Alexander Pavlovich Khavanov (Russian: Александр Павлович Хаванов, born January 30, 1972) is a former professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...

defenceman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the latter a reference to ...

who played in the

NHL The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

for the

St. Louis Blues The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis. The Blues compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference. The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the ...

and

Toronto Maple Leafs The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Div ...

Career

Khavanov was drafted in the 8th round (232nd overall) by the

in the

1999 NHL Entry Draft The 1999 NHL Entry Draft was the 37th NHL Entry Draft. It was held on June 26 at the FleetCenter in Boston. According to ''Sports Illustrated'' and other sports news agencies, at the time the 1999 draft was considered one of the deepest in talen ...

. Khavanov scored two goals, including the game-tying goal with less than 30 seconds remaining in regulation, for the Blues in their victorious "Wednesday Night Miracle" game where the Blues were trailing 5-0 to the Toronto maple Leafs. Khavanov left the NHL to play 2006 / 2007 season with HC Davos in Switzerland.

Jersey numbers

*SKA Saint Petersburg – Number 3 (1993–1994) *SKA Saint Petersburg – Number 35 (1994–1996) *Severstal Cherepovets – Number 30 (1996–1998) *

Dynamo Moscow MGO VFSO "Dynamo" (russian: МГО ВФСО «Динамо»), commonly known as Dynamo Moscow (russian: Динамо Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. Founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky on 18 April 1923, Dynamo Moscow was the first ...

– Number 21 (1998–2000) *St. Louis Blues – Number 29 (2000–2004) *SKA Saint Petersburg – Number 35 (2004–2005) *Toronto Maple Leafs – Number 25 (2005–2006) *Russian National Team – Number 4 (1998–2000) *Russian National Team – Number 29 (2002–2004)

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* 1972 births Living people Birmingham Bulls (ECHL) players HC Davos players HC Dynamo Moscow players HPK players Raleigh IceCaps players Russian ice hockey defencemen St. Louis Blues draft picks St. Louis Blues players Severstal Cherepovets players SKA Saint Petersburg players Ice hockey people from Moscow Toronto Maple Leafs players Russian sports journalists Ice hockey commentators {{Russia-icehockey-defenceman-stub