Valeri Kamensky

Valeri Kamensky
Position	Left Wing
Shoots	Right
Height Weight	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 196 lb (89 kg)
Teams	Quebec Nordiques (1991–1995) Colorado Avalanche (1995–1999) New York Rangers (1999–2001) Dallas Stars (2001–2002) New Jersey Devils (2002)
Nationality	Russian
Born	April 18 1966 (1966-04-18) (age 53), Voskresensk, USSR
NHL Draft	129th overall, 1988 Quebec Nordiques
Pro Career	1982 – 2004

Olympic medal record
Men's ice hockey
Competitor for the  Soviet Union
Gold	1988 Calgary	Ice hockey
Competitor for  Russia
Silver	1998 Nagano	Ice hockey

Valeri Viktorovich Kamensky (born April 18, 1966 in Voskresensk, Soviet Union, now Russia) is a retired Russian hockey player. Before the NHL, he started his career with Khimik Voskresensk in the Russian Hockey Super League (1982–85) and also played for CSKA Moscow (1985–91). In 1991 he moved to the NHL, where he played for the Quebec Nordiques (1991–95, spending the '94 lockout break in HC Ambri-Piotta, Switzerland), Colorado Avalanche (1995–99), New York Rangers (1999–2001), Dallas Stars (2001–02) and New Jersey Devils (2001–02). He won a Stanley Cup in 1996 with Colorado.

Career statistics Edit

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1982–83	Khimik Voskresensk	RSL		5	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1983–84	Khimik Voskresensk	RSL		20	2	2	4	6		—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	Khimik Voskresensk	RSL		45	9	3	12	24		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	CSKA Moscow	RSL		40	15	9	24	8		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	CSKA Moscow	RSL		37	13	8	21	16		—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	CSKA Moscow	RSL		51	26	20	46	40		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	CSKA Moscow	RSL		40	18	10	28	30		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	CSKA Moscow	RSL		45	19	18	37	38		—	—	—	—	—
1990–91	CSKA Moscow	RSL		46	20	26	46	66		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		23	7	14	21	14		—	—	—	—	—
1992–93	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		32	15	22	37	14		6	0	1	1	6
1993–94	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		76	28	37	65	42		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Ambri-Piotta	Swiss-A		12	13	6	19	2		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Quebec Nordiques	NHL		40	10	20	30	22		2	1	0	1	0
1995–96	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		81	38	47	85	85		22	10	12	22	28
1996–97	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		68	28	38	66	38		17	8	14	22	16
1997–98	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		75	26	40	66	60		7	2	3	5	18
1998–99	Colorado Avalanche	NHL		65	14	30	44	28		10	4	5	9	4
1999–00	New York Rangers	NHL		58	13	19	32	24		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	New York Rangers	NHL		65	14	20	34	36		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Dallas Stars	NHL		24	3	6	9	2		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	New Jersey Devils	NHL		30	4	8	12	18		2	0	0	0	0
2003–04	Khimik Voskresensk	RSL		23	5	10	15	54		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Khimik Voskresensk	RSL		57	17	18	35	59		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				637	200	301	501	383		66	25	35	60	72

AwardsEdit

• 1985–86: Gold medal, CSKA Moscow (USSR Championships).
• 1986: Gold medal (Ice Hockey World Championships).
• 1986–87: Gold medal, CSKA Moscow (USSR Championships).
• 1988: Gold medal (XV Olympic Winter Games).
• 1987–88: Gold medal, CSKA Moscow (USSR Championships).
• 1987–88: Gold medal, CSKA Moscow (USSR Cup).
• 1989: Gold medal (Ice Hockey World Championships).
• 1988–89: Gold medal, CSKA Moscow (USSR Championships).
• 1990: Gold medal (Ice Hockey World Championships).
• 1995–96: Stanley Cup, Colorado Avalanche (NHL)
• 1998: Silver medal (XVIII Olympic Winter Games).

External links Edit

• Valeri Kamensky's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Valery Kamensky at Hockey CCCP International

Preceded by Andrei Khomutov

Soviet MVP 1991

Succeeded by Nikolai Borschevsky (CIS National League)