Alexei Kovalev

Date of Birth: Feb 24, 1973
Age: 53
Place of Birth: Togliatti, RUS
Nation: Russia
Youth Team: Lada Togliatti
Position: RW
Height: 187 cm / 6'2"
Weight: 101 kg / 223 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Alexei Kovalev Facts

Player Type: Dangler
Drafted: 1991 round 1 #15 overall by New York Rangers

Sons: Nikita Kovalev, Ivan Kovalev
Alexei Kovalev is a world class stick- and puck-handler. Can easily beat defenders in tight space with his terrific one-on-one moves in combination with his great and smooth skill-set. He is an elegant skater, but has lost a step or two over the years, although he’s still moves forward in an effective way. His wrist shot is hard and accurate and Alexei Kovalev has excellent vision and playmaking abilities. He knows exactly which games count and which not; however, critics have questioned his work ethic throughout his career. (by Rafik Soliman, November 2013)

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Alexei Kovalev Statistics

									Post
1989-1990	Dynamo Moskva	Soviet	1	0	0	0	0	-
1989-1990	Dynamo Moskva-2	Soviet3	17	10	5	15	18	-
1989-1990	Soviet Union U17	WHC-17	-	-	-	-	-	-
1989-1990	Soviet Union U18	EJC-18	6	4	3	7	6	-
1990-1991	Dynamo Moskva	Soviet	18	1	2	3	4	-
1990-1991	Dynamo Moskva-2	Soviet3	21	16	9	25	20	-
1990-1991	Soviet Union U18	EJC-18	6	8	3	11	22	-
1991-1992	Dynamo Moskva	Soviet	26	16	8	24	16	-	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	4	-
1991-1992	Dynamo Moskva-2	Soviet3	4	5	0	5	12	-
1991-1992	CIS U20	WJC-20	7	5	5	10	2	14
1991-1992	Unified Team Olympics	OG	8	1	2	3	14	-
1991-1992	Russia	WC	6	0	1	1	0	-
1992-1993	New York Rangers	NHL	65	20	18	38	79	-10
1992-1993	Binghamton Rangers	AHL	13	13	11	24	35	12	Playoffs	9	3	5	8	14	-
1993-1994	New York Rangers	NHL	76	23	33	56	154	18	Playoffs	23	9	12	21	18	5
1994-1995	Lada Togliatti Lockout	Russia	12	8	8	16	49	-
1994-1995	New York Rangers	NHL	48	13	15	28	30	-6	Playoffs	10	4	7	11	10	2
1995-1996	New York Rangers	NHL	81	24	34	58	98	5	Playoffs	11	3	4	7	14	0
1996-1997	New York Rangers	NHL	45	13	22	35	42	11
1996-1997	Russia	WCup	5	2	1	3	8	1
1997-1998	New York Rangers	NHL	73	23	30	53	44	-22
1997-1998	Russia	WC	6	5	2	7	14	1
1998-1999	New York Rangers	NHL	14	3	4	7	12	-6
1998-1999	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	63	20	26	46	37	8	Playoffs	10	5	7	12	14	0
1999-2000	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	82	26	40	66	94	-3	Playoffs	11	1	5	6	10	-1
2000-2001	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	79	44	51	95	96	12	Playoffs	18	5	5	10	16	-2
2001-2002	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	67	32	44	76	80	2
2001-2002	Russia Olympics	OG	6	3	1	4	4	6
2001-2002	Russia (all)	International	6	3	1	4	4	6
2002-2003	Pittsburgh Penguins "A"	NHL	54	27	37	64	50	-11
2002-2003	New York Rangers	NHL	24	10	3	13	20	2
2003-2004	New York Rangers	NHL	66	13	29	42	54	-5
2003-2004	Montréal Canadiens	NHL	12	1	2	3	12	-4	Playoffs	11	6	4	10	8	2
2004-2005	Ak Bars Kazan Lockout	Russia	35	10	12	22	80	-2	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	8	-2
2004-2005	Russia "C"	WCup	4	2	1	3	4	-2
2004-2005	Russia "C"	WC	9	3	4	7	16	6
2005-2006	Montréal Canadiens "A"	NHL	69	23	42	65	76	-1	Playoffs	6	4	3	7	4	3
2005-2006	Russia Olympics "C"	OG	8	4	2	6	4	4
2006-2007	Montréal Canadiens "A"	NHL	73	18	29	47	78	-19
2007-2008	Montréal Canadiens "A"	NHL	82	35	49	84	70	18	Playoffs	12	5	6	11	8	-4
2008-2009	Montréal Canadiens "A"	NHL	78	26	39	65	74	-5	Playoffs	4	2	1	3	2	0
2009-2010	Ottawa Senators	NHL	77	18	31	49	54	-8
2010-2011	Ottawa Senators	NHL	54	14	13	27	28	-9
2010-2011	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	20	2	5	7	16	3	Playoffs	7	1	1	2	10	-3
2011-2012	Atlant Mytishchi	KHL	22	1	5	6	16	-13
2012-2013	Florida Panthers	NHL	14	2	3	5	6	-1
2013-2014	EHC Visp "A"	NLB	44	22	30	52	82	-	Playoffs	11	7	8	15	37	-
2013-2014	EHC Visp	NLA Q	-	-	-	-	-	-	Qualification	4	0	2	2	6	-1
2014-2015	Did not play		-	-	-	-	-	-
2015-2016	Did not play		-	-	-	-	-	-
2016-2017	EHC Visp "A"	NLB	11	3	7	10	24	3

