Vitali Kolesnik
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Vitaly Nikolaevich Kolesnik (Russian Виталий Николаевич Колесник; born August 20, 1979 in Ust- Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR ) is a Kazakh professional ice hockey goaltender, who plays since May 2012 to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Kontinental Hockey League.
- 2.1 International
Career
Club
Vitaly Kolesnik began his career in 1995 in the second Russian league in Kaszink - Torpedo Ust -Kamenogorsk. In 2005 he moved to the Colorado Avalanche, where he graduated from eight games in the National Hockey League. More station within the 2005/06 season was the farm team of the avalanche, the Lowell Lock Monsters of the American Hockey League. In 2006 he was engaged by Atlant Mytischtschi for three seasons. On his next club Salavat Yulaev Ufa of Russia, the goalkeeper stood from 2009 under contract and won with this team in 2011 the Gagarin Cup, the championship trophy of the KHL.
In June 2012, Kolesnik signed a contract for two years duration to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.
National
For Kazakhstan Kelesnik finished sixth at the 1999 U -20 World Cup. Subsequently, he was appointed the first time at the World Cup in 2001, when the Kazakhs were playing in Division I in the national team of men, but did not at the tournament in Ljubljana to use one. This changed in 2002 ( three inserts) and 2003 ( four inserts), as he and his team to five wins in five games in the top division rose. There he played at the World Championships in 2004 and 2005. Highlight of his international career he was then the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where it was used twice.
In the next five years Kolesnik was initially not considered in the national team. Only at the Asian Winter Games 2011, he was back to the Kazakh squad that won the gold medal. As a result, he also took part in the same year at the Division I World Championship in 2011 and managed his team to return to the top division, was staying temporarily out of Kazakhstan. There, the team was a year later but only last and Kolesnik had in the four games in which he was employed, to accept 5.18 Goals against average. However, a feat he delivered then at the Division I of the 2013 World Championships, when he conceded just four goals in five games, it held 96.8 % of the shots and so much to a rebirth of his team in the top division contributed. Previously, he had failed in February 2013 with the Kazakh team at the Olympic qualification for the Games in Sochi in 2014, where he had already conceded two goals in the decisive 2:3 defeat to Latvia after two minutes and 37 seconds and then replaced by Vitaly Jeremejew been.
Awards and achievements
- 2002 Lowest Gegentorschnitt the Wysschaja League Group East
- 2008 KHL goalie of the month October
- 2011 Gagarin Cup win with Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Internationally
- 2003 promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group A
- 2011 Gold medal at the Asian Winter Games
- 2011 promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group B
- 2013 promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group A
League stats
(End of season 2012/ 13)