Alexander Vasyunov
Alexander Sergeyevich Wassjunow (Russian Александр Сергеевич Васюнов; born April 22, 1988 in Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR; † 7 September 2011 in Tunoschna near Yaroslavl ) was a Russian ice hockey player who during his career, among other things with the New Jersey Devils in the National Hockey League and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl played in the Continental Hockey League.
Career
Alexander Wassjunow began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the junior level of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, for the first team, he made his debut in the Russian Super League in the season 2005/ 06. Then the winger in the NHL Entry Draft in 2006 was selected in the second round than a total of 58 players from the New Jersey Devils. First, he remained in his native Russia, in which he at the beginning of the 2008/ 09 two games completed for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the newly formed Kontinental Hockey League. Finally, it beorderten the New Jersey Devils in their farm team, the. Lowell Devils, from the American Hockey League The 2010/11 season he completed primarily in the Albany Devils in the AHL, but was also in the course of the season his NHL debut in the jersey of the New Jersey Devils.
In July 2011 he returned to his hometown club to Yaroslavl and participated in the preparation program of the club. On September 7, 2011, he died in a plane crash near Yaroslavl killed.
Internationally
For Russia Wassjunow took part in the Under-18 Junior World Cup in 2006 and the U20 World Youth Championship in 2007. He also represented his country in the framework of Super Series 2007.
Awards and achievements
- 2007 Silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
- 2008 Russian runner with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl