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Alexander Mogilny

Alexander Mogilny
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Born (1969-02-18) February 18, 1969 (age 48)
Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Left
Played for USSR
CSKA Moscow
NHL
Buffalo Sabres
Vancouver Canucks
New Jersey Devils
Toronto Maple Leafs
National team  Soviet Union 
 Russia
NHL Draft 89th overall, 1988
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 1986–2006
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing Soviet Union Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Calgary Ice hockey
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1989 Sweden Ice hockey
World Junior Championship
Silver medal – second place 1988 Soviet Union Ice hockey
Gold medal – first place 1989 USA Ice hockey

Alexander Gennadevich Mogilny (Russian: Александр Геннадиевич Могильный; born February 17, 1969), is a former Russian professional ice hockey player, currently the president of Amur Khabarovsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

In the National Hockey League (NHL), Mogilny played for the Buffalo Sabres, Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs and the New Jersey Devils. He tied for the NHL lead in goals in the 1992–93 season with 76, and became a member of the Triple Gold Club by winning the Stanley Cup in 2000 with the New Jersey Devils.

In the Soviet Union, Mogilny played on a line with center Sergei Fedorov and winger Pavel Bure. He represented the Soviet Union in 1988 and 1989 at the World Junior Championships, winning the Best Forward award in 1988. Mogilny was also part of the 1987 junior squad that competed in the World Championships known as the Punch-up in Piestany, after both the Canadian and Russian juniors were disqualified after a bench clearing brawl in the gold medal match. Mogilny played for the senior Soviet team that won a gold medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics. After the medal ceremony of the 1989 World Championships in , he left the Soviet team and defected to North America with the help of representatives of the Buffalo Sabres, the NHL club that had drafted him, 89th overall, a year earlier in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft.


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