Alexander Andrievsky
Born (1968-08-10) August 10, 1968
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
Height 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight 212 lb (96 kg; 15 st 2 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Right
Played for Dinamo Minsk
Dynamo Moscow
HC Fribourg-Gottéron
Chicago Blackhawks
HPK
HC Bolzano
Krefeld Pinguine
Revierlöwen Oberhausen
National team  Soviet Union and
 Belarus
NHL Draft 220th overall, 1991
Chicago Blackhawks
Playing career 19842005

Alexander Leonidovich Andrijevsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Леони́дович Андрие́вский; born 10 August 1968) is a Belarusian former professional ice hockey player who played one game in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Blackhawks. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1984 to 2005, was mainly spent in European leagues. Internationally he played for the Belarusian national team at the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics, and seven World Championships. After his playing career he worked as a coach, including serving as the head coach for Admiral Vladivostok of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) for several seasons between 2015 and 2021.

Playing career

Andrijevsky spent the first six seasons of his career with his hometown team Dinamo Minsk between 1984 and 1990. In 1991, he moved to Dynamo Moscow. 1991 was also the year Andrijevski was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks, who selected him 220th overall in the 10th round. After one more season with Dynamo, Andrijevsky moved to North America, signing with the Blackhawks. For the 1992–93 season, he was assigned to the Indianapolis Ice of the International Hockey League before being called up by the Blackhawks for his only NHL game.

The next season, Andrijevsky played just four games for Indianapolis before moving to the Kalamazoo Wings in the same league. It would be his final year in North America as he moved to the SM-liiga in Finland, joining HPK where he spent four seasons. He then split the 1998–99 season playing in Italian Hockey League - Serie A in Italy for HC Bolzano and in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany for the Krefeld Pinguine. Following a spell in the 2nd Bundesliga for EHC Neuwied, He returned to the DEL with Revierlöwen Oberhausen for two seasons.

Andrijevsky returned to Russia in 2001 with Khimik Voskresensk of the Vysshaya Hokkeinaya Liga, the country's second-tier league. He later returned to the 2nd Bundesliga with EHC Freiburg before returning to Belarus with HK Gomel and a return to Dinamo Minsk to finish his career.

International career

Andrijevsky was a member of the Belarus national team and played with the team in the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics. He also represented the team in four Ice Hockey World Championships.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1984–85 Dinamo Minsk USSR-2 30000
1985–86 Dinamo Minsk USSR-2 113474
1986–87 Dinamo Minsk USSR-2 3835839
1987–88 Dinamo Minsk USSR-2 5025720
1988–89 Dinamo Minsk USSR 71122
1988–89 Progress Grodno USSR-3 171211310
1989–90 Dinamo Minsk USSR 4716122832
1990–91 Dynamo Moscow USSR 44981728
1991–92 Dynamo Moscow CIS 31981714 72138
1991–92 Dynamo–2 Moscow CIS-3 35160
1991–92 HC Fribourg–Gottéron NDA 10000
1992–93 Tivali Minsk BLR 1152714
1992–93 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 10000
1992–93 Indianapolis Ice IHL 6626255159 423510
1993–94 Indianapolis Ice IHL 40112
1993–94 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 576222858 10002
1994–95 HPK SM-l 17891718
1994–95 Tivali Minsk RUS 41124
1994–95 Tivali Minsk BLR 101171820
1995–96 HPK SM-l 4318153375 97184
1996–97 HPK SM-l 4217284526 102462
1997–98 HPK SM-l 25791622
1998–99 HC Bolzano ITA 20004
1998–99 HC Bolzano ALP 3523143716
1998–99 Krefeld Pinguine DEL 135498 40116
1999–00 EHC Neuwied GER-2 1710102012
1999–00 Revierlöwen Oberhausen DEL 3113183140
2000–01 Revierlöwen Oberhausen DEL 5611132428 30000
2001–02 Khimik Voskresensk RUS-2 357182522 1477148
2002–03 Khimik Voskresensk RUS-2 1625734
2002–03 EHC Freiburg GER-2 1594134 1121331
2003–04 HK Gomel BLR 3214142816 93140
2004–05 Dinamo Minsk BLR 408152346
USSR/CIS totals 12934296374 72138
SM-l totals 1275061111141 1995146
NHL totals 10000

International

Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
1986 Soviet Union EJC-B 50220
1995 Belarus WC-C 41126
1996 Belarus WC-B 746108
1997 Belarus WC-B 757128
1998 Belarus OLY 61238
1998 Belarus WC 613412
1999 Belarus WC 62022
2000 Belarus WC 31232
2001 Belarus WC 61126
2002 Belarus OLY 90004
Junior totals 50220
Senior totals 5416223856
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