Viktor Alexandrov

Viktor Alexandrov
Alexandrov as a Sibir Novosibirsk player in 2012.
Born	(1985-12-28) December 28, 1985 Aktobe, Kazakh SSR
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	176 lb (80 kg; 12 st 8 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Left
KHL team Former teams	Admiral Vladivostok Kazzinc-Torpedo Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Metallurg Novokuznetsk SKA Saint Petersburg HC MVD Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Avangard Omsk Traktor Chelyabinsk Amur Khabarovsk Sibir Novosibirsk Barys Astana
National team	Kazakhstan
NHL Draft	83rd overall, 2004 St. Louis Blues
Playing career	1999–present

Viktor Borisovich Alexandrov (Russian: Виктор Борисович Александров, born December 28, 1985) is a Kazakhstani professional ice hockey player who is currently a free agent. Alexandrov was drafted 83rd overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, but he never signed a contract and remained in Russia.

Playing career

At the age of 15, Alexandrov became the youngest player to score in the World Junior Ice Hockey Championship.^[1] He never played for the senior Kazakhstan team however. He signed with Metallurg Novokuznetsk in the Russian Superleague. He then moved to SKA Saint Petersburg in 2005, following Metallurg's former head coach. However, there he struggled to make a difference and prove himself and left to join HC MVD. He then returned to Metallurg and enjoyed a career high 2007-08 season where he scored 20 goals and 43 points in 55 games. Alexandrov signed with Avangard Omsk for the inaugural KHL season in 2008-09.

Personal

He is the son of Soviet hockey star Boris Alexandrov who played for the Team USSR.

References

↑ List of 15-year-old World Junior Ice Hockey players | 15-year-old WJC-U20 players

External links

Media related to Viktor Alexandrov at Wikimedia Commons

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, January 11, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.