Andrei Kovalenko

{{infobox officeholder | honorific_suffix = MP | native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ru|Андрей Коваленко}}}} | image = Andrei Kovalenko (cropped).jpg | caption = Kovalenko in 2010 | office = Member of the State Duma for Yaroslavl Oblast | term_start = 23 September 2020<ref name="term"/> | term_end = 12 October 2021 | predecessor = Aleksandr Gribov | successor = Anatoly Lisitsyn | constituency = (No. 194) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|6|7|df=y}} | birth_place = Balakovo, RSFSR, USSR | death_date = | death_place = | party = United Russia | spouse = | father = | mother = | relatives = | children = | blank1 = religion | data1 = | education = | occupation = | website = | module = {{Infobox ice hockey player|embed=yes |height_cm = 180 |weight_kg = 103 |position = Right Wing |shoots = Left

|played_for = {{plainlist| *Torpedo Gorky *CSKA Moscow *Quebec Nordiques *HC Lada Togliatti *Colorado Avalanche *Montreal Canadiens *Edmonton Oilers *Philadelphia Flyers *Carolina Hurricanes *Boston Bruins *Lokomotiv Yaroslavl *Avangard Omsk *Severstal Cherepovets}}

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'''Andrei Nikolaevich Kovalenko''' ({{langx|ru|Андрей Николаевич Коваленко}}; born 7 June 1970) is a Russian former professional ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League with the Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Avalanche, Montreal Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers, Carolina Hurricanes and the Boston Bruins. He is currently the chairman of the Kontinental Hockey League players association (KHL PA).

He is the father of former NHL Player Nikolai Kovalenko, who played for the San Jose Sharks and Colorado Avalanche, and currently plays for HC CSKA Moscow in the Kontinental Hockey League.

==Playing career== Nicknamed "The Tank" by his teammates because of his immovable presence from the goal crease, Kovalenko was drafted 148th overall in the 1990 NHL entry draft by the Quebec Nordiques while playing in Russia for HC CSKA Moscow.

Kovalenko was traded from the Colorado Avalanche to the Montreal Canadiens with Jocelyn Thibault and Martin Ručinský for Patrick Roy and Mike Keane. In 1996, he scored the final goal in the history of the Montreal Forum, the fourth in a 4–1 victory over the Dallas Stars.<ref>{{cite web |title=Farewell to the Forum {{!}} Historical Website of the Montreal Canadiens |url=http://ourhistory.canadiens.com/greatest-moment/Farewell-To-The-Forum |website=ourhistory.canadiens.com |accessdate=3 August 2018 |language=en |archive-date=30 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330154744/http://ourhistory.canadiens.com/greatest-moment/Farewell-To-The-Forum |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1999, Kovalenko scored the first goal in the history of the RBC Center as a member of the Carolina Hurricanes in a 4–2 loss to the New Jersey Devils.<ref>{{cite web |title=Who has made history as the first goal scorer at current NHL arenas? |url=https://thehockeynews.com/news/article/who-has-made-history-as-the-first-goal-scorer-at-current-nhl-arenas |website=TheHockeyNews |publisher=The Hockey News |accessdate=3 August 2018 |language=en-CA|date=2017-10-06 }}</ref>

Kovalenko last played in the National Hockey League in 2000–01 with the Boston Bruins, and finished his career playing in the Russian Super League for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, Avangard Omsk, and Severstal Cherepovets.

Kovalenko is the father of Nikolai Kovalenko, who was drafted by the Colorado Avalanche in the 2018 NHL entry draft.

