Alex Galchenyuk Wiki, Bio, Age, Contract, Stats, Avalanche, Salary, Wife

Alex Galchenyuk Wiki, Biography, Age, Contract, Stats, Avalanche, Salary, Wife: Alexander Alexandrovich Galchenyuk is an American ice hockey forward, known by his short name Alex Galchenyuk. He was born on February 12, 1994 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States and is currently 28 years old (as of 2022). He most recently played for the Colorado Avalanche and Arizona Coyotes in the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Minnesota Wild, Ottawa Senators, Pittsburgh Penguins and Montreal Canadiens.

Alex Galchenyuk has been in the news recently because the Colorado Avalanche released him from their professional tryout (PTO) right after joining them less than ten days ago.

Alex Galchenyuk Statistics and Career

Minor and Junior Career

On the Chicago Young Americans U16, Alex played his last minor hockey and established himself as a star player with 44 goals and 43 assists in his final season. Alex Galchenyuk’s coach, Bruno Bragagnolo, compared another talent like him playing for his team to the odds of winning the lottery. As a result of his performance, the Sarnia Sting selected him number one overall in the 2010 OHL Priority Selection Draft.

Atlant Moscow Oblast also selected Galchenyuk with the 25th overall pick in the 2011 KHL Junior Draft, in which Alex Galchenyuk’s father, Alexander, expressed his anger that Dinamo Minsk of the KHL did not select him in the first round.

Alex Galchenyuk had an exceptional performance that season with 31 goals and 52 assists for 83 total points and is selected to the OHL All-Rookie first team along with his teammate Nail Yakupov. Although he later missed six playoff games and two regular season games due to a knee injury. In 2012, the Montreal Canadiens selected him third overall in the NHL Entry Draft.

Galchenyuk and the Canadiens agreed to an initial three-year contract on July 23, 2012. While the NHL was locked out in 2012-2013, he played for Sarnia in the OHL, where he captained the team in his final season and dominated by scoring 27 goals and 34 assists in 33 games.

Alex Galchenyuk NHL career

Montreal Canadiens: Alex debuted with the Montreal Canadiens in the 2012-13 season and played for them until the 2017-18 campaign. Alex scored his first NHL goal on January 22, 2013, against Scott Clemmensen of the Florida Panthers. He was one of the successful players who played for the Montreal Canadiens.

Here are some of his statistics while playing for the Montreal Canadiens:

2012-13 season: 48 games with 9 goals, 18 assists for 27 points: Finished sixth among rookie point scorers, helping the Canadiens return to the second-best record in the Eastern Conference.

2013-14 season: 13 goals and 31 points in 65 games: Due to a hand injury, he missed 6 weeks of the season.

2014-15 Season: In the 2014-15 season, Alex, against the Carolina Hurricanes, Galchenyuk recorded his first hat trick of the season and Galchenyuk scored 20 goals in 80 games, which was his first 20-goal season.

2015-16 season: Scored the second-most goals (behind Pacioretty) that season for the Montreal Canadiens with 30 goals on the season and also signed a two-year, $5.6 million contract extension with the Canadiens .

2017-18 season: Galchenyuk scored 51 points in his sixth season with the Canadiens the following year.

Arizona Coyotes: Galchenyuk was traded by the Montreal Canadiens to the Arizona Coyotes on June 15, 2018 for Max Domi. Galchenyuk appeared in 72 games during his debut season with the Coyotes, scoring 19 goals and dishing out 22 assists.

Pittsburgh Penguins: Galchenyuk and Pierre-Olivier Joseph were traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins on June 29, 2019, in exchange for Phil Kessel and Dane Birks. In the 2019-20 season, Alex suffered a lower body injury and on October 9, 2019 he was placed on injured reserve. With just 5 goals and 17 points, Galchenyuk struggled to replicate his previous form in his 45 appearances with the Penguins.

Minnesota Wild: In February 2020, Alex was purchased by the Minnesota Wild in exchange for Jason Zucker.

