Konstantin Zakharov

Konstantin Mikhailovich Zakharov (born 2 May 1985 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Belarusian professional ice hockey right winger. He currently plays for HC Dinamo Minsk of the KHL.

Konstantin Zakharov
Born (1985-05-02) May 2, 1985
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
KHL team
Former teams		 HC Dinamo Minsk
HK Gomel (Belarus)
Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
Worcester IceCats (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen (AHL)
Alaska Aces (ECHL)
Yunost Minsk (BXL)
National team  Belarus
NHL Draft 101st overall, 2003
St. Louis Blues
Playing career 2001–present

Playing career

Zakharov made his senior debut playing for Yunost Minsk, then moved to HK Gomel, playing at better than a point per game pace in the Belarusian Extraliga. After being drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, he moved to the QMJHL, with the Moncton Wildcats. He scored 33 goals in Moncton, helping his team to make the President's Cup final. After that season, he moved to St. Louis' AHL affiliate, the Worcester IceCats. However, he had just 14 points in 59 games, and the next season split time between the Alaska Aces of the ECHL and Yunost Minsk in the Belarusian Extraliga. He returned to North America for the start of 2006-07, playing with the Peoria Rivermen, but returned home at the end of the season, again playing with Yunost, where he has played since, helping the team to three consecutive league titles between 2009 and 2011.[1]

Zakharov played four games for Kontinental Hockey League team HC Dinamo Minsk in 2009-10, returning to Yunost Minsk after that.[1]

International career

Zakharov was selected for the Belarus national men's ice hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympics, playing in four games and scoring a goal, in the shootout loss to Switzerland that eliminated Belarus from the tournament.

As of 2013, that was Zakharov's only time representing Belarus at the senior level, but he played multiple times for both the under-20 and under-18 teams. He competed in four World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, the first coming in 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, when he was just 15. In 2003, he was the leading scorer at the Under-18 championships, recording more points than future stars Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
    Regular season   Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeague GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
2000–01 Yunost Minsk Belarus 19 11 7 18 40  —  —  —  —  —
2001–02 Yunost Minsk Belarus 16 7 5 12 39  —  —  —  —  —
2002–03 Yunost Minsk Belarus 19 8 19 27 18  —  —  —  —  —
2002–03 HK Gomel Belarus 19 8 19 27 18  —  —  —  —  —
2002-03 HK Gomel EEHL 14 2 4 6 10  —  —  —  —  —
2003–04 Moncton Wildcats QMJHL 55 33 16 49 63 20 7 9 16 18
2004-05 Worcester IceCats AHL 59 4 10 14 26  —  —  —  —  —
2005-06 Yunost Minsk Belarus 36 14 15 29 78  —  —  —  —  —
2005–06 Alaska Aces ECHL 8 0 2 2 4  —  —  —  —  —
2006-07 Peoria Rivermen AHL 32 8 6 14 43  —  —  —  —  —
2006-07 Yunost Minsk Belarus 2 0 0 0 2 7 3 1 4 12
2007-08 Yunost Minsk Belarus 42 12 24 36 128  —  —  —  —  —
2008-09 Yunost Minsk Belarus 46 14 28 42 83 14 3 2 5 32
2009-10 HC Dinamo Minsk KHL 4 0 0 0 6  —  —  —  —  —
2009-10 Yunost Minsk Belarus 29 7 15 22 30 13 5 6 11 34
2010-11 Yunost Minsk Belarus 44 12 27 39 57 2 1 0 1 2
2011-12 Yunost Minsk Belarus 29 15 11 26 38 2 0 0 0 6
2012-13 Yunost Minsk VHL 39 12 7 19 16  —  —  —  —  —
2012-13 Junior Minsk Belarus 8 7 3 10 25 2 0 1 1 4
2013-14 HC Dinamo Minsk KHL 44 0 6 6 18  —  —  —  —  —
2014-15 HC Dinamo Minsk KHL 24 1 2 3 10  —  —  —  —  —
2015–16 Ertis Pavlodar Kazakhstan 12 1 3 4 0  —  —  —  —  —
2015-16 Yunost Minsk Belarus 18 8 8 16 41 11 1 4 5 16
2016-17 Yunost Minsk Belarus 36 18 18 36 46 13 4 7 11 24
KHL totals 72 1 8 9 34  —  —  —  —  —

International
Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2000 Belarus U18 5 0 0 0 2
2001 Belarus U18 D1 5 6 8 14 39
2001 Belarus WJC 6 0 0 0 0
2002 Belarus U18 8 1 5 6 20
2002 Belarus WJC 6 1 1 2 6
2003 Belarus U18 6 5 11 16 10
2003 Belarus WJC 4 1 1 2 4
2004 Belarus WJC D1 5 4 10 14 14
2005 Belarus WJC 6 3 2 5 6
2010 Belarus OG 4 1 0 1 4

References
  1. Elite Prospects - Profile
  2. IIHF (2011). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2012. Fenn/M&S. p. 405. ISBN 978-0-7710-9598-6.


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