Alexei Vasilchenko
Alexei Alexandrovich Wassiltschenko (Russian Алексей Александрович Васильченко; born March 29, 1981 in Ust- Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR ) is a Kazakh professional ice hockey player who is under contract with HC Traktor Chelyabinsk in the Kontinental Hockey League since 2011.
Career
Alexei Wassiltschenko began his career as a hockey player with Kaszink - Torpedo Ust- Kamenogorsk, for which he made his debut in the Kazakh Hockey Championship was in the 2000 /01 season and immediately won the national championship. In the following season the defender ran with torpedo in the Wysschaja League, the second Russian league on. He then got a contract with Spartak Moscow HK from the Russian Super League, but the 2002/03 season ended in Chimik Woskressensk in Wysschaja league.
After a year at Salavat Yulaev Ufa of the Super League, Wassiltschenko spent the period from 2004 to 2007, the league rivals Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. The 2007/08 season he started at HK CSKA Moscow and finished it at HK MVD Balaschicha. For the 2008/09 season the former national player and Olympian returned from 2006 in his home in Kazakhstan, where he signed with Barys Astana of the newly formed Kontinental Hockey League. After three years he left the team and joined the 2011/12 season in the KHL for HC Traktor Chelyabinsk.
Internationally
For Wassiltschenko Kazakhstan took part in the U20 World Junior Championships in 2000 and 2001 at junior level. In the senior level, he stood in his country's squad at the B World Championships in 2001, 2002 and 2011, and at the A World Championships in 2005 and 2010. Moreover, he represented Kazakhstan at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Awards and achievements
- 2001 Kazakh champion with Torpedo Ust- Kamenogorsk
- 2011 Gold medal at the Asian Winter Games
- 2011 promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group B
KHL stats
(As of the end of the 2010/11 season )