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Maxim Balmochnykh
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
Height
Weight
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
KHL Team
F. Teams
HC Dynamo Minsk
HK Gomel
Metallurg Novokuznetsk
HC Lipetsk
Severstal Cherepovets
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
HC Lada Togliatti
Nationality Flag of Russia Russian
Born (1979-03-07)March 7, 1979,
Lipetsk, USSR
NHL Draft 45th overall, 1997
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Pro Career 1995 – present

Maxim Balmochnykh (born March 7, 1979, in Lipetsk, U.S.S.R.) is a Russian professional ice hockey winger currently playing for HC Dinamo Minsk in Kontinental Hockey League.

Draft[]

He was drafted in the second round, 45th overall, by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft.

Career[]

Balmochnykh began his career with his hometown team HC Lipetsk of the Vysshaya Liga before moving to the Russian Superleague's HC Lada Togliatti. After being drafted, Balmochnykh made his North American debut with the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL in the 1998–99 season. He then joined the Ducks organization and was assigned to the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks of the American Hockey League. His call up to the NHL came during the 2000–01 season, during which he played six games for the Mighty Ducks, scoring one assist. He spent the next two seasons in Cincinnati before he was traded to the New Jersey Devils on July 6, 2002 with Jeff Friesen and Oleg Tverdovsky for Petr Sýkora, Jean-Francois Damphousse, Mike Commodore, and Igor Pohanka. Balmochnykh returned to Russia in 2002 with Severstal Cherepovets while New Jersey retained his NHL rights. He returned to the Devils the next season but spent the entire season in the AHL for the Albany River Rats.

Balmochnykh became a free agent in 2004 and returned to Russia premanently, rejoining HK Lipetsk. After two seasons in the Vysshaya Liga, Lipetsk were relegated to the Pervaya Liga, the country's third tier league and Balmochnykh moved to Belarus with HC Dynamo Minsk before returning to the Russian Superleague with Metallurg Novokuznetsk. After a disappointing season, he was released and he returned to Dynamo Minsk before signing with HK Gomel in 2008. He then rejoined Dinamo Minsk, who were now playign in the newly formed Kontinental Hockey League.

Career statistics[]

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1994–95 HC Lipetsk RUS-2 3 0 1 1 4
1995–96 HC Lipetsk RUS-2 40 15 5 20 60
1996–97 HC Lada Togliatti RSL 18 6 1 7 22
1997–98 HC Lada Togliatti RSL 37 10 4 14 46
1998–99 HC Lada Togliatti RSL 15 2 1 3 10 4 0 1 1 8
1998–99 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 21 9 22 31 38
1999–00 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 40 9 12 21 82
1999–00 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 6 0 1 1 2
2000–01 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 65 6 9 15 45
2001–02 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 23 6 4 10 33
2002–03 Severstal Cherepovets RSL 12 1 2 3 31
2003–04 Albany River Rats AHL 42 5 9 14 54
2004–05 HC Lipetsk RUS-2 41 8 7 15 121
2005–06 HC Lipetsk RUS-2 42 8 13 21 64 3 0 0 0 35
2006–07 Dynamo Minsk BLR 20 5 11 16 32 11 6 7 13 12
2007–08 Metallurg Novokuznetsk RSL 21 1 4 5 36
2007–08 Dynamo Minsk BLR 6 2 4 6 28
2008–09 HK Gomel BLR 10 9 4 13 26
2008–09 Dynamo Minsk KHL 24 6 2 8 14
2009–10 Dynamo Minsk KHL
Russia Superleague Totals 103 20 12 32 145 4 0 1 1 8
AHL Totals 147 20 30 50 181
NHL Totals 6 0 1 1 2

International statistics[]

Year Team Event Place   GP G A Pts PIM
1998 Russia WJC 2 7 2 6 8 4
1999 Russia WJC 1 7 3 5 8 4

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