- Alexei Cherepanov
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Right Wing
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 183
team =New York Rangers
league = NHL
prospect_team = Omsk
prospect_league = KHL
nationality = Russia
birth_date = birth date and age|1989|01|15
birth_place =Barnaul ,USSR
draft = 17th overall
draft_year = 2007
draft_team =New York Rangers
career_start = 2006
nickname = The Siberian ExpressAlexei Andreyevich Cherepanov ( _ru. Алексей Андреевич Черепанов; born
January 15 ,1989 inBarnaul ,USSR ) is aRussia n professionalice hockey winger, currently playing for theAvangard Omsk of theKontinental Hockey League .Playing career
Nicknamed the "
Siberian Express ", Cherepanov is in his second season with Avangard, a team in southwesternSiberia . In his rookie season in the RSL, Cherepanov had more points than now-NHL starsEvgeni Malkin ,Alexander Ovechkin andIlya Kovalchuk did in their first seasons in the Super League at the age of 17. In March 2007, Cherepanov surpassed the Russian league rookie goal scoring record previously held byPavel Bure . [cite web | publisher=NHL.com, Bill Meltzer | date=2007-03-24 | title=Cherepanov Sets RSL Rookie Goal Record | url= http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=290442| accessdate=2007-07-01]He represented
Russia at the 2007 World Jr. Hockey Championships. Along with winning a silver medal, he led the tournament in scoring and subsequently named to the tournaments all-star team, as well as earning the award as best forward.On
June 22 ,2007 , Cherepanov was drafted in the 1st round, 17th overall by theNew York Rangers in the2007 NHL Entry Draft , despite being considered by many rankings to be a top 5 prospect, and the top European available. Among the reasons offered by analysts for his lingering in the draft was the lack of a new transfer agreement between the NHL and theInternational Ice Hockey Federation concerning players in the Russian Hockey Federation, though Russian players can simply give two-weeks' notice and leave any team, as was the case with Pittsburgh'sEvgeni Malkin . [cite web | publisher=The Sports Network. | date=2006-08-19 | title=Malkin sits down for interview with TSN | url= http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=174657&hubname=nhl| accessdate=2007-07-01]Cherepanov currently has one year remaining on his contract with Omsk, going into the 2008/09 season, and it is not known for certain when he will play in the NHL.
On
August 29 ,2007 , during game 2 of the2007 Super Series , Cherepanov collided with Canadian forwardBrandon Sutter and suffered aconcussion . The next day it was reported that he would be out for the remainder of the eight-game series. [cite web | publisher=TSN.ca | date=2007-08-31 | title=Cherepanov out for remainder of Series | url= http://www.tsn.ca/canadian_hockey/news_story/?ID=217269| accessdate=2007-08-31] Team Russia went on to go winless in the series.On
November 5 ,2007 Cherepanov was named RSL Newcomer of the Year for the '06-'07 Season. [cite web | publisher=Metallurg.ru | date=2007-11-05 | title="Матч звезд": шоу для тех, кто пришел | url= http://www.metallurg.ru/news/32867/| accessdate=2007-11-05]Cherepanov led Russia to a bronze medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships, and had three points in the medal winning 4-2 victory over the
United States . [cite web | publisher=rangers.nhl.com | date=2008-01-05 | title=Cherepanov leads Russia to WJC bronze | url= http://rangers.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=348869]On
October 3 ,2008 Alexei tied the Avangard Omsk goal scoring streak record with goals in 6 consecutive games. [cite web | publisher=www.hawk.ru | date=2008-10-03 | title=Черепанов повторяет рекорд Затонского | url= http://www.hawk.ru/news/4734.html ]Career statistics
References
External links
* [http://www.russianprospects.com/public/profile.php?player_id=605 RussianProspects.com Alexei Cherepanov Profile]
* [http://rangers.nhl.com/team/app?page=PlayerDetail&playerId=8474193&service=page Rangers profile]
* [http://hawk.ru/person.php?n_id_person=5273 Player page at Avangard Omsk site]
*hockeydb|96288
*eurohockey|102405
* [http://hockeysfuture.com/article.php?sid=9353&mode=threaded&order=0 HockeysFuture article]
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