Alexander Pechursky

Alexander Alexeyevich Petschurski (Russian Александр Алексеевич Печурский; born June 4, 1990 in Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR ) is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender. Since June 2011 he is the Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the Kontinental Hockey League contract.

Career

Alexander Petschurski began his career as a hockey player with the Metallurg Magnitogorsk. Previously, he was already active in the youth field for the club. In the season 2009/10 he went first for Steel Foxes in the Russian junior league, the MHL, on the ice, but also debuted in the KHL for Metallurg Magnitogorsk.

In December 2009 Petschurski asked the management Magnitogorsks to release so that he could switch to the Tri -City Americans of the Western Hockey League in North America. There, he played six games - in which he recorded two shutouts - before he was hired on January 16, 2010, an amateur tryout contract by the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. These were located in an away game on Canada's west coast and needed by the injuries of the two -budgetary goalkeeper Marc -Andre Fleury and Brent Johnson is a second goalkeeper. Since it was the Penguins only managed to summon their third goalie John Curry to Vancouver, Petschurski took this position. On him the choice had fallen since the Tri -Cities were in the vicinity and its statistics at this time conveyed a good impression. On the same day he played his first NHL game for the Pittsburgh Penguins when he was substituted in the 24th minute and only allowed one goal on 13 shots on his goal.

In 2010 he returned back to Magnitogorsk shortly before the Traingslager of the Pittsburgh Penguins, he took part in September 2010, which sent him back to the Tri -City Americans in the WHL. After three games, he left the team and signed in November 2010 a contract with the Mississippi RiverKings in the Central Hockey League. In January 2011, it took the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Pittsburgh's farm team, for a try-out contract. However, for this, he completed no game and then decided to return to Russia. Petschurski received a two -year contract with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League in June 2011.

Internationally

For Russia Petschurski took part in the U18 World Youth Championship 2008, where he won the silver medal with his team.

Awards and achievements

• 2007 Gold medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
• 2008 Silver medal at the U18 World Youth Championship