Alexander Leonidovich Andrijevsky (; born 10 August 1968) is a Belarusian former professional

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player who played one game in the

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for the

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. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1984 to 2005, was mainly spent in European leagues. Internationally he played for the Belarusian national team at the

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and

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, and seven

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. After his playing career he worked as a

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, including serving as the head coach for

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of the

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(KHL) for several seasons between 2015 and 2021.

Playing career

Andrijevsky spent the first six seasons of his career with his hometown team Dinamo Minsk between 1984 and 1990. In 1991, he moved to

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. 1991 was also the year Andrijevski was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks, who selected him 220th overall in the 10th round. After one more season with Dynamo, Andrijevsky moved to

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, signing with the Blackhawks. For the 1992–93 season, he was assigned to the

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of the International Hockey League before being called up by the Blackhawks for his only NHL game. The next season, Andrijevsky played just four games for Indianapolis before moving to the

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in the same league. It would be his final year in North America as he moved to the

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, joining HPK where he spent four seasons. He then split the 1998–99 season playing in

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for

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and in the

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for the

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. Following a spell in the 2nd Bundesliga for

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, He returned to the DEL with

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for two seasons. Andrijevsky returned to Russia in 2001 with

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of the Vysshaya Hokkeinaya Liga, the country's second-tier league. He later returned to the 2nd Bundesliga with

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before returning to Belarus with

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and a return to Dinamo Minsk to finish his career.

International career

Andrijevsky was a member of the Belarus national team and played with the team in the

and

. He also represented the team in four

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrievsky, Alexander 1968 births Living people Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Finland Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Belarusian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Belarusian ice hockey coaches Belarusian ice hockey right wingers Bolzano HC players Chicago Blackhawks draft picks Chicago Blackhawks players Expatriate ice hockey players in Finland Expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Expatriate ice hockey players in Italy Belarusian expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Expatriate ice hockey players in Switzerland Belarusian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States HC Dinamo Minsk players 21st-century Belarusian sportsmen HC Dynamo Moscow players EHC Freiburg players HC Fribourg-Gottéron players HK Gomel players HPK players Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Ice hockey people from Minsk Indianapolis Ice players Kalamazoo Wings (1974–2000) players HC Khimik Voskresensk players Krefeld Pinguine players HK Neman Grodno players Olympic ice hockey players for Belarus Revier Löwen players Soviet ice hockey right wingers Tivali Minsk players