Viktor Kostyuchenok Explained

Birth Date:7 June 1979
Birth Place:Minsk, Belorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lb:220
Position:Defence
Shoots:Left
Played For:Yunost Minsk
Lada Togliatti
Amur Khabarovsk
Spartak Moscow
Dinamo Minsk
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
Ntl Team:BLR
Career Start:1995
Career End:2014

Viktor Pavlovich Kostyuchenok (Belarusian: Віктар Паўлавіч Касцючонак; Russian: Виктор Павлович Костюченок) (born 7 June 1979) is a Belarusian former professional ice hockey defenceman and currently an assistant coach for HC Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). During a playing career that lasted from 1995 until 2014 he played for multiple teams across Europe.

Playing career

He began playing professionally for Yunost Minsk in the Eastern European Hockey League in 1995. He spent 2000–01 and 2001–02 with HC Brest in the French league. He rejoined Minsky for another three seasons before playing for Lada Togliatti of the Russian Super League in 2006–07. He played for Minsk again the next season, and then joined Amur Khabarovsk in 2008 before HC Spartak Moscow.

International

Kostyuchenok was selected for the Belarus national men's ice hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympics. He also participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Belarus National men's ice hockey team.[1] He previously represented Belarus in the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 Ice Hockey World Championships.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Team League GP GPG A Pts PIM
1995–96Yunost MinskEEHL8 2 0 2 2
1996–97Yunost MinskBLR8 0 1 1 8
1996–97Yunost MinskEEHL30 3 5 8 24
1997–98Avangard–2 OmskRUS.34 0 2 2 2
1997–98Yunost MinskBLR15 0 3 3 6
1997–98Yunost MinskEEHL42 0 12 12 73
1998–99Yunost MinskBLR16 1 5 6 28
1998–99Yunost MinskEEHL46 11 27 38 80
1999–2000HK MinskBLR3 1 1 2 2
2000–01HK MinskBLR1 1 0 1 0
2000–01HK MinskEEHL14 3 4 7 10
2000–01 Deggendorf FireGER.35 0 0 0 2
2000–01 Brest Albatros HockeyFRA.313 6 10 16
2001–02Brest Albatros HockeyFRA.316 4 10 14 30
2002–03Brest Albatros HockeyFRA28 3 5 8 18
2003–04Yunost MinskBLR44 11 14 25 4210 2 3 5 12
2004–05Yunost MinskBLR43 8 13 21 4012 0 5 5 10
2004–05Yunior MinskBLR.21 3 3 6 2
2005–06Yunost MinskBLR55 7 25 32 7011 1 9 10 16
2006–07Lada TogliattiRSL48 1 4 5 283 0 0 0 0
2007–08Yunost MinskBLR53 10 17 27 6811 3 3 6 10
2008–09Amur KhabarovskKHL40 1 6 7 36
2009–10Amur KhabarovskKHL18 0 5 5 22
2009–10Spartak MoscowKHL34 0 9 9 2410 0 1 1 4
2010–11Dinamo MinskKHL30 0 9 9 347 0 0 0 4
2011–12Avtomobilist YekaterinburgKHL51 2 10 12 22
2012–13Yunost MinskVHL33 0 8 8 8
2012–13Yunior MinskBLR5 0 2 2 42 0 2 2 4
2013–14Yunost MinskBLR52 4 11 15 3215 1 6 7 6
EEHL totals140194867189
BLR totals2954392135300617283558
KHL totals17333942138170118

International

YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
1996BelarusEJC5 1 1 2 0
1997BelarusWJC C4 1 3 4 4
1997BelarusEJC B6 0 0 0 20
1998BelarusWJC B6 1 2 3 8
1999BelarusWJC 6 0 0 0 8
2002BelarusWC D15 0 0 0 0
2005BelarusOGQ3 0 2 2 6
2006BelarusWC7 1 1 2 0
2007BelarusWC6 1 3 4 0
2008BelarusWC6 1 2 3 10
2009BelarusWC7 0 0 0 10
2010BelarusOG4 0 1 1 2
2010BelarusWC6 0 1 1 0
2011BelarusWC6 1 1 2 8
2012BelarusWC7 0 0 0 2
Junior totals2736940
Senior totals574111538

Notes and References

  1. Book: IIHF. IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. 2010 . Moydart Press . 181. 978-0-9867964-0-1.