Alexei Vasiliev (ice hockey, born 1977)
Alexei Sergeyevich Vasiliev (Васильев, Алексей Сергеевич ; born September 1, 1977) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenseman who plays for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He played in one National Hockey League game for the New York Rangers during the 1999–2000 NHL season, going scoreless and receiving two penalty minutes in a contest against the Montreal Canadiens.
| Alexei Vasiliev | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
September 1, 1977 Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| KHL team Former teams |
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Lokomotiv Yaroslavl New York Rangers Hartford Wolfpack Milwaukee Admirals | ||
| NHL Draft |
110th overall, 1995 New York Rangers | ||
| Playing career | 1993–2015 | ||
Vasiliev also spent 12 seasons playing for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Russian Superleague and KHL. His contract was not renewed for the 2011–12 KHL season, which saved his life as he was not in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash on September 7, 2011, that killed the majority of the team.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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