Viktor Kostyuchenok

Viktor Kostyuchenok
Born	(1979-06-07) June 7, 1979 Minsk, Belorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	Yunost Minsk Lada Togliatti Amur Khabarovsk Spartak Moscow Dinamo Minsk Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
National team	Belarus
Playing career	1995–2014

Viktor Pavlovich Kostyuchenok (Belarusian: Віктар Паўлавіч Касцючонак; Russian: Виктор Павлович Костюченок) (born 7 June 1979) is a Belarusian former professional ice hockey defenceman and currently an assistant coach for HC Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (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 in the Eastern European Hockey League 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 in 2006–07. He played for Minsk again the next season, and then joined Amur Khabarovsk in 2008 before HC Spartak Moscow.

International

Kostyuchenok was selected for the Belarus national men's ice hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympics. He also participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship 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.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1995–96	Yunost Minsk	EEHL		8	2	0	2	2		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Yunost Minsk	BLR		8	0	1	1	8		—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Yunost Minsk	EEHL		30	3	5	8	24		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Avangard–2 Omsk	RUS.3		4	0	2	2	2		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Yunost Minsk	BLR		15	0	3	3	6		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Yunost Minsk	EEHL		42	0	12	12	73		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Yunost Minsk	BLR		16	1	5	6	28		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Yunost Minsk	EEHL		46	11	27	38	80		—	—	—	—	—
1999–2000	HK Minsk	BLR		3	1	1	2	2		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	HK Minsk	BLR		1	1	0	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	HK Minsk	EEHL		14	3	4	7	10		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Deggendorf Fire	GER.3		5	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Brest Albatros Hockey	FRA.3		13	6	10	16			—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Brest Albatros Hockey	FRA.3		16	4	10	14	30		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Brest Albatros Hockey	FRA		28	3	5	8	18		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Yunost Minsk	BLR		44	11	14	25	42		10	2	3	5	12
2004–05	Yunost Minsk	BLR		43	8	13	21	40		12	0	5	5	10
2004–05	Yunior Minsk	BLR.2		1	3	3	6	2		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Yunost Minsk	BLR		55	7	25	32	70		11	1	9	10	16
2006–07	Lada Togliatti	RSL		48	1	4	5	28		3	0	0	0	0
2007–08	Yunost Minsk	BLR		53	10	17	27	68		11	3	3	6	10
2008–09	Amur Khabarovsk	KHL		40	1	6	7	36		—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	Amur Khabarovsk	KHL		18	0	5	5	22		—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	Spartak Moscow	KHL		34	0	9	9	24		10	0	1	1	4
2010–11	Dinamo Minsk	KHL		30	0	9	9	34		7	0	0	0	4
2011–12	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL		51	2	10	12	22		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Yunost Minsk	VHL		33	0	8	8	8		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Yunior Minsk	BLR		5	0	2	2	4		2	0	2	2	4
2013–14	Yunost Minsk	BLR		52	4	11	15	32		15	1	6	7	6
EEHL totals				140	19	48	67	189		—	—	—	—	—
BLR totals				295	43	92	135	300		61	7	28	35	58
KHL totals				173	3	39	42	138		17	0	1	1	8

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1996	Belarus	EJC		5	1	1	2	0
1997	Belarus	WJC C		4	1	3	4	4
1997	Belarus	EJC B		6	0	0	0	20
1998	Belarus	WJC B		6	1	2	3	8
1999	Belarus	WJC		6	0	0	0	8
2002	Belarus	WC D1		5	0	0	0	0
2005	Belarus	OGQ		3	0	2	2	6
2006	Belarus	WC		7	1	1	2	0
2007	Belarus	WC		6	1	3	4	0
2008	Belarus	WC		6	1	2	3	10
2009	Belarus	WC		7	0	0	0	10
2010	Belarus	OG		4	0	1	1	2
2010	Belarus	WC		6	0	1	1	0
2011	Belarus	WC		6	1	1	2	8
2012	Belarus	WC		7	0	0	0	2
Junior totals				27	3	6	9	40
Senior totals				57	4	11	15	38

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database