Konstantin Zakharov Explained

Position:Right wing
Shoots:Right
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lb:207
Team:HC Dinamo Minsk
League:KHL
Former Teams:HK Gomel (Belarus)
Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
Worcester IceCats (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen (AHL)
Alaska Aces (ECHL)
Yunost Minsk (BXL)
Ntl Team:Belarus
Birth Date:2 May 1985
Birth Place:Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Draft:101st overall
Draft Year:2003
Draft Team:St. Louis Blues
Career Start:2001
Career End:2018

Konstantin Mikhailovich Zakharov (Russian: Константин Михайлович Захаров; born 2 May 1985 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Belarusian former ice hockey right winger. He played for HC Dinamo Minsk of the KHL. Internationally he played for the Belarusian national team at multiple tournaments

Playing career

Zakharov made his senior debut playing for Yunost Minsk, then moved to HK Gomel, playing at better than a point per game pace in the Belarusian Extraliga. After being drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, he moved to the QMJHL, with the Moncton Wildcats. He scored 33 goals in Moncton, helping his team to make the President's Cup final. After that season, he moved to St. Louis' AHL affiliate, the Worcester IceCats. However, he had just 14 points in 59 games, and the next season split time between the Alaska Aces of the ECHL and Yunost Minsk in the Belarusian Extraliga. He returned to North America for the start of 2006-07, playing with the Peoria Rivermen, but returned home at the end of the season, again playing with Yunost, where he has played since, helping the team to three consecutive league titles between 2009 and 2011.[1]

Zakharov played four games for Kontinental Hockey League team HC Dinamo Minsk in 2009-10, returning to Yunost Minsk after that.[1]

International career

Zakharov was selected for the Belarus national men's ice hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympics, playing in four games and scoring a goal, in the shootout loss to Switzerland that eliminated Belarus from the tournament.

As of 2013, that was Zakharov's only time representing Belarus at the senior level, but he played multiple times for both the under-20 and under-18 teams. He competed in four World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, the first coming in 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, when he was just 15. In 2003, he was the leading scorer at the Under-18 championships, recording more points than future stars Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
2000–01Yunost MinskBLR19 11 7 18 40
2001–02Krylia Sovetov–2 MoscowRUS–37 5 1 6 2
2001–02Yunost MinskBLR14 4 5 9 392 3 0 3 0
2002–03Yunost MinskBLR17 18 19 37 34
2002–03HK GomelBLR17 7 8 15 162 1 1 2 0
2002–03HK GomelEEHL1424610
2003–04Moncton WildcatsQMJHL55 33 16 49 6320 7 9 16 18
2004–05Worcester IceCatsAHL59 4 10 14 26
2005–06Alaska AcesECHL8 0 2 2 4
2005–06Yunost MinskBLR31 12 13 25 685 2 2 4 10
2005–06 Yunior MinskBLR–21 1 1 2 0
2006–07Peoria RivermenAHL32 8 6 14 43
2006–07Yunost MinskBLR1 0 0 0 27 3 1 4 12
2007–08Yunost MinskBLR42 12 25 37 1285 0 1 1 31
2007–08Yunior MinskBLR–22 1 3 4 4
2008–09Yunost MinskBLR46 14 28 42 8314 3 2 5 32
2009–10Dinamo MinskKHL4 0 0 0 6
2009–10Yunost MinskBLR29 7 15 22 3013 5 6 11 34
2010–11Yunost MinskBLR44 12 27 39 572 1 0 1 2
2011–12Yunost MinskBLR29 15 11 26 382 0 0 0 6
2012–13Yunost MinskVHL39 12 7 19 16
2012–13Yunior MinskBLR8 7 3 10 252 0 1 1 4
2013–14Dinamo MinskKHL44 0 6 6 18
2014–15Dinamo MinskKHL24 1 2 3 10
2015–16Ertis PavlodarKAZ12 1 3 4 0
2015–16Yunost MinskBLR18 8 8 16 4111 1 4 5 16
2016–17Yunost MinskBLR36 18 18 36 4613 4 7 11 24
2017–18Yunost MinskBLR35 7 13 20 423 0 0 0 2
BLR totals388 152 201 353 68981 23 25 48 173
KHL totals 72 1 8 9 34

International

YearTeamEventGP G A Pts PIM
2000BelarusWJC185 0 0 0 2
2001BelarusWJC6 0 0 0 0
2001BelarusWJC18 D15 6 8 14 39
2002BelarusWJC6 1 1 2 6
2002BelarusWJC188 1 5 6 20
2003BelarusWJC4 1 1 2 4
2003BelarusWJC186 5 11 16 10
2004BelarusWJC D15 4 10 14 14
2005BelarusWJC6 3 2 5 6
2010BelarusOLY4 1 0 1 4
Junior totals51 21 38 59 101
Senior totals4 1 0 1 4

Notes and References

  1. http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=9658 Elite Prospects - Profile
  2. Book: IIHF. IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2012. 2011 . Fenn/M&S . 405. 978-0-7710-9598-6.