Alexei Mikhnov

Oleksiy Pavlovych "Alexei" Mikhnov (Ukrainian: Олексій Павлович Міхнов) (born August 31, 1982) is a Ukrainian-Russian[1] professional ice hockey left wing who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played with the Severstal Cherepovets of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Alexei Mikhnov
Born	August 31, 1982 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight	218 lb (99 kg; 15 st 8 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shoots	Left
KHL team Former teams	Free Agent Salavat Yulaev Ufa Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Dynamo Moscow Sibir Novosibirsk Edmonton Oilers Metallurg Magnitogorsk Atlant Moscow Oblast Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg HC Yugra Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Severstal Cherepovets
National team	Russia
NHL Draft	17th overall, 2000 Edmonton Oilers
Playing career	2000–present

Playing career

Mikhnov was selected in the first round of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, 17th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers, and has only played in two NHL games, his first being a 5–2 win versus Phoenix. He was scoreless and even in 4:21 of ice time. His brother Andrei Mikhnov was at one time also a National Hockey League prospect and played in the Ontario Hockey League.

Mikhnov spent four seasons in the Russian Super League, and was considered a power forward prospect. Despite being from Ukraine, Mikhnov (unlike his brother) plays internationally for Russia.

After being drafted in 2000, Mikhnov has been something of a mystery to Oilers fans. Even when he was drafted, he was considered an enigma,[2] and when he first hit Edmonton in 2004, the Oilers' front office discovered that Mikhnov had poor eyesight, leading to the team buying him a pair of glasses.[3]

Mikhnov was one of the more famous players impacted by the inability of the National Hockey League and the Russian ice hockey federation to come to an agreement on a transfer arrangement, a situation which more famously affected Pittsburgh Penguins prospect Evgeni Malkin. On June 20, 2006, according to his agent, Mikhnov gave his two weeks' notice which theoretically could get him out of his contract with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, and by early September Mikhnov was skating in Edmonton, taking a spin on September 3 at the University of Alberta.[4] To date, any legal action by Lokomotiv Yaroslavl to retain Mikhnov like that being used to try to keep Malkin has not reached the press, and on September 5, Mikhnov signed a one-year deal with the Oilers.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1998–99	Lokomotiv–2 Yaroslavl	RUS.2		14	2	2	4	4		—	—	—	—	—
1999–2000	Lokomotiv–2 Yaroslavl	RUS.3		40	22	13	35	4		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Krystall–2 Elektrostal	RUS.3		46	4	7	11	10		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	THK Tver	RUS.2		22	5	11	16	6		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	CSKA Moscow	RUS.2		4	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	RSL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Dynamo Moscow	RSL		26	2	1	3	4		3	0	0	0	2
2001–02	Dynamo–2 Moscow	RUS.3		8	8	6	14	0		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Sibir Novosibirsk	RSL		51	7	9	16	10		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Sibir Novosibirsk	RSL		58	14	8	22	22		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Sibir–2 Novosibirsk	RUS.3		1	1	0	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Sibir Novosibirsk	RSL		26	3	2	5	12		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	RSL		18	0	9	9	4		7	0	0	0	4
2004–05	Lokomotiv–2 Yaroslavl	RUS.3		4	4	1	5	4		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	RSL		40	14	7	21	18		11	4	4	8	4
2006–07	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL		27	6	12	18	22		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	RSL		11	5	3	8	6		7	2	3	5	4
2007–08	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	RSL		52	14	20	34	50		16	3	5	8	14
2008–09	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	KHL		52	16	17	33	57		19	8	4	12	10
2009–10	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	KHL		40	7	14	21	16		17	7	6	13	10
2010–11	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	KHL		30	3	12	15	12		17	1	4	5	12
2011–12	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL		39	8	10	18	12		12	0	3	3	0
2012–13	Atlant Mytishchi	KHL		39	11	8	19	22		5	0	1	1	2
2013–14	Atlant Mytishchi	KHL		47	7	6	13	10		—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL		42	9	7	16	20		5	0	2	2	0
2014–15	THK Tver	VHL		6	3	3	6	14		—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	Yugra Khanty–Mansiysk	KHL		20	2	2	4	6		—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	THK Tver	VHL		2	1	2	3	0		—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL		22	8	5	13	8		6	0	0	0	2
2016–17	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL		38	6	13	19	12		—	—	—	—	—
2016–17	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL		45	12	10	22	8		3	0	0	0	4
2018–19	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	KHL		6	1	1	2	0		—	—	—	—	—
2018–19	HC Csíkszereda	EL		8	3	2	5			—	—	—	—	—
2018–19	HC Csíkszereda	ROU		10	20	15	35	12		—	—	—	—	—
2018–19	Severstal Cherepovets	KHL		22	5	2	7	4		—	—	—	—	—
2019–20	Metallurg Zhlobin	BLR		50	18	18	36	63		4	1	1	2	0
RSL totals				283	59	59	118	126		44	9	12	21	26
NHL totals				2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
KHL totals				442	95	107	202	187		84	16	20	36	40

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2006	Russia	WC	5th		7	4	2	6	2
Senior totals					7	4	2	6	2

References

1. The Ukrainian Weekly
2. USA Today (accessed September 4, 2006)
3. "Oilers top 20 ranking" Archived 2004-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (accessed September 4, 2006)
4. "Mikhnov arrives, set for rookie camp" (accessed September 4, 2006)

External links

Media related to Alexei Mikhnov at Wikimedia Commons

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
• Bio from Hockey's Future