Ottawa Senators: Galchenyuk signed a one-year, $1.05 million contract with the Ottawa Senators on October 28, 2020, becoming a free agent and joining his fifth NHL team. Galchenyuk was a solid contributor as the Senators began the pandemic-delayed 2020-21 season. On January 19, 2021, Galchenyuk entered the lineup and scored in the Senators’ 4–3 overtime loss to the Winnipeg Jets. He played in only 8 of the Senators’ first 15 games and did not score anything in his last 7 appearances.

Toronto Maple Leafs: In February 2021 he was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs, finished the season with 12 points in 26 games with the Maple Leafs and contributed to the team’s divisional victory. Galchenyuk scored four points in six playoff games, but the Leafs ultimately lost to Galchenyuk’s former team, the Montreal Canadiens, in the first round.

Return to Arizona: Galchenyuk, who had been traded by the Coyotes in the 2018-19 offseason, returned to Arizona on September 21, 2021, when he was given a professional tryout contract (PTO). Galchenyuk and the Coyotes agreed to a one-year contract.

Alex Galchenyuk Personal Life, Parents:

Galchenyuk was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His father was a former Soviet and Belarusian hockey player and his mother was from Belarus. Alex also has an older sister, Anna. At the time of Galchenyuk’s birth, his father played hockey with the Milwaukee Admirals of the International Hockey League. After his father’s hockey career in Germany, Italy and Russia, the family moved to Europe when Galchenyuk was four years old. When they finally settled down, the young Galchenyuk began his hockey career in Russia. When he was 15 years old, he returned to North America, first to Chicago, Illinois, and then to Sarnia, Ontario.

Galchenyuk is the president of the Galchenyuk Agency and the Galchenyuk trading companies. Alex is also a philanthropist who received the Medal of Honor from the Quebec government’s National Assembly in 2015 for his work.

Alex Galchenyuk’s wife and girlfriend:

Alex was rumored to be dating Genie Bouchard (a Canadian tennis player) in the year 2013.

Alex was in a relationship with Chanel Leszczynski in 2016. That same year, Chanel Leszczynski was arrested on assault charges. Galchenyuk declined to press charges, but Montreal police still questioned him and his partner Devante Smith-Pelly.

Alex Galchenyuk Net Worth:

Alex Galchenyuk’s net worth is reportedly around $4 million as of 2021. His main source of income comes from his endorsements and playing in the NHL.

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Alex Galchenyuk Information Desk

Real name	Alexander Alexandrovich Galchenyuk
Nickname	Alex Galchenyuk
Gender	Male
Profession	ice hockey forward
Height (approx.)	in centimeters – 185cm cm in meters – 1.85 m in feet inches – 6′ 1”
Approximate weight.)	in kilograms – 87 kg in pounds – 191 pounds
Figure measurements (approx.)	N/A
Eye color	Brown
Hair color	Brown
Birthdate	February 12, 1994
Age (as in 2018)	28 years
place of birth	Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the United States
Zodiac sign/sun sign	Aquarium
Nationality	American
Native city	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
School	Not known
College	Not known
Educational qualification	Graduation
Religion	Not known
Ethnicity	Not known
Breed	Not known
ADDRESS	Not known
Hobbies/interests	Philanthropy
Civil status	Single
Affairs/Boyfriends/Girlfriends	Single
Sexuality	Right
Parents	Father: Alexander Galchenyuk Mother: Unknown
Siblings	Anna Galchenyuk: sister
Husband/Wife/Spouse	N/A
Children	N/A
Net worth	$4 million

Some Lesser Known Facts About Alex Galchenyuk

He was the youngest Canadiens player to play a full season since 1984.
Alex can speak three languages: Russian, English and Italian.
Galchenyuk, of Belarusian origin but born in the United States, has represented his country abroad and spent most of his youth in Russia.
He won the National Assembly Medal of Honor from the Government of Quebec for his philanthropy.

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