Konstantin Mikhailovich Zakharov (russian: Константин Михайлович Захаров; born 2 May 1985 in

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative stat ...

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) is a Belarusian former

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. He played for

HC Dinamo Minsk Hockey Club Dinamo Minsk (russian: Дина́мо-Минск; be, Дынама-Мінск, ''Dynama-Minsk'') is an ice hockey team based in Minsk, Belarus. They are members of the Tarasov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League. Dinamo has q ...

of the

KHL The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs b ...

. Internationally he played for the Belarusian national team at multiple tournaments

Playing career

Zakharov made his senior debut playing for

Yunost Minsk HC Yunost-Minsk ''( Belar. Юнацтва Менск, Junactva Miеnsk)'' is a Belarusian ice hockey team that plays in the Belarusian Extraleague. They play their home games at Chizhovka-Arena, located in Minsk. Yunost is the ten-times cham ...

, then moved to

HK Gomel HK Gomel ( be, ХК Гомель, translit=HK Homyel') is an ice hockey team in Gomel in Belarus. It was founded in 2000, and participates in the Belarusian Extraliga. Honours *Belarusian Extraliga: **Winners (1) : 2003 *Belarusian Cup (ice ho ...

, playing at better than a point per game pace in the

Belarusian Extraliga The Belarusian Extraleague (abbreviated BHL, also known as the Belarusian Open Championship), officially formed in 2006, is the top ice hockey league in Belarus. In its past, it has switched several times between being and not being an open lea ...

. After being drafted by the

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in the

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, he moved to the

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, with the

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. He scored 33 goals in Moncton, helping his team to make the

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final. After that season, he moved to St. Louis' AHL affiliate, the

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. However, he had just 14 points in 59 games, and the next season split time between the Alaska Aces of the

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and

in the

. He returned to North America for the start of 2006-07, playing with the

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, but returned home at the end of the season, again playing with Yunost, where he has played since, helping the team to three consecutive league titles between 2009 and 2011.Elite Prospects - Profile
/ref> Zakharov played four games for

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team

in 2009-10, returning to Yunost Minsk after that.

International career

Zakharov was selected for the

Belarus national men's ice hockey team The Belarusian men's national ice hockey team ( be, Зборная Беларусі па хакеі з шайбай; russian: Сборная Беларуси по хоккею с шайбой) is the national ice hockey team that represented Bela ...

in the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May Doan Nancy GreeneWayne Gr ...

, playing in four games and scoring a goal, in the shootout loss to Switzerland that eliminated Belarus from the tournament. As of 2013, that was Zakharov's only time representing Belarus at the senior level, but he played multiple times for both the under-20 and under-18 teams. He competed in four

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, the first coming in

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, when he was just 15. In 2003, he was the leading scorer at the Under-18 championships, recording more points than future stars

Alexander Ovechkin Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin ( rus, Александр Михайлович Овечкин, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɐˈvʲetɕkʲɪn; born 17 September 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and captain of the Washington Capital ...

and

Evgeni Malkin Evgeni Vladimirovich Malkin ( rus, Евге́ний Влади́мирович Ма́лкин, p=jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ˈmaɫkʲɪn; born 31 July 1986) is a Russian professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain for the Pittsburgh Penguins o ...

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

* 1985 births Living people Alaska Aces (ECHL) players Belarusian ice hockey right wingers HC Dinamo Minsk players Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Moncton Wildcats players Olympic ice hockey players of Belarus Peoria Rivermen (AHL) players St. Louis Blues draft picks Ice hockey people from Minsk Worcester IceCats players Yunost Minsk players {{Belarus-icehockey-bio-stub