Dmitri Anatolyevich Khristich (born July 23, 1969) is a former professional

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player and head coach of the national ice hockey team of Ukraine. Khristich played 811 games in the

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in his career, for the

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, and

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. He was the head coach of

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side the

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, joining in June 2017 but departing in December of the same year. Since 2023, he is the head coach of the national ice hockey team of Ukraine.

Achievements

Khristich appeared in the

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and 1999 NHL All-Star Games. In the 1998–99 season, he had the highest shooting percentage (20.1%) among players with at least 82 shots (an average of at least one shot per scheduled game). He is the all-time scoring leader for players born and trained in

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Transactions

* July 8, 1995 – Traded to the

with

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for the Kings' 1st round choice ( Alexandre Volchkov) and the

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' 4th round choice (previously acquired, Washington selected Justin Davis) in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. * August 29, 1997 – Traded to the

with Byron Dafoe for Jozef Stümpel, Sandy Moger, and the Bruins' 4th round choice (later traded to the

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, who selected Pierre Dagenais) in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. * October 20, 1999 – Traded to the

for the Maple Leafs' 2nd round choice ( Ivan Huml) in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. * December 11, 2000 – Traded back to the Washington Capitals for the

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's 3rd round choice (previously acquired, the Maple Leafs selected Brendan Bell) in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.

International play

Khristich represented the

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in the 1990 World Ice Hockey Championships where he won a gold medal. He played for

at the

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and 2003 World Championships. He also represented

at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...

. He played two games and scored two goals. The team finished in 10th place.

Awards

*Selected to two NHL All-Star Games:

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Notes

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Khristich, Dmitri 1969 births Living people American ice hockey coaches Baltimore Skipjacks players Boston Bruins players Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics Metallurg Magnitogorsk players Los Angeles Kings players National Hockey League All-Stars Olympic ice hockey players for Ukraine Sokil Kyiv players Soviet expatriate ice hockey players Soviet expatriate sportspeople in the United States Soviet ice hockey right wingers Ice hockey people from Kyiv Toronto Maple Leafs players Washington Capitals draft picks Washington Capitals players Ukrainian emigrants to the United States Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Canada Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Ukrainian ice hockey coaches Ukrainian ice hockey right wingers American expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Ukrainian sportspeople in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian War