List of Ukrainians in the Kontinental Hockey League

The following is a list of Ukrainians in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). For the 2014-15 season, Ukrainians constitute the 14th most numerous nationality within the league. During the 2009-10 KHL season, 26[a] Ukrainian players participated in the competition, the most to date, out of the 41 total to have played. Alexei Zhitnik, along with Anton Babchuk and Nikolay Zherdev are of a select few to have been named to the annual All Star Game.

Oleg Tverdovsky became the first Ukrainian-born player to win the Gagarin Cup, doing so with HC Salavat Yulaev in 2010. In 2013, Kostiantyn Kasianchuk became the first Ukrainian national team player to do the same; after which the Cup was brought to Kiev in celebration.[1] According to Sokil Kyiv general manager Vyacheslav Zavalniuk, 13.5% of all players in the KHL have Ukrainian roots.[2]

Players

Anton Babchuk playing for HC Donbass in 2012
Vitaly Vishnevsky has played the most games of any Ukrainian in the KHL
= Active in 2012-13 season = Signed for 2013-14 season = Active in 2013-14 season = Retired
NAT Name POS GP G A PTS Birthplace Team Ref.
UkraineAndrushenko, ViktorViktor AndrushenkoF5931114Kiev(Belarus)[3]
RussiaAnikeyenko, VitaliVitali Anikeyenko[☦]D144143549Kiev-[4]
RussiaBabchuk, AntonAnton BabchukD80101525KievSalavat Yulaev[5]
UkraineBayev, DenisDenis BayevD15691524Konotop(VHL)[6]
Belukhin, YevgeniYevgeni BelukhinF0000Arzamas-16Donbass[7][8]
Berezin, DmytriyDmytriy BerezinG1---NovosibirskUnsigned[9]
UkraineBlahoi, RomanRoman BlahoiF0000KievDonbass[10]
RussiaBut, AntonAnton ButLW2496682148KharkivUnsigned[11]
RussiaDenisov, DenisDenis DenisovD250326395KharkivCSKA[b][12]
UkraineDonika, VitaliVitali DonikaC15011Kiev(VHL)[13]
UkraineFedotenko, RuslanRuslan FedotenkoLW3381018KievDonbass[14]
UkraineHaiduchenko, SerhiySerhiy HaiduchenkoG78---KievDonbass[15]
UkraineKasianchuk, KostiantynKostiantyn KasianchukF170293564KievDynamo[16]
UkraineKlymentiev, SerhiySerhiy KlymentievD39246Kiev-[17]
RussiaKomaristy, AlexanderAlexander KomaristyC176193756SeverodonetskNeftekhimik[18]
UkraineKvitchenko, MaximMaxim KvitchenkoF25011KievDonbass[19]
UkraineLiutkevych, VitaliyVitaliy LiutkevychD20011Kiev(VHL)[20]
UkraineMaterukhin, OleksandrOleksandr MaterukhinLW7000KievDinamo-Minsk[21]
RussiaMikhnov, AlexeiAlexei MikhnovLW2004561106KievAtlant[22]
UkraineMikhnov, AndriyAndriy MikhnovLW109101222Kiev(Belarus)[23]
Morozov, YegorYegor MorozovF0000[✪]TolyattiDonbass[24]
UkraineOstroushko, ArtemArtem Ostroushko D515813Kiev-[25]
UkrainePetrukhno, DenisDenis PetrukhnoD0000KievDonbass[26]
KazakhstanPolischuk, FedorFedor Polischuk LW221204868KolodysteBarys[27]
UkrainePonikarovsky, AlexeiAlexei PonikarovskyLW3251318KievSKA[28]
UkraineRazin, GennadyGennady RazinD23792938KharkivDonbass[29]
RussiaSergeyev, AndreiAndrei SergeyevD1044913SimferopolSpartak[30]
UkraineShafarenko, OlehOleh ShafarenkoF21246Kiev(Belarus)[31]
UkraineShakhraichuk, VadymVadym ShakhraichukC103151217KievUnsigned[32]
Shalimov, VladislavVladislav ShalimovRW3000BelovoDonbass[33][34]
RussiaShastin, EgorEgor ShastinF141344276Kiev(Swiss)[35]
UkraineShevchuk, MykhailoMykhailo ShevchukG0---KharkivDonbass[36]
RussiaShvidki, DenisDenis ShvidkiRW37347Kharkiv(MOL Liga)[37]
UkraineShvidenko, DmytroDmytro ShvidenkoD0000LubnyUgra[38]
Silnitsky, YuriYuri SilnitskyD16000TyumenDonbass[39][40]
UkraineSimchuk, KostiantynKostiantyn SimchukG13---Kiev-[41]
RussiaSobchenko, DaniilDaniil Sobchenko[☦]C51628Kiev-[42]
BelarusStrakhov, AlexeiAlexei StrakhovRW25336Kharkiv-[43]
RussiaTkachev, VolodymyrVolodymyr TkachevD5000DnipropetrovskAk Bars[44]
UkraineToryanik, OleksandrOleksandr ToryanikRW0000KharkivDonbass[45]
RussiaTverdovsky, OlegOleg TverdovskyD191295180Donetsk-[46]
UkraineVarlamov, SerhiySerhiy VarlamovLW133242650KievDonbass[47]
RussiaVishnevsky, VitalyVitaly VishnevskyD263254469KharkivLokomotiv[48]
Vyukhin, AlexanderAlexander Vyukhin[☦]G87---Sverdlovsk-[49]
UkraineZakharov, ViktorViktor ZakharovF0000KievDonbass[50]
RussiaZemchenko, IgnatIgnat ZemchenkoC809716KievSeverstal[51]
RussiaZherdev, NikolayNikolay ZherdevRW1554478122KievSeverstal[52]
RussiaZhitnik, AlexeiAlexei ZhitnikD11241418Kiev-[53]

Note: A (★) denotes a player who has participated in an All Star Game
All statistics accurate to the end of the 2012–13 KHL season

Breakdown of players by nationality

5
10
15
20
25
30
27
2013–14
in progress
  •   Ukraine
  •   Nationalized to Ukraine
  •   Russia
  •   Kazakhstan
  •   Belarus
  •   Neutral

Captains

Several players have acted as captains of their respective KHL clubs, including: Alexei Zhitnik (Dynamo Moscow); Vitaly Vishnevsky (SKA); Serhiy Varlamov, Ruslan Fedotenko,[54] (HC Donbass); and Nikolay Zherdev (Atlant)

Players of Ukrainian descent

The following is a list of KHL players who while not born in Ukraine, are of documented Ukrainian descent.

Notes

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