Mikhail Balandin

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Mikhail Balandin
Born (1980-07-27)July 27, 1980
Lipetsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died September 7, 2011(2011-09-07) (aged 31)
Yaroslavl, Russia
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 212 lb (96 kg; 15 st 2 lb)
Position
Defence
Shot Left
Played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (RSL)/(KHL)
Salavat Yulaev Ufa (RSL)
HC Lada Togliatti (RSL)
HC CSKA Moscow (RSL)
Khimik Mytishchi (RSL)
Atlant Mytishchi (KHL)
UHC Dynamo (KHL)
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 1998–2011
Mikhail Balandin
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sweden

Mikhail Yuriyevich Balandin (Russian: Михаил Юрьевич Баландин) (July 27, 1980 – September 7, 2011) was a Russian professional ice hockey player. Balandin played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) at the time of his death. Balandin had also played for Salavat Yulaev Ufa, HC Lada Togliatti, HC CSKA Moscow, Khimik Mytishchi,[1] Atlant Mytishchi and UHC Dynamo[2] in Russia. Balandin won a silver medal with the Russian team at the 2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.[3]

Death

On September 7, 2011, Balandin was killed, when a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger aircraft, carrying nearly his entire Lokomotiv team, crashed just outside Yaroslavl, Russia. The team was traveling to Minsk to play their opening game of the season, with its coaching staff and prospects. Lokomotiv officials said "'everyone from the main roster was on the plane plus four players from the youth team.'"[4][5][6]

Career statistics

Regular season
Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1996–97
Torpedo Yaroslavl
-2
Russia3 12 0 2 2 4
1997–98 Torpedo Yaroslavl-2 Russia2 16 0 0 0 8
1998–99 Torpedo Yaroslavl-2 Russia2 26 2 5 7 20
1999–00 Dizel Penza Russia2 1 0 0 0 0
1999–00 Krylya Sovetov Moscow Russia2 27 1 2 3 22
1999–00 Torpedo Yaroslavl Russia 3 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0
1999–00 Torpedo Yaroslavl-2 Russia3 4 0 1 1 6
2000–01 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Russia 12 0 0 0 2 10 1 0 1 4
2000–01 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl-2 Russia3 26 4 8 12 36
2001–02 Salavat Yulaev Ufa Russia 4 0 1 1 0
2001–02 Salavat Yulaev Ufa-2 Russia3 6 1 1 2 6
2001–02 HC Lada Togliatti Russia 31 3 2 5 8 4 0 1 1 2
2001–02 HC Lada Togliatti-2 Russia3 5 2 0 2 4
2002–03 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Russia 4 0 0 0 2
2002–03 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl-2 Russia3 1 1 2 3 0
2002–03 HC Lada Togliatti Russia 17 0 2 2 6 4 0 1 1 0
2002–03 HC Lada Togliatti-2 Russia3 2 0 0 0 0
2003–04 HC Lada Togliatti Russia 58 2 6 8 36 6 1 1 2 0
2003–04 HC Lada Togliatti-2 Russia3 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
2004–05 HC CSKA Moscow Russia 32 0 8 8 22
2004–05 HC CSKA Moscow-2 Russia3 1 0 0 0 2
2005–06 HC CSKA Moscow Russia 49 2 4 6 40 7 0 0 0 2
2006–07
Khimik Mytishchi
Russia 54 1 9 10 70 9 0 1 1 12
2007–08 Khimik Mytishchi Russia 50 1 8 9 36 5 0 1 1 4
2007–08 Khimik Mytishchi-2 Russia3 4 1 3 4 4
2008–09 Atlant Mytishchi KHL 54 4 15 19 38 7 0 1 1 0
2009–10 Atlant Mytishchi KHL 55 5 13 18 28 1 0 0 0 0
2010–11 HC Dynamo Moscow KHL 49 3 11 14 26 5 0 0 0 4
KHL totals 158 12 39 51 92 13 0 1 1 4
Russia totals 314 9 41 50 226 46 2 5 7 24

See also

  • List of ice hockey players who died during their playing career

References

  1. ^ "Spenglercup: Ein Deutscher mit kasachichen Wurzeln stoppt die Russen". Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
  2. ^ KHL minute-by-minute - Dinamo Moscow 7-4 SKA St. Petersburg Archived 2011-12-19 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Brad McCrimmon, Ruslan Salei among Lokomotiv Yaroslavl's former NHLers
  4. Lifenews.ru
    . 2011-09-07. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
  5. Lifenews.ru
    . 2011-09-07. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
  6. ^ "Pavol Demitra among 43 killed in Russian plane crash". theglobeandmail.com. 2011-09-07. Retrieved 2011-09-07.[permanent dead link]

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