Valeri Kamensky
Valeri Viktorovich Kamensky (Russian Валерий Викторович Каменский; born April 18, 1966 in Woskressensk, Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player ( left wing ), the 1991-2002 Quebec Nordiques or for the Colorado Avalanche, New York Rangers, the Dallas Stars and the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League played.
Career
During his career he played in Chimik Woskressensk and HK CSKA Moscow. NHL Entry Draft 1988, he was selected in the 7th round to 129th place by the Quebec Nordiques. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he moved in 1991 to the Nordiques.
From the 1991/92 season he played in Quebec City and moved to the 1995/96 season to work with the team to Denver. With the Colorado Avalanche in 1996 he won then his first Stanley Cup. The first season in Colorado was also his personal best. He brought it to 85 points scorer. In 1998 he played in the NHL All-Star Game. For the 1999/2000 season he moved to the New York Rangers. After two seasons there still was followed by a season which he began with the Dallas Stars and graduated with the New Jersey Devils.
From 2003 to 2005 he played again for Chimik Woskressensk in the Russian Super League. In all, he scored 122 goals in 329 games in the Soviet league.
Mid-1980s, he was appointed to the team of the Soviet national ice hockey team. On 10 February 1986, he was in a friendly match in Karlskoga against Sweden for the first time for the Sbornaja on the ice. The 7-4 victory, he scored a goal. His international career was crowned with the gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games in 1988 and the silver medal in 1998. For the national team, he scored 81 goals in 164 internationals. On August 15, 1991 he played his last international match. He then played for the Russian national ice hockey team on. He is a member of the Triple Gold Club, as it was in 1986 and 1990 world champion, 1988 Olympic champion and 1996 Stanley Cup winner. In 1988 he was awarded the Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.
Awards and achievements
Career Stats
Internationally
- U18 European Junior Championships 1984
- U20 World Junior Championships 1985
- U20 Junior World Cup 1986
- World Cup 1986
- Rendez -vous '87
- Canada Cup 1987
- 1987 World Championships
- Winter Olympics 1988
- World Cup 1989
- World Cup 1990
- World Cup 1991
- World Cup 1994
- 1998 Winter Olympics
- World Cup 2000
( 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 )