Serhiy Haiduchenko Explained

Position:Goaltender
Catches:Left
Height Ft:6
Height In:5
Weight Lb:222
Played For:Metallurg Novokuznetsk
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
HC CSKA Moscow
HC Sibir Novosibirsk
KHL Medveščak Zagreb
Birth Date:1989 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Draft:202nd overall
Draft Year:2007
Draft Team:Florida Panthers
Career Start:2008
Career End:2018
Ntl Team:UKR

Serhiy Haiduchenko (Ukrainian: Сергій Гайдученко; Russian: Серге́й Гайдученко, '''Sergei Gaiduchenko'''; born 6 June 1989) is a Ukrainian former professional ice hockey goaltender. His career lasted from 2006 until 2018, mainly spent in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was also selected by the Florida Panthers in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, though never played in North America. Internationally Gaiduchenko played for Ukraine in two World Championships, in 2014 and 2018, both at the Division I level.

Early career

Haiduchenko began his career in Kyiv, playing for the junior team at the Ldinka Hockey School. His first coach was Anatolii Donika, a successful former defenseman of the team Sokil Kyiv. Scouts from Yaroslavl took notice of his play, and invited him to move there and join the organization. He was selected by the Florida Panthers, 202nd overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, after a junior career within Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.

International Play

The Ukrainian national team approached Haiduchenko to join early in his career, but he declined, instead hoping to play for the Russian national team. However, due to IIHF rules concerning changing nationality, he did not qualify to play for the Russian team until after 24 June 2008.[1] He played with the Russian Under-18 squad in two non-IIHF events prior to this date, however, since becoming eligible he has not played for Russia. He held negotiations to play for the Ukrainian team in 2011 but still withheld.[2] In 2014, he finally joined the team, making his full senior international debut playing in the 2014 IIHF World Championship Division I.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

  Regular season Playoffs
Team League GP W L T/OT MIN GA GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2007–08Metallurg NovokuznetskRSL11 3 3 0 27 2.92 .892
2008–09Lokomotiv YaroslavlKHL3 2 0 1 184 5 0 1.62 .942
2009–10Lokomotiv YaroslavlKHL20 11 7 0 1090 44 0 2.42 .922
2010–11CSKA MoscowKHL23 4 13 6 120 58 1 2.90 .893
2011–12CSKA MoscowKHL13 2 6 4 623 30 0 2.89 .9042 0 0 104 7 0 4.01 .854
2012–13HC Sibir NovosibirskKHL19 6 9 2 974 39 1 2.40 .9261 0 0 20 2 0 6.00 .778
2013–14HC Sibir NovosibirskKHL8 2 5 1 438 25 0 3.42 .884
2014–15Kuban KrasnodarVHL258 10 3 1308 53 1 2.43 .9301 0 1 62 4 0 3.87 .900
2016–17KHL Medveščak ZagrebKHL7 0 5 0 340 27 0 4.76 .867
KHL totals93 27 44 13 4852 228 2 2.82 .9073 0 0 124 9 0 4.33 .842

International

YearTeamComp GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2006RussiaIH182
2014UkraineWC-D14 1 2 1 241 11 1 2.74 .892
2018UkraineWC-D14 1 1 0 148 6 1 2.44 .933
Junior totals2
Senior totals8 2 3 1 389 17 1 2.62 .912

Notes and References

  1. Web site: It's better to play for HC Metallurg. https://web.archive.org/web/20071015124719/http://www.russianprospects.com/public/article.php?article_id=541. dead. 2007-10-15. 2007-09-20. russianprospects. 2007.
  2. Web site: Gaiduchenko in discussions to Ukrainian national team . HCSokol.kiev.ua . 2011-12-03 . 2011-12-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111004193727/http://hcsokol.kiev.ua/article_7477.html . 4 October 2011 . dmy-all .