Raman Hrabarenka | |||
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Born |
Mogilev, Belarus |
24 August 1992 ||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
Weight | 230 lb (100 kg; 16 st 6 lb) | ||
Position | Defence | ||
Shoots | Right | ||
KHL team Former teams |
HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk HC Dinamo Minsk New Jersey Devils (NHL) |
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National team | Belarus | ||
NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 2012–present |
Raman Hrabarenka (Belarusian: Раман Грабарэнка, born 24 August 1992), also known as Roman Graborenko (Russian: Роман Гpaбoрэнкo), is a Belarusian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing for HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He previously played within the New Jersey Devils organization of the National Hockey League (NHL), and appeared in one game for them in 2015. Hrabarenka played major junior hockey with the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles and Drummondville Voltigeurs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), before signing as a professional with the Albany Devils of the American Hockey League (AHL) and the top minor-league affiliate for New Jersey, in 2012. He signed with New Jersey in 2013 and continued to play for Albany. Once his contract ended in 2016 he signed with HC Dinamo Minsk for one season before joining Nefekhimik. Internationally Hrabarenka has represented Belarus, and has played in several World Championships.
Born in Belarus, Hrabarenka first started to skate when he was 6, and moved to Russia with his parents at age 11. In order to further his hockey career he moved to the United States when he was 16, playing for the Philadelphia Revolution of the Eastern Hockey League.