Alexander Andrievsky Explained

Played For:Dinamo Minsk
Dynamo Moscow
HC Fribourg-Gottéron
Chicago Blackhawks
HPK
HC Bolzano
Krefeld Pinguine
Revierlöwen Oberhausen
Position:Right wing
Ntl Team:Soviet Union
Ntl Team 2:Belarus
Shoots:Right
Height Ft:6
Height In:5
Weight Lb:212
Birth Date:August 10, 1968
Birth Place:Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
Draft:220th overall
Draft Year:1991
Draft Team:Chicago Blackhawks
Career Start:1984
Career End:2005

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 seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1984–85Dinamo MinskUSSR-23 0 0 0 0
1985–86Dinamo MinskUSSR-211 3 4 7 4
1986–87Dinamo MinskUSSR-238 3 5 8 39
1987–88Dinamo MinskUSSR-250 2 5 7 20
1988–89Dinamo MinskUSSR7 1 1 2 2
1988–89Progress GrodnoUSSR-317 12 1 13 10
1989–90Dinamo MinskUSSR47 16 12 28 32
1990–91Dynamo MoscowUSSR44 9 8 17 28
1991–92Dynamo MoscowCIS31 9 8 17 147 2 1 3 8
1991–92Dynamo–2 MoscowCIS-33 5 1 6 0
1991–92HC Fribourg–GottéronNDA1 0 0 0 0
1992–93Tivali MinskBLR11 5 2 7 14
1992–93Chicago BlackhawksNHL1 0 0 0 0
1992–93Indianapolis IceIHL66 26 25 51 594 2 3 5 10
1993–94Indianapolis IceIHL4 0 1 1 2
1993–94Kalamazoo WingsIHL57 6 22 28 581 0 0 0 2
1994–95HPKSM-l17 8 9 17 18
1994–95Tivali MinskRUS4 1 1 2 4
1994–95Tivali MinskBLR10 11 7 18 20
1995–96HPKSM-l43 18 15 33 759 7 1 8 4
1996–97HPKSM-l42 17 28 45 2610 2 4 6 2
1997–98HPKSM-l25 7 9 16 22
1998–99HC BolzanoITA2 0 0 0 4
1998–99HC BolzanoALP35 23 14 37 16
1998–99Krefeld PinguineDEL13 5 4 9 84 0 1 1 6
1999–00EHC NeuwiedGER-217 10 10 20 12
1999–00Revierlöwen OberhausenDEL31 13 18 31 40
2000–01Revierlöwen OberhausenDEL56 11 13 24 283 0 0 0 0
2001–02Khimik VoskresenskRUS-235 7 18 25 2214 7 7 14 8
2002–03Khimik VoskresenskRUS-216 2 5 7 34
2002–03EHC FreiburgGER-215 9 4 13 411 2 1 3 31
2003–04HK GomelBLR32 14 14 28 169 3 1 4 0
2004–05Dinamo MinskBLR40 8 15 23 46
USSR/CIS totals129 34 29 63 747 2 1 3 8
SM-l totals127 50 61 111 14119 9 5 14 6
NHL totals1 0 0 0 0

International

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YearTeamEventGP G A Pts PIM
1986Soviet UnionEJC-B5 0 2 2 0
1995BelarusWC-C4 1 1 2 6
1996BelarusWC-B7 4 6 10 8
1997BelarusWC-B7 5 7 12 8
1998BelarusOLY6 1 2 3 8
1998BelarusWC6 1 3 4 12
1999BelarusWC6 2 0 2 2
2000BelarusWC3 1 2 3 2
2001BelarusWC6 1 1 2 6
2002BelarusOLY9 0 0 0 4
Junior totals5 0 2 2 0
Senior totals54 16 22 38 56