| Born | January 6, 2001, Vitebsk, Belarus |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 214 lb (97 kg; 15 st 4 lb) |
| Position | Centre |
| Shoots | Left |
| NHL team (P) Cur. team F. teams |
Washington Capitals Hershey Bears (AHL) Dinamo Minsk |
| NHL Draft | 91st overall, 2019 Washington Capitals |
| Playing career | 2020–present |
Aliaksei Uladzimiravich Protas (Belarusian: Аляксей Уладзіміравіч Протас, Russian: Алексей Владимирович Протас; born 6 January 2001) is a Belarusian professional ice hockey centre playing for the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League. Protas previously played two seasons of major junior for the Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League, and was selected 91st overall by the Washington Capitals in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. He made his professional debut in 2020 with Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League. Internationally Protas has played for the Belarusian national junior team at two World Junior Championships.
Playing career[]
Protas started his career in his hometown of Vitebsk. He spent two seasons with the Belarus U17 team that played in the Vysshaya Liga, the second league in Belarus, before being selected 26th overall by the Prince Albert Raiders in the 2018 CHL Import Draft.[1] He joined the Raiders for the 2018–19 season, and finished with 40 points in 61 games. Heading into the 2019 NHL Entry Draft Protas was the 30th ranked North American skater, and was selected 91st overall by the Washington Capitals.[2] He played for Prince Albert in 2019–20 season, which was ended prematurley due to COVID-19; in 58 games he had 80 points, which placed him ninth in the WHL in scoring and the highest European player.[3]
For the 2020–21 season Protas was loaned to HC Dinamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).[3] He had 18 points in 58 games, and an additional 4 points in 5 playoff games.[4] With Minsk's season over, Protas was re-assigned to the Hershey Bears, the Capitals' American Hockey League affiliate.[5]
Career statistics[]
Regular season and playoffs[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2016–17 | Team Belarus U17 | BEL-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Team Belarus U17 | BEL-2 | 49 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Prince Albert Raiders | WHL | 61 | 11 | 29 | 40 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 6 | ||
| 2019–20 | Prince Albert Raiders | WHL | 58 | 31 | 49 | 80 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020–21 | Dinamo Minsk | KHL | 58 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 2020–21 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| KHL totals | 58 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ||||
International[]
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Belarus | U18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Belarus | WJC IA | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2020 | Belarus | WJC IA | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | |
| Junior totals | 15 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 6 | |||
References[]
- ↑ Raiders Select Protas In CHL Import Draft. Raiderhockey.com (28 June 2018).
- ↑ Capitals Sign Aliaksei Protas. NHL.com (10 July 2019).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Capitals Loan Aliaksei Protas to Dinamo Minsk (KHL). NHL.com (7 August 2020).
- ↑ Punkari, Lucas (11 March 2021). Gotaas excited to return to the ice. Prince Albert Herald.
- ↑ Capitals Re-assign Aliaksei Protas to Hershey. NHL.com (18 March 2021).
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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