Konstantin Zakharov
Born (1985-05-02) May 2, 1985 (age 38)
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Right
KHL team
Former teams		 HC Dinamo Minsk
HK Gomel (Belarus)
Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
Worcester IceCats (AHL)
Peoria Rivermen (AHL)
Alaska Aces (ECHL)
Yunost Minsk (BXL)
National team  Belarus
NHL Draft 101st overall, 2003
St. Louis Blues
Playing career 2001–2018

Konstantin Mikhailovich Zakharov (Russian: Константин Михайлович Захаров; born 2 May 1985 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Belarusian former ice hockey right winger. He played for HC Dinamo Minsk of the KHL. Internationally he played for the Belarusian national team at multiple tournaments

Playing career

Zakharov made his senior debut playing for Yunost Minsk, then moved to HK Gomel, playing at better than a point per game pace in the Belarusian Extraliga. After being drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, he moved to the QMJHL, with the Moncton Wildcats. He scored 33 goals in Moncton, helping his team to make the President's Cup final. After that season, he moved to St. Louis' AHL affiliate, the Worcester IceCats. However, he had just 14 points in 59 games, and the next season split time between the Alaska Aces of the ECHL and Yunost Minsk in the Belarusian Extraliga. He returned to North America for the start of 2006-07, playing with the Peoria Rivermen, 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.[1]

Zakharov played four games for Kontinental Hockey League team HC Dinamo Minsk in 2009-10, returning to Yunost Minsk after that.[1]

International career

Zakharov was selected for the Belarus national men's ice hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympics, 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 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, the first coming in 2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, 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 and Evgeni Malkin.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2000–01 Yunost Minsk BLR 19 11 7 18 40 — — — — —
2001–02 Krylia Sovetov–2 Moscow RUS–3 7 5 1 6 2 — — — — —
2001–02 Yunost Minsk BLR 14 4 5 9 39 2 3 0 3 0
2002–03 Yunost Minsk BLR 17 18 19 37 34 — — — — —
2002–03 HK Gomel BLR 17 7 8 15 16 2 1 1 2 0
2002–03 HK Gomel EEHL 14 2 4 6 10 — — — — —
2003–04 Moncton Wildcats QMJHL 55 33 16 49 63 20 7 9 16 18
2004–05 Worcester IceCats AHL 59 4 10 14 26 — — — — —
2005–06 Alaska Aces ECHL 8 0 2 2 4 — — — — —
2005–06 Yunost Minsk BLR 31 12 13 25 68 5 2 2 4 10
2005–06 Yunior Minsk BLR–2 1 1 1 2 0 — — — — —
2006–07 Peoria Rivermen AHL 32 8 6 14 43 — — — — —
2006–07 Yunost Minsk BLR 1 0 0 0 2 7 3 1 4 12
2007–08 Yunost Minsk BLR 42 12 25 37 128 5 0 1 1 31
2007–08 Yunior Minsk BLR–2 2 1 3 4 4 — — — — —
2008–09 Yunost Minsk BLR 46 14 28 42 83 14 3 2 5 32
2009–10 Dinamo Minsk KHL 4 0 0 0 6 — — — — —
2009–10 Yunost Minsk BLR 29 7 15 22 30 13 5 6 11 34
2010–11 Yunost Minsk BLR 44 12 27 39 57 2 1 0 1 2
2011–12 Yunost Minsk BLR 29 15 11 26 38 2 0 0 0 6
2012–13 Yunost Minsk VHL 39 12 7 19 16 — — — — —
2012–13 Yunior Minsk BLR 8 7 3 10 25 2 0 1 1 4
2013–14 Dinamo Minsk KHL 44 0 6 6 18 — — — — —
2014–15 Dinamo Minsk KHL 24 1 2 3 10 — — — — —
2015–16 Ertis Pavlodar KAZ 12 1 3 4 0 — — — — —
2015–16 Yunost Minsk BLR 18 8 8 16 41 11 1 4 5 16
2016–17 Yunost Minsk BLR 36 18 18 36 46 13 4 7 11 24
2017–18 Yunost Minsk BLR 35 7 13 20 42 3 0 0 0 2
BLR totals 388 152 201 353 689 81 23 25 48 173
KHL totals 72 1 8 9 34 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2000 Belarus WJC18 5 0 0 0 2
2001 Belarus WJC 6 0 0 0 0
2001 Belarus WJC18 D1 5 6 8 14 39
2002 Belarus WJC 6 1 1 2 6
2002 Belarus WJC18 8 1 5 6 20
2003 Belarus WJC 4 1 1 2 4
2003 Belarus WJC18 6 5 11 16 10
2004 Belarus WJC D1 5 4 10 14 14
2005 Belarus WJC 6 3 2 5 6
2010 Belarus OLY 4 1 0 1 4
Junior totals 51 21 38 59 101
Senior totals 4 1 0 1 4

References

  1. ^ a b Elite Prospects - Profile
  2. ^ IIHF (2011). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2012. Fenn/M&S. p. 405. ISBN 978-0-7710-9598-6.

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