Alexei Kovalev Tournament Statistics


1990-1991	Dynamo Moskva	Fr-Tour	1	0	0	0	0	-
1990-1991	Dynamo Moskva	Super Series	1	0	0	0	0	-
1994-1995	Lada Togliatti Lockout	European Cup	4	1	0	1	18	-
2004-2005	Russia	EHT	8	3	2	5	12	-

Alexei Kovalev Career Totals by League


AHL	1	13	13	11	24	1.85	35	12	1	9	3	5	8	0.89	14	-
EHT	1	8	3	2	5	0.63	12	-	0
EJC-18	2	12	12	6	18	1.50	28	-	0
European Cup	1	4	1	0	1	0.25	18	-	0
Fr-Tour	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	-	0
International	1	6	3	1	4	0.67	4	6	0
KHL	1	22	1	5	6	0.27	16	-13	0
NHL	19	1316	430	599	1029	0.78	1304	-31	11	123	45	55	100	0.81	114	2
NLA Q	0								1	4	0	2	2	0.50	6	-1
NLB (SL)	2	55	25	37	62	1.13	106	3*	1	11	7	8	15	1.36	37	-
OG	3	22	8	5	13	0.59	22	10*	0
Russia	2	47	18	20	38	0.81	129	-2*	1	4	0	0	0	0.00	8	-2
Soviet	3	45	17	10	27	0.60	20	-	1	7	1	1	2	0.29	4	-
Soviet3	3	42	31	14	45	1.07	50	-	0
Super Series	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	-	0
WC	3	21	8	7	15	0.71	30	7*	0
WCup	2	9	4	2	6	0.67	12	-1	0
WHC-17	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
WJC-20	1	7	5	5	10	1.43	2	14	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Alexei Kovalev Career Totals by Team


