In 1999, he scored the first goal in the history of the RBC Center as a member of the Carolina Hurricanes in a 4–2 loss to the New Jersey Devils.^{[citation needed]}

Kovalenko has not played in the National Hockey League since 2000–01 with the Boston Bruins, and has spent the last four years playing in the Russian Super League. In 2004–05, Kovalenko split time between Yaroslavl Lokomotiv and Avangard Omsk.

Nicknamed "The Tank" by his teammates because of his immovable presence from the goal crease.

[edit] Honours

• Soviet championship: 1989 (with CSKA)
• European Ice Hockey Cup: 1990 (with CSKA)
• Russian championship: 2002 (with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
• Russian championship: 2003 (with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
• European Champions Cup: 2005 (with Avangard)
• Pajulahti Cup: 2006 (with Severstal)
• Turnir Puchkova: 2007

[edit] External links

• Kovalenko's stats at hockeydb.com