Alexei Mikhnov
| Alexei Mikhnov | |||
|---|---|---|---|
.JPG) | |||
| Born |
August 31, 1982 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) | ||
| Weight | 218 lb (99 kg; 15 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| KHL team Former teams |
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Salavat Yulaev Ufa Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Dynamo Moscow HC Sibir Novosibirsk Edmonton Oilers Metallurg Magnitogorsk Atlant Moscow Oblast | ||
| National team |
 Russia | ||
| NHL Draft |
17th overall, 2000 Edmonton Oilers | ||
| Playing career | 2000–present | ||
Oleksiy Pavlovych "Alexei" Mikhnov (Ukrainian: Олексій Павлович Міхнов) (born August 31, 1982) is a Ukrainian[1] professional ice hockey left wing currently playing with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Playing career
Mikhnov was selected in the first round of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, 17th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers, and has only played in two NHL games, his first being a 5–2 win versus Phoenix. He was scoreless and even in 4:21 of ice time. His brother Andrei Mikhnov was at one time also a National Hockey League prospect and played in the Ontario Hockey League.
Mikhnov spent four seasons in the Russian Super League, and was considered a power forward prospect. Despite being from Ukraine, Mikhnov (unlike his brother) plays internationally for Russia.
After being drafted in 2000, Mikhnov has been something of a mystery to Oilers fans. Even when he was drafted, he was considered an enigma,[2] and when he first hit Edmonton in 2004, the Oilers' front office discovered that Mikhnov had poor eyesight, leading to the team buying him a pair of glasses.[3]
Mikhnov was one of the more famous players impacted by the inability of the National Hockey League and the Russian ice hockey federation to come to an agreement on a transfer arrangement, a situation which more famously affected Pittsburgh Penguins prospect Evgeni Malkin. On June 20, 2006, according to his agent, Mikhnov gave his two weeks' notice which theoretically could get him out of his contract with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, and by early September Mikhnov was skating in Edmonton, taking a spin on September 3 at the University of Alberta.[4] To date, any legal action by Lokomotiv Yaroslavl to retain Mikhnov like that being used to try to keep Malkin has not reached the press, and on September 5, Mikhnov signed a one-year deal with the Oilers.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1998–99 | Lokomotiv-2 Yaroslavl | RUS-2 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Lokomotiv-2 Yaroslavl | RUS-3 | 40 | 22 | 13 | 35 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Krystall-2 Elektrostal | RUS-3 | 46 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | THK Tver | RUS-2 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | CSKA Moscow | RUS-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | RSL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Dynamo Moscow | RSL | 26 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2002–03 | HC Sibir Novosibirsk | RSL | 51 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | HC Sibir Novosibirsk | RSL | 58 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | HC Sibir Novosibirsk | RSL | 26 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | RSL | 17 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2005–06 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | RSL | 40 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 2006–07 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 27 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | RSL | 11 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2007–08 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | RSL | 52 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 50 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | ||
| 2008–09 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | KHL | 52 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 57 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 10 | ||
| 2009–10 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | KHL | 40 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 10 | ||
| 2010–11 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | KHL | 32 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | ||
| 2011–12 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | KHL | 39 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Atlant Moscow Oblast | KHL | 39 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | Atlant Moscow Oblast | KHL | 47 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| KHL totals | 247 | 52 | 67 | 119 | 129 | 70 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 34 | ||||
| NHL totals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Russia | WC | 5th | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |
| Senior totals | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||||
References
- ↑ The Ukrainian Weekly
- ↑ USA Today (accessed September 4, 2006)
- ↑ "Oilers top 20 ranking" (accessed September 4, 2006)
- ↑ "Mikhnov arrives, set for rookie camp" (accessed September 4, 2006)
External links
Media related to Alexei Mikhnov at Wikimedia Commons
- Alexei Mikhnov's career statistics at EliteProspects.com
- Bio from Hockey's Future
- Alexei Mikhnov's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Alexei Mikhnov's player profile at NHL.com
- Aleksei Mikhnov profile at Eurohockey.com
| Preceded by Jani Rita |
Edmonton Oilers first round draft pick 2000 |
Succeeded by Ales Hemsky |