Alexei Kovalev
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Kovalev with the Penguins during the 2011 playoffs.
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February 24, 1973 Togliatti, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 222 lb (101 kg; 15 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
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USSR Dynamo Moscow NHL New York Rangers Pittsburgh Penguins Montreal Canadiens Ottawa Senators Florida Panthers RSL Ak Bars Kazan KHL Atlant Moscow Oblast NLB EHC Visp |
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| National team |
 Russia  Unified Team
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| NHL Draft | 15th overall, 1991 New York Rangers |
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| Playing career | 1989–2014 | ||
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| Ice hockey | ||
| Representing Russia
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| Winter Olympics | ||
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2002 Salt Lake City | |
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2005 Austria | |
| Representing Unified Team
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| Winter Olympics | ||
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1992 Albertville | |
| World Junior Championship | ||
Representing  CIS
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1992 Germany | |
| European Junior Championship | ||
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1991 | |
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1990 | |
Alexei Vyacheslavovich "Alex" Kovalev (Russian: Алексей Вячеславович Ковалёв, Russian pronunciation: [ɐlʲɪˈksʲej vʲɪtɕɪˈslavəvʲɪtɕ kəvɐˈlʲɵf]; born February 24, 1973) is a Russian professional ice hockey right wing who is currently a free agent and is serving as sports director of Swiss second-division team EHC Visp.
During his career, he played in over 1,300 National Hockey League (NHL) games over 18 seasons for the Florida Panthers, Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens, Pittsburgh Penguins (during two separate periods) and the New York Rangers (also during two separate periods), with whom he was originally drafted by and won a Stanley Cup with in 1994.
Kovalev also played in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) with the Atlant Moscow Oblast, and was last active with EHC Visp of Switzerland's National League B.
Kovalev was drafted by the New York Rangers in the first round, 15th overall, of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. He became the first Russian-born player to be drafted in the first round in the history of the NHL as well as the first Soviet player to be drafted in the first round. Best known for his stickhandling skills, deking ability and wrist shot, he became an important part of the Rangers' 1994 Stanley Cup run, finishing with the third-most points for New York in the 1994 playoffs. Kovalev, Alexander Karpovtsev, Sergei Nemchinov and Sergei Zubov were the first Russians to have their names engraved on the Stanley Cup. The Rangers' Stanley Cup win is well remembered in Europe because of the first Russian names on the Stanley Cup, as MSG Network broadcaster Al Trautwig said in his essay, Garden of Dreams.
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