Sergei Kolosov
Syarhey Apanassawitsch Kolassau (White Russian Сяргей Апанасавіч Коласаў, Russian Сергей Афанасьевич Колосов / Sergei Afanassjevitch Kolosov; born 22 May 1986 as Nawapolazk, Byelorussian SSR) is a Belarusian ice hockey defender who plays since 2011 at HK Neman Grodno in the Belarusian Extraliga.
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Career
After Syarhey Kolassau had started his career at Polimir Nawapolazk, he gave in the 2003/04 season as a 16- year-old made his debut in the first team of HC Dinamo Minsk of the Belarusian Extraliga. He spent almost the entire season and was selected by the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL Entry Draft in 2004 in the fifth round at position 151.
Although Kolassau had the opportunity to spend the 2004/05 season in the Canadian junior Western Hockey League, he remained in Belarus. The majority of the season he played at Dinamo, before he was transferred shortly before the end of the season to HK Junost Minsk, where he helped to win the Belarusian championship.
In summer 2005, he signed a contract with the Cedar Rapids Rough Riders in the U.S. Junior League United States Hockey League. In his first season, he had two goals and eight assists in his second year he came to a total of eleven points scorer, but mainly he failed his physical play on. After two years in North America, he returned to his home and played in the 2007/ 08 season again for the HK Dinamo Minsk.
After the end of the season he finally got in the summer of 2008, an entry contract with the Detroit Red Wings for two years and played from the fall of 2008, first at their farm team, the Grand Rapids Griffins in the American Hockey League. There he established himself in the main squad the team through an unspectacular but reliable way of playing on the defensive. But once in the season, he could shine in the offensive, as he scored three goals end of January 2009, within two games. In August 2011 he returned to Belarus and accepted a contract offer of HK Neman Grodno.
Syarhey Kolassau is a defender, which is especially noticeable in front of his own goal where he can use his height of 1.93 meters at best, to keep opposing forwards by being physically tough game. Offensively, he has, however, no special qualities, which is why he is regarded as a so-called " stay- at-home " defenseman.
Internationally
Syarhey Kolassau made his debut for the Belarusian national team at the U18 World Cup 2003. Had His next assignments in the U20 -B World Cup 2004, where they managed the climb unbeaten in A group.
A few months later Kolassau entered a second time at the U18 Junior World Championship, with the last place but could not make it in the league, the U18 Junior and dismounted in the B group. In the U20 World Youth Championship 2005, she also had to back the descent from the A group suffered after they occupied the last place despite a respectable 5-3 victory over the U.S. selection. But immediately the following year they succeeded in the U20 Junior Championships Division I of the re- ascent, where Kolassau in five games a goal and four assists contributed.
At the Ice Hockey World Championship 2008 Kolassau was the first time the squad of seniors. Although Belarus failed in the second round, but with the ninth overall, the team was able to advance to qualify for the Olympic Hockey Tournament 2010.
Awards and achievements
- 2004 promotion to the top division at the U20 Junior World Championship Division I
- 2005 White Champion of Russia with the HK Junost Minsk
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented in Belarus:
- U18 Junior World Championship 2003
- U20 Junior B World Cup 2004
- U18 Junior World Championship 2004
- U20 World Junior Championships 2005
- U20 Junior B World Cup 2006
- World Championship 2008
- 2010 Winter Olympics
- World Cup 2010
- World Cup 2011
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )