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About Ilya Kovalchuk
Position: Left Wing Shoots: Right
Height: 6' 1" Weight: 220
Born: Apr 15 '83 Phonetic Koh-vahl CHUK, ILL yuh
Born in: Tver, Russian Federation (former_USSR)
ATL Season: 5th NHL Season: 5th
Drafted: Atlanta's 1st round choice, 1st overall, in 2001
Acquired: Selected in the first round, first overall, of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft
2006-07 SEASON: Played in career-high 82 games, posting 76 points (42 goals, 34 assists) … Is only player in NHL to reach at least 40 goals in each of last three seasons … Has topped 75 points in each of past three NHL seasons … Tallied 18 power play goals to top squad for third consecutive season and rank third in NHL … Ranked second on Atlanta and shared 12th in league with career-high tying seven game-winning tallies, including six at home … Ranked second on team in points … Third on Thrashers in assists and points … Among four Atlanta players to play in every game … Finished third on team with 15 multiple-point contests, five multiple-assist matches and four multiple-goal games … Team posted 36-12-6 record in games when he notched point and 25-8-5 when he scored goal … Skated in at 20:00 of TOI in 56-out-of-82 games this season … Took 336 shots to place second on club and fifth in the NHL … Posted plus or even rating in 55-out-of-82 games, including plus rating on 29 occasions … Posted plus or even rating in 14-of-his-last-17 games from March 2-April 7, recording plus-eight rating in that span … Scored 200th NHL goal against Washington on April 4 … Recorded points in 54-out-of-82 games, including 21 points (13 goals, eight assists) over last 28 regular-season games from Feb. 3-April 7 … Skated in season-high 30 shifts at Florida on March 28 … Earned 43 (21 goals, 22 assists) of his 76 points over first 41 games from Oct. 5-Jan. 1 … Took at least five shots 31 times, including season-high 12 shots against Pittsburgh on Dec. 21 … Skated in season-high 30:06 TOI at Toronto on Dec. 5 … Registered franchise-record seventh hat trick with season-best tying four-points (three goals, one assist) against Boston on Nov. 6 … Registered four goal-scoring streaks of at least three games, including career-high tying six-game goal streak (eight goals) from ..ied career high with eight-game point streak (nine goals, six assists) from Oct. 14-30 … Collected three goals and four points to set season highs at Florida on Oct. 23 … Shared third on Thrashers with two points (one goal, one assist) in four post-season contests … Scored first career playoff goal in Game Two against the NY Rangers on April 14 … Ranked second on club with 19 penalty minutes.PROFESSIONAL CAREER: Enters 2007-08 as Thrashers all-time leader with 379 points, 202 goals, 27 game-winning goals, 177 assists, 87 multiple-point games, 27 multiple-goal contests, 77 power play goals, 160 power play points, 124 even-strength goals and 216 even-strength points … Set team single-season records for most power play tallies (27) and power play points (56) in 2005-06, even-strength points (52) in 2003-04, and even-strength goals (29) in 2002-03 … Enters 2007-08 having played in 127 consecutive games for fourth-longest streak in team history and second best active streak … Averaged 21:13 of ice time over 387 games with Thrashers to rank second among forwards and sixth overall on team’s all-time list … 2005-06: Set career highs with 52 goals and 98 points … Tied career high with 46 assists to rank third on club … Shared third among NHL players in goals and ranked eighth in points … Registered 85 points (47 goals, 38 assists) over final 67 games (average of 1.27 points per game) after recording 13 points (five goals, eight assists) through first 11 contests … Collected at least one point in 55-out-of-78 games overall (52 goals, 46 assists), including 26 multiple-point games to share team lead … Notched team-best 10 multiple-goal contests, including two hat tricks, and recorded nine multiple-assist games … Shared team lead with seven game-winning goals, which was tied for 11th in the league … Posted ATOI of 22:22 to lead team’s forwards, rank second on club, third among league’s forwards and 54th in league … Led the NHL with 27 goals and 56 points on the power play … Second on squad with 29 power play assists … Fourth on Thrashers with 41 even-strength points, including team-high 25 even-strength goals … Shared fifth on team with 16 even-strength assists … Led club with 28 goals and 54 points on the road … Third on squad with 26 assists on road … Topped squad with 24 goals at Philips Arena … Third on team with 20 assists and 44 points at home … Took 323 shots to rank second on the team … Registered at least one shot in 77-out-of-78 games, including five-or-more shots on 35 occasions … Shared lead or topped squad in shots 31 times … Led club's forwards in TOI on 32 occasions, and the team 16 times … Skated in at least 20 minutes of ice time in 58-out-of-78 contests … Team finished 37-32-8 with him in lineup, 32-17-5 when he recorded a point and 25-10-4 when he tallied a goal … Owned plus or even rating in 54 of 78 games, include plus-rating 25 times … Registered nine point streaks of three-or-more games, including career-high tying eight-game point streak from Dec. 30-Jan. 13 (11 goals, seven assists) … Set career-high and team-record with seven-game goal streak from Jan. 1-13 (11 goals) … Matched career high with four-game assist streak (five assists) from Nov. 24-29 … Tied career high with five points (two goals, three assists) at Philadelphia on Nov. 18 … Scored team-high seven goals and was second on club with 12 points in April … Recorded plus rating in four straight games from April 6-13, and was plus-five in that span … Posted plus or even rating in 14 straight games from Dec. 15-Jan. 18, and was plus-seven in that span … Led all NHL players with 12 goals and shared third overall with 19 points in January … Registered team-record six consecutive multiple-point games from Jan. 1-11 … Named NHL Offensive Player of the Week for Jan. 2-8, leading all NHL players with eight goals and 11 assists in that span … Led all NHL players with 13 goals and 26 assists in November … Shared eighth among NHL players with six points (three goals, three assists) in three games for week ending Nov. 20 … Set team record for most goals in consecutive games with six from Nov. 11-12 … Tied team record and set career high with four goals against Tampa Bay on Nov. 11 to become first Thrasher to score four consecutive goals in one game … Named NHL Offensive Player of the Week for period ending Nov. 13, leading all NHL players with six goals and sharing second with eight points in three games … 2004-05: Notched 42 points (19 goals, 23 assists) in 53 games with Ak Bars Kazan of Russian Elite League … Ranked seventh in league and second on club in points … Second on team in goals, assists … Fifth on squad with 72 penalty minutes … Had one assist in four playoff games … 2003-04: Tied for NHL's Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy (most goals) along with Jarome Iginla (Calgary) and Rick Nash (Columbus) with 41 goals ... Selected as POWERade/NHL Outstanding Player of Year in fan voting … Also named POWERade/NHL Outstanding Player of the Month for October 2003 ... Received most All-Star Game votes by fans to be selected to starting lineup for Eastern Conference Team … Notched one goal and team-leading and game-high tying five shots in contest ... Set career high with 46 assists ... Tied for second in NHL in points ... Only second Thrashers player to reach 80 points in a season ... Led team and tied for 15th in NHL in assists ... Led team and tied for third in NHL with 16 power play goals … Ranked first on club and eighth in NHL with 33 power play points ... Placed first on team and tied for 27