Mikhail Stefanovich

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Mikhail Stefanovich
Born (1989-11-27) 27 November 1989 (age 34)
USSR
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 214 lb (97 kg; 15 st 4 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
BXL
team
Former teams
HK Neman Grodno
HK Gomel
National team  
NHL Draft
98th overall,
Playing career 2006–present

Mikhail Igoravich Stefanovich (

2008 NHL Entry Draft, and was the 2nd overall pick in the 2009 KHL Junior Draft. He played 60 games in the Kontinental Hockey League with Dinamo Minsk between 2010 and 2020. Internationally Stefanovich has played for the Belarusian national team at five World Championships
.

Playing career

Stefanovich's career started out in his home country of

Belarusian Extraliga
called him up. He finished the rest of the season with Homiel.

Following the season, Stefanovich was selected 54th overall in the

Mike Bossy Trophy
, which is awarded to the QMJHL player judged to be the best professional prospect.

On 1 June 2009, Stefanovich was selected second overall in the 2009 KHL Junior Draft by HC Dinamo Minsk. Two days later, on 3 June, he was signed to an entry-level contract by the Maple Leafs. On 19 September 2009, Stefanovich was assigned to the Toronto Marlies, the AHL affiliate of the Maple Leafs,[1] and shortly after demoted back to junior.[2]

On 15 September 2010, the Maple Leafs announced that Stefanovich would be part of the team's 63-player training camp roster, however, eight days later, the team assigned him to the Toronto Marlies.

Fabian Brunnstrom.[4]

During his second season in the Russian second tier league, the

VHL, with Dizel Penza, Stefanovich was provisionally suspended on 20 November for failing an anti-doping test.[5] He played no further part in the season with Dizel and on 27 April 2015, was given a two-year ban backdated to 10 November, for the doping violation.[6]

On 26 August 2015, he returned to North American and signed a one-year ECHL contract with the Rapid City Rush.[7]

International play

Stefanovich has played in the three

World Juniors. He also participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Belarus men's national ice hockey team.[8]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season
Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2004–05 Dinamo Minsk-2 BEL-2 19 3 7 10 8
2004–05 HK Gomel-2 BEL-2 14 3 0 3 6
2005–06 HK Gomel-2 BEL-2 37 18 12 30 64
2006–07 HK Gomel
BEL
41 16 9 25 43 5 1 0 1 2
2006–07 HK Gomel-2 BEL-2 3 3 1 4 4
2007–08 HK Gomel BEL 1 0 0 0 0
2007–08 Quebec Remparts
QMJHL
62 32 34 66 32 11 4 4 8 10
2008–09 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 56 49 27 76 17 17 11 5 16 6
2009–10 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 53 25 43 68 24 8 3 9 12 0
2010–11 Reading Royals ECHL 4 3 2 5 2
2010–11 Toronto Marlies AHL 2 0 0 0 0
2010–11 Dinamo Minsk KHL 21 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 2 0
2011–12 Dinamo Minsk KHL 5 0 0 0 2
2011–12 HK Gomel BEL 39 25 20 45 40 8 6 1 7 31
2012–13 HK Gomel BEL 49 17 29 46 14 5 0 1 1 4
2013–14 Toros Neftekamsk VHL 14 3 2 5 4
2013–14 HC Lada Togliatti VHL 24 7 4 11 4 5 2 1 3 4
2014–15 Dizel Penza VHL 12 3 6 6
2015–16 Rapid City Rush ECHL 52 19 11 30 8
2016–17
Neman Grodno
BEL 26 8 10 18 12 12 8 3 11 6
2017–18 Neman Grodno BEL 40 24 17 41 20 16 4 3 7 8
2018–19 Yunost Minsk BEL 56 32 25 57 22 13 7 3 10 10
2019–20
Dinamo Minsk KHL 34 5 3 8 13
2019–20 Yunost Minsk BEL 11 6 5 11 4 14 5 9 14 4
2020–21 Yunost Minsk BEL 46 22 13 35 8 12 4 8 12 12
2021–22 HC Donbass UKR 1 0 1 1 0
2021–22 Shakhter Soligorsk BEL 36 17 12 29 13 11 5 5 10 6
2022–23 Shakhter Soligorsk BEL 51 25 32 57 35 10 0 3 3 2
KHL totals 60 6 3 9 19 4 1 1 2 0
BEL totals 395 192 172 364 211 106 40 37 77 83

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2006 Belarus WJC18 6 2 4 6 24
2007 Belarus WJC18-D1 5 9 3 12 16
2007 Belarus
WJC
6 4 1 5 8
2008 Belarus WJC 5 3 1 4 2
2009 Belarus WJC 5 4 2 6 4
2009 Belarus WC 4 0 0 0 0
2010 Belarus WC 6 2 0 2 2
2013 Belarus WC 6 0 0 0 2
2017 Belarus WC 7 0 4 4 0
2021 Belarus WC 7 2 1 3 4
Junior totals 27 22 11 33 54
Senior totals 30 4 5 9 8

Awards

References

  1. ^ Maple Leafs Trim Training Camp Roster – Toronto Maple Leafs – Press Releases
  2. ^ "LaPresse.ca - Actualités, Arts, International, Débats, Sports, Vivre, Voyage". La Presse.
  3. ^ "Roster Trimmed By 12 Roster". NHL.com.
  4. ^ "Dallas Stars Trade Fabian Brunnstrom To Toronto For Mikhail Stefanovich". SB Nation. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Belarusian athlete suspended". rusada.ru. 20 November 2014. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Belarus hockey player Stefanovich banned from playing". Yahoo!. 27 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Stefanovich and Bjork come to Rush from Europe". Rapid City Rush. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
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  9. ^ "Stefanovich Player Profile". HockeysFuture.com. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2012.

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