Andrei Savchenko (born July 10, 1972) is a professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

defenceman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the la ...

currently playing for Companion Kyiv of the

Ukrainian Major League The Ukrainian Hockey Championship ( ua, Чемпіонат України з Хокею, '' tr: Chempionat Ukrayiny z Khokeyu'') is an annual ice hockey award and national title, bestowed to the ice hockey organization judged to have the best per ...

. Savchenko started his career for

SHVSM Kyiv ShVSM Kyiv ( uk, ШВСМ Київ) was an ice hockey team in Kyiv, Ukraine. The abbreviation stands for the School of Higher Sports Mastery ( uk, Школа Вищої Спортивної Майстерності). ShVSM is a network of sports sch ...

in the

and played for

HC Sokil Kyiv Hockey Club Sokil Kyiv ( uk, ХК Сокіл Київ; en, Falcon Hockey Club), commonly known as Sokil Kyiv or HC Sokil, is a Ukrainian Professional Hockey League team based in Kyiv. While their home arena is located in the city, the team also ...

after that.

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* 1972 births Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia HC CSKA Moscow players Living people Severstal Cherepovets players Soviet ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey people from Kyiv Ukrainian ice hockey defencemen {{Ukraine-icehockey-bio-stub