Andrei Altybarmakyan Explained

Birth Date:1998 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height Ft:5
Height In:11
Weight Lbs:192
Position:Right wing
Shoots:Left
League:KHL
Team:Lada Togliatti
Former Teams:SKA Saint Petersburg
HC Sochi
Draft:70th overall
Draft Year:2017
Draft Team:Chicago Blackhawks
Career Start:2018

Andrei Ruslanovich Altybarmakyan (Russian: Андрей Русланович Алтыбармакян; born 4 August 1998) is a Russian professional ice hockey forward currently playing with HC Lada Togliatti in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was selected by the Chicago Blackhawks, in the third-round 70th overall in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.[1]

Playing career

Altybarmakyan originally played as a youth within SKA Saint Petersburg junior program. He made his professional debut with secondary team, SKA-Neva in the Supreme Hockey League during the 2016–17 season.

In the 2017–18 season, Altybarmakyan made his Kontinental Hockey League debut with SKA, making 14 appearances. In the following 2018–19 season, while playing with SKA Neva, Altybarmakyan was traded to HC Sochi on 15 October 2018.[2]

Altybarmakyan played two seasons within Sochi, registering a career high 6 goals and 17 points through 49 games in the 2019–20 season.

On 3 April 2020, Altybarmakyan left Russia and was signed to a two-year, entry-level contract with the Chicago Blackhawks.[3]

After two seasons in the AHL with Blackhawks affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs, as an impending restricted free agent, Altybarmakyan was not tendered a qualifying offer by the rebuilding Blackhawks, and was released to free agency on 12 July 2022.[4] On the same day his KHL rights were traded from SKA Saint Petersburg to HC Sochi in exchange for Kirill Melnichenko.[5] He was later signed to a two-year contract with Sochi beginning in the 2022–23 season.[6]

Altybarmakyan registered 6 goals and 16 points through 38 regular season games with Sochi before he was returned to SKA Saint Petersburg in a trade for financial compensation on 23 December 2022.[7]

In the following off-season, Altybarmakyan's tenure with SKA ended as he was traded to Lada Togliatti in exchange for financial compensation on 6 July 2023.[8]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Playoffs
Team League GP GP G A Pts PIM
2014–15 SKA-Serebryanye Lvy MHL2 0 0 0 0
2015–16 SKA-Serebryanye Lvy MHL42 8 22 30 30
2016–17 SKA-Serebryanye Lvy MHL31 20 25 45 77
2016–17 VHL27 5 4 9 1011 0 0 0 4
2017–18 MHL7 3 2 5 141 0 1 1 2
2017–18 SKA-Neva VHL32 9 9 18 3120 7 3 10 56
KHL14 0 0 0 4
2018–19 SKA-1946 MHL3 3 2 5 0
2018–19 SKA-Neva VHL11 2 5 7 4
KHL38 2 4 6 145 2 1 3 4
HC Sochi KHL49 6 11 17 39
2019–20 VHL3 0 0 0 4
AHL29 5 7 12 34
Rockford IceHogs AHL65 10 21 31 702 0 0 0 2
HC Sochi KHL38 6 10 16 59
2022–23 SKA Saint Petersburg KHL10 1 1 2 71 0 0 0 0
KHL61 13 16 29 385 0 2 2 2
KHL totals210 28 42 70 16111 2 3 5 6

International

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blackhawks' prospect Altybarmakyan off to promising start . . 14 September 2017 . 14 September 2017.
  2. Web site: Altybarmakyan become Sochi player . . 15 October 2018 . 15 October 2018 . Russian.
  3. Web site: Blackhawks sign Highmore, Lankinen, Barratt and Altybarmakyan . . 3 April 2020 . 3 April 2020.
  4. Web site: Blackhawks won't tender offers to Kubalik, Strome . . 11 July 2022 . 11 July 2022.
  5. Web site: Sochi acquire rights to Andrei Altybarmakyan . . 12 July 2022 . 12 July 2022 . Russian.
  6. Web site: Andrei Altybarmakyan returns to Sochi . . 20 July 2022 . 20 July 2022 . Russian.
  7. Web site: Andrei Altybarmakyan is in SKA! . . 23 December 2022 . 23 December 2022 . Russian.
  8. Web site: Exchange with SKA . . 6 July 2023 . 6 July 2023 . Russian.