Alex Mukhanov (born May 17, 1976) is a Ukrainian former professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

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

. Mukhanov played eight seasons (2004 – 2012) in the Ukrainian

Professional Hockey League The Professional Hockey League (PHL) (, '' tr: Profesional'na khokeina liha'') was an ice hockey league in Ukraine, founded in 2011; ceased in 2013. The country's national title, the Ukrainian Championship, was awarded annually to the league c ...

with six different teams. He represented Ukraine in Pool B of the

1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 1994 Ice Hockey World Junior Championship (''1994 WJC'') was the 18th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Ostrava and Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic. Canada won the gold medal for the second consecutive year, ...

and in Pool A of the

1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''1995 WJHC'') was the 19th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was hosted in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada with games held throughout central Alberta. The host Canadians won their ...

and

1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 1996 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''1996 WJHC'') was the 20th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, hosted in Massachusetts, United States. The tournament was won by Canada—defeating Sweden 4–1 in the gold-medal ...

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* 1976 births Living people Ice hockey people from Kyiv Sokil Kyiv players Fort Wayne Komets players Tacoma Sabercats players Topeka ScareCrows players Ukrainian ice hockey defencemen {{Ukraine-icehockey-bio-stub