Alexander Leonidovich Andrijevsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Леони́дович Андрие́вский; born August 10, 1968) is a

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ian former professional

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player who played one game in the

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for the

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. He is currently the head coach for Admiral Vladivostok of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

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 MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...

. 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

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, 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

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, joining

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where he spent four seasons. He then split the 1998-99 season playing in Italian Hockey League - Serie A in

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for HC Bolzano and in the

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for the Krefeld Pinguine. Following a spell in the 2nd Bundesliga for EHC Neuwied, He returned to the DEL with

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for two seasons. Andrijevsky returned to Russia in 2001 with

Khimik Voskresensk Hockey Club Atlant Moscow Oblast (russian: ХК Атлант Московская область, en, Atlas Hockey Club Moscow Region) was a Russian professional ice hockey team based in Mytishchi, Moscow Oblast. They were members of the Bobro ...

of the Vysshaya Hokkeinaya Liga, the country's second-tier league. He later returned to the 2nd Bundesliga with

EHC Freiburg EHC Freiburg, is a professional ice hockey team based in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. They play in the DEL 2, the second-highest level of ice hockey in Germany. History The club was created as EHC Freiburg in 1984. In 2003, they became champ ...

before returning to Belarus with

HK Gomel HK Gomel ( be, ХК Гомель, translit=HK Homyel') is an ice hockey team in Gomel in Belarus. It was founded in 2000, and participates in the Belarusian Extraliga. Honours *Belarusian Extraliga: **Winners (1) : 2003 *Belarusian Cup (ice ho ...

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

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and

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. He also represented the team in four

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrievsky, Alexander 1968 births Living people Belarusian ice hockey coaches Belarusian ice hockey right wingers Bolzano HC players Chicago Blackhawks draft picks Chicago Blackhawks players HC Dinamo Minsk players HC Dynamo Moscow players EHC Freiburg players HC Fribourg-Gottéron players HK Gomel players HPK players Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Indianapolis Ice players Kalamazoo Wings (1974–2000) players HC Khimik Voskresensk players Krefeld Pinguine players HK Neman Grodno players Olympic ice hockey players of Belarus Revier Löwen players Soviet ice hockey players Ice hockey people from Minsk Tivali Minsk players Belarusian expatriates in the United States