Vitali Kolesnik
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| Born |
August 20, 1979 Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
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| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) | ||
| Weight | 207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Catches | Left | ||
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KHL team Former teams |
Barys Astana Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Kazzinc Torpedo Colorado Avalanche Atlant Moscow Oblast Salavat Yulaev Ufa |
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| National team |
 Kazakhstan
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| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1998–present | ||
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| Men's ice hockey | ||
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| Asian Games | ||
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2011 Astana-Almaty | Ice hockey |
Vitali Nikolaevich Kolesnik (Russian: Виталий Николаевич Коле́сник; born August 20, 1979) is a Kazakhstani professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for Barys Astana of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Kolesnik began his career with Kazzinc-Torpedo and spent five years with the club from Ust-Kamenogorsk before being signed as a free agent by the Colorado Avalanche on August 16, 2005. Unlike the vast majority of NHL players, he was never drafted.
He played for the Avalanche's minor league hockey team, the Lowell Lock Monsters, where he logged a 2.80 goals against average (GAA) and a .916 save percentage with a pair of shutouts. His first game played with the Colorado Avalanche was on December 7, 2005, in which they beat the Boston Bruins 4–1. On December 28, 2005, the Colorado Avalanche announced that Kolesnik was being sent back to Lowell, after starting seven NHL games, going 3–3–0, with a 3.29 goals against average and a .887 save percentage. Earlier in the week, on December 21, it was announced that Kolesnik was selected to represent his home country of Kazakhstan in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. He got to play in two games (4-1 loss to USA, 2-1 loss to Slovakia), and was the first star for Kazakhstan in both games.
Kolesnik was recalled again by the Avalanche on March 9, 2006 to dress as a backup to Peter Budaj. Kolesnik finished the season with Colorado, appearing in eight games.
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