Ak Bars Kazan	1	35	10	12	22	0.63	80	-2	1	4	0	0	0	0.00	8	-2
Atlant Mytishchi	1	22	1	5	6	0.27	16	-13	0
Binghamton Rangers	1	13	13	11	24	1.85	35	12	1	9	3	5	8	0.89	14	-
CIS U20	1	7	5	5	10	1.43	2	14	0
Dynamo Moskva	3	47	17	10	27	0.57	20	-	1	7	1	1	2	0.29	4	-
Dynamo Moskva-2	3	42	31	14	45	1.07	50	-	0
EHC Visp	2	55	25	37	62	1.13	106	3*	1	15	7	10	17	1.13	43	-1*
Florida Panthers	1	14	2	3	5	0.36	6	-1	0
Lada Togliatti	1	16	9	8	17	1.06	67	-	0
Montréal Canadiens	5	314	103	161	264	0.84	310	-11	4	33	17	14	31	0.94	22	1
New York Rangers	9	492	142	188	330	0.67	533	-13	3	44	16	23	39	0.89	42	7
Ottawa Senators	2	131	32	44	76	0.58	82	-17	0
Pittsburgh Penguins	6	365	151	203	354	0.97	373	11	4	46	12	18	30	0.65	50	-6
Russia	3	21	8	7	15	0.71	30	7*	0
Russia (WCup)	2	9	4	2	6	0.67	12	-1	0
Russia (EHT)	1	8	3	2	5	0.63	12	-	0
Russia (all)	1	6	3	1	4	0.67	4	6	0
Russia Olympics	2	14	7	3	10	0.71	8	10	0
Soviet Union U17	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Soviet Union U18	2	12	12	6	18	1.50	28	-	0
Unified Team Olympics	1	8	1	2	3	0.38	14	-	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Alexei Kovalev Career Highlights

Season	Awards
1989-1990	U17 WHC Fleury Division All-Star Team U18 EJC Silver Medal
1990-1991	U18 EJC Best Forward U18 EJC Silver Medal
1991-1992	Olympic Gold Medal U20 WJC All-Star Team U20 WJC Gold Medal
1993-1994	NHL Stanley Cup Champion
2000-2001	NHL All-Star Game NHL Player of the Month (February) NHL Player of the Week (Feb. 11) NHL Player of the Week (Nov. 13)
2001-2002	Olympic Best Plus/Minus (+6) Olympic Bronze Medal
2002-2003	NHL All-Star Game
2004-2005	World Championship Best Forward World Championship Bronze Medal
2007-2008	NHL Second All-Star Team
2008-2009	NHL All-Star Game (”C”) NHL All-Star Game MVP
2013-2014	NLB Champion (Visp)

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
10/18/2016	Confirmed	No team	EHC Visp
07/03/2014	Confirmed	EHC Visp	Retired
06/10/2013	Confirmed	Florida Panthers	EHC Visp
01/18/2013	Confirmed	No team	Florida Panthers
07/29/2011	Confirmed	Pittsburgh Penguins	Atlant Mytishchi
02/24/2011	Confirmed	Ottawa Senators	Pittsburgh Penguins
07/06/2009	Confirmed	Montréal Canadiens	Ottawa Senators

Alexei Kovalev Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Ak Bars Kazan
Cult/Star player for Binghamton Rangers
Cult/Star player for EHC Visp
Cult/Star player for Montréal Canadiens
Cult/Star player for New York Rangers
Cult/Star player for Pittsburgh Penguins
Cult/Star player for Russia

Career transactions
- 2011-07-29 • Signed to a two-year contract by Atlant Mytishchi
- 2011-02-23 • Traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 2011 7th round pick (Ryan Dzingel)
- 2009-07-06 • Signed to a two-year contract by the Ottawa Senators
- 2005-08-03 • Re-signed to a four-year contract by the Montreal Canadiens
- 2004-11-03 • Signed to a lockout contract by Ak Bars Kazan
- 2004-03-02 • Traded to the Montreal Canadiens for Jozef Balej & a 2004 2nd round pick (Brandon Dubinsky)
- 2003-08-13 • Re-signed to a one-year contract by the New York Rangers
- 2003-02-10 • Traded to the New York Rangers with Dan LaCouture, Janne Laukkanen & Mike Wilson for Mikael Samuelsson, Rico Fata, Joel Bouchard, Richard Lintner & cash
- 1998-11-25 • Traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins with Harry York for Petr Nedved, Sean Pronger & Chris Tamer