Alexander Semin
Alexander Valeryevich Syomin (Russian Александр Валерьевич Сёмин, English transcription: Alexander Semin Valeryevich; born March 3, 1984 in Krasnoyarsk, Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player standing since July 2012 when the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League contract.
Career
The 1.88 m wide winger started his career with HC Traktor Chelyabinsk in the Russian Super League, before he selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2002 as 13th in the first round by the Capitals ( drafted ) was.
According to this draft, however, Syomin decided initially to remain in Russia and still played one season for the HK Lada Togliatti, before he finally moved to North America. In the 2003 / 04 season, the right-handed shooter made his NHL debut for Washington. After he missed the flight to the last season game against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Syomin also spent four games and the playoffs in the American Hockey League with the Portland Pirates, the farm team of the Washington Capitals.
During the NHL lockout in 2004/05 Syomin returned for 50 games for Lada HK, where he also began the following season. This second season in Russia had become necessary because Syomin with his move to Russia had to serve the then two-year military service in the Russian army, what a return to the NHL initially excluded. The HK Lada had fallen into such serious financial difficulties that Syomin had to be transferred to Moskovskaya Oblast Chimik, where he spent the rest of the season 2005/ 06.
For 2006/ 07 Alexander Syomin returned to Washington, on 5 October 2006, he scored the first goal of the season in the Capitals game against the New York Rangers.
After a total of seven seasons in Washington Syomin signed on 26 July 2012, one-year contract worth 7 million U.S. dollars at the Carolina Hurricanes.
Awards and achievements
- 2008 NHL Player of the Month October
Internationally
- 2002 Silver medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
- 2005 bronze medal at the World Championships
- 2008 Gold medal at the World Championships
- 2010 Silver medal at the World Championships
- 2012 Gold Medal at the World Championships
Career Stats
( 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 )