- Maxim Balmochnykh
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Maxim Balmochnykh Born March 7, 1979
Lipetsk, Soviet UnionHeight 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) Position Left wing Shoots Left KHL team
Former teamsHC Dinamo Minsk
HC Lada Togliatti
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Severstal Cherepovets
HC Lipetsk
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
HK GomelNational team 
RussiaNHL Draft 45th overall, 1997
Mighty Ducks of AnaheimPlaying career 1995–present Maxim Vasilievich Balmochnykh (born March 7, 1979) is a Russian professional ice hockey winger currently playing for HC Dinamo Minsk in Kontinental Hockey League.
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Playing career
Balmochnykh began his career with his hometown team HC Lipetsk of the Vysshaya Liga before moving to the Russian Superleague's HC Lada Togliatti. He was drafted in the second round, 45th overall, by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. After being drafted, Balmochnykh made his North American debut with the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL in the 1998–99 season. He then joined the Ducks organization and was assigned to the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the American Hockey League. His call up to the NHL came during the 2000–01 season, during which he played six games for the Mighty Ducks, scoring one assist. He spent the next two seasons in Cincinnati before he was traded to the New Jersey Devils on July 6, 2002 with Jeff Friesen and Oleg Tverdovsky for Petr Sýkora, Jean-Francois Damphousse, Mike Commodore, and Igor Pohanka. Balmochnykh returned to Russia in 2002 with Severstal Cherepovets while New Jersey retained his NHL rights. He returned to the Devils the next season but spent the entire season in the AHL for the Albany River Rats.
Balmochnykh became a free agent in 2004 and returned to Russia prermanently, rejoining HK Lipetsk. After two seasons in the Vysshaya Liga, Lipetsk were relegated to the Pervaya Liga, the country's third tier league and Balmochnykh moved to Belarus with HC Dynamo Minsk before returning to the Russian Superleague with Metallurg Novokuznetsk. After a disappointing season, he was released and he returned to Dynamo Minsk before signing with HK Gomel in 2008. He then rejoined Dinamo Minsk, who were now playign in the newly formed Kontinental Hockey League.
Career statistics
Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1994–95 HC Lipetsk RUS-2 3 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 1995–96 HC Lipetsk RUS-2 40 15 5 20 60 — — — — — 1996–97 HC Lada Togliatti RSL 18 6 1 7 22 — — — — — 1997–98 HC Lada Togliatti RSL 37 10 4 14 46 — — — — — 1998–99 HC Lada Togliatti RSL 15 2 1 3 10 4 0 1 1 8 1998–99 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 21 9 22 31 38 — — — — — 1999–00 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 40 9 12 21 82 — — — — — 1999–00 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 6 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 2000–01 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 65 6 9 15 45 — — — — — 2001–02 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 23 6 4 10 33 — — — — — 2002–03 Severstal Cherepovets RSL 12 1 2 3 31 — — — — — 2003–04 Albany River Rats AHL 42 5 9 14 54 — — — — — 2004–05 HC Lipetsk RUS-2 41 8 7 15 121 — — — — — 2005–06 HC Lipetsk RUS-2 42 8 13 21 64 3 0 0 0 35 2006–07 Dynamo Minsk BLR 20 5 11 16 32 11 6 7 13 12 2007–08 Metallurg Novokuznetsk RSL 21 1 4 5 36 — — — — — 2007–08 Dynamo Minsk BLR 6 2 4 6 28 — — — — — 2008–09 HK Gomel BLR 10 9 4 13 26 — — — — — 2008–09 Dynamo Minsk KHL 24 6 2 8 14 — — — — — 2009–10 Shakhtar Soligorsk BLR 24 11 14 25 68 — — — — — 2009–10 Dynamo Minsk KHL 5 0 1 1 0 — — — — — RSL totals 105 20 12 32 147 4 0 1 1 8 AHL totals 147 20 30 50 181 — — — — — NHL totals 6 0 1 1 2 — — — — — International statistics
Year Team Event Place GP G A Pts PIM 1998 Russia WJC 
7 2 6 8 4 1999 Russia WJC 
7 3 5 8 4 External links
Categories:- 1979 births
- Albany River Rats players
- Cincinnati Mighty Ducks players
- HC Dinamo Minsk players
- HC Lada Togliatti players
- HC Metallurg Novokuznetsk players
- Severstal Cherepovets players
- Living people
- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim draft picks
- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim players
- People from Lipetsk
- Quebec Remparts alumni
- Russian expatriates in the United States
- Russian ice hockey left wingers
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