==Member of parliament== In September 2020 Kovalenko was elected deputy of the State Duma, Russia's lower house, at a special election in Yaroslavl constituency No. 194, defeating long-time governor of Yaroslavl Oblast Anatoly Lisitsyn from left-leaning A Just Russia. Kovalenko was a candidate of ruling United Russia. A year later, in the 2021 elections Lisitsyn won the constituency with 36.5% of the vote, while Kovalenko received 27.3%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tass.ru/politika/12449889 |title=Справороссы лидируют на выборах в Госдуму в двух округах Ярославской области |trans-title=Justicialists are leading in two constituencies of Yaroslavl Oblast|publisher=TASS|lang=ru|date=2021-09-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ria.ru/20210920/vybory-1750982406.html |title=В обоих одномандатных округах Ярославской области побеждают эсеры |trans-title=SR wins in both constituencies of Yaroslavl Oblast |lang=ru|date=2021-09-20|publisher=RIA Novosti}}</ref>

==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1987–88 | Torpedo Gorky | USSR | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1988–89 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1988–89 | SKA MVO Kalinin | USSR.2 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1988–89 | MCOP Moscow | USSR.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1989–90 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 48 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1990–91 | CSKA Moscow | USSR | 45 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1991–92 | CSKA Moscow | CIS | 36 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1991–92 | CSKA–2 Moscow | CIS.3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1992–93 | CSKA Moscow | IHL | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1992–93 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 81 | 27 | 41 | 68 | 57 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |- | 1993–94 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 58 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1994–95 | Lada Togliatti | IHL | 11 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1994–95 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 45 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1995–96 | Colorado Avalanche | NHL | 26 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1995–96 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 51 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1996–97 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 74 | 32 | 27 | 59 | 81 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 |- | 1997–98 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 59 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1998–99 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 43 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1998–99 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1998–99 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 18 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |- | 1999–2000 | Carolina Hurricanes | NHL | 76 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2000–01 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 76 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2001–02 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | RSL | 51 | 27 | 19 | 46 | 62 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 28 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2002–03 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | RSL | 51 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 62 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 |- | 2003–04 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | RSL | 59 | 23 | 11 | 34 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2004–05 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | RSL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2004–05 | Avangard Omsk | RSL | 33 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 65 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2005–06 | Avangard Omsk | RSL | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2005–06 | Severstal Cherepovets | RSL | 26 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006–07 | Severstal Cherepovets | RSL | 50 | 21 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |- | 2007–08 | Severstal Cherepovets | RSL | 48 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | USSR/CIS totals ! 143 ! 41 ! 24 ! 65 ! 74 ! 8 ! 3 ! 2 ! 5 ! 4 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 620 ! 173 ! 206 ! 379 ! 389 ! 33 ! 6 ! 5 ! 11 ! 20 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | RSL totals ! 335 ! 113 ! 82 ! 195 ! 341 ! 49 ! 10 ! 14 ! 24 ! 56 |}

===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:50em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1990 | Soviet Union | WJC | {{silver2}} | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1991 | Soviet Union | CC | 5th | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |- | 1992 | Unified Team | OG | {{gold1}} | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1992 | Russia | WC | 5th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |- | 1994 | Russia | WC | 5th | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1996 | Russia | WCH | SF | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |- | 1998 | Russia | OG | {{silver2}} | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2000 | Russia | WC | 11th | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- | 2002 | Russia | WC | {{silver2}} | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2004 | Russia | WCH | 5th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan=4 | Senior totals ! 52 ! 14 ! 14 ! 28 ! 44 |}

==Awards and achievements== *'''Soviet championship: ''' 1989 (with CSKA) *'''European Ice Hockey Cup: ''' 1990 (with CSKA) *'''Russian championship: ''' 2002 (with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) *'''Russian championship: ''' 2003 (with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) *'''European Champions Cup: ''' 2005 (with Avangard) *'''Pajulahti Cup: ''' 2006 (with Severstal)

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="term">{{cite web |title=Коваленко Андрей Николаевич |trans-title=Kovalenko Andrei Nikolaevich|url=http://duma.gov.ru/duma/persons/1055924/ |website=The State Duma |access-date=10 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314065706/http://duma.gov.ru/duma/persons/1055924/ |archive-date=14 March 2023 |location=Moscow |language=Russian |quote=Дата вступления в полномочия: 23 сентября 2020 года}}</ref>}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Andrei Kovalenko}} * {{Ice hockey stats}}

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