Viktor Pavlovich Kostyuchenok ( be, Віктар Паўлавіч Касцючонак; russian: Виктор Павлович Костюченок) (born 7 June 1979) is a
Belarus
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ian former professional
ice hockey
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defenceman
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and currently an assistant
coach
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for
HC Spartak Moscow
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of the
Kontinental Hockey League
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(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
HC Yunost-Minsk ''( Belar. Юнацтва Менск, Junactva Miеnsk)'' is a Belarusian ice hockey team that plays in the Belarusian Extraleague. They play their home games at Chizhovka-Arena, located in Minsk.
Yunost is the ten-times champion ...
in the
Eastern European Hockey League
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History
The league was formed in 1995 by Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania and Ukraine, to provide a higher-level competition for teams from those cou ...
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
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in 2006–07. He played for Minsk again the next season, and then joined
Amur Khabarovsk
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in 2008 before
HC Spartak Moscow
HC Spartak Moscow (russian: ХК Спартак Москва, en, Spartak Moskva) is a professional ice hockey team based in Moscow, Russia. They played in the Tarasov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League during the 2013–14 KHL season, 20 ...
.
International
Kostyuchenok was selected for the
Belarus national men's ice hockey team
The Belarusian men's national ice hockey team ( be, Зборная Беларусі па хакеі з шайбай; russian: Сборная Беларуси по хоккею с шайбой) is the national ice hockey team that represented Bela ...
in the
2010 Winter Olympics
)''
, nations = 82
, athletes = 2,626
, events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, opening = February 12, 2010
, closing = February 28, 2010
, opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean
, cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...
. He also participated at the
2010 IIHF World Championship
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as a member of the Belarus National men's ice hockey team.
He previously represented Belarus in the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009
Ice Hockey World Championships
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.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
References
External links
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1979 births
Living people
Amur Khabarovsk players
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg players
Belarusian ice hockey defencemen
Brest Albatros Hockey players
Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia
HC Dinamo Minsk players
HC Lada Togliatti players
HC Spartak Moscow players
Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Olympic ice hockey players of Belarus
Ice hockey people from Minsk
Yunost Minsk players
Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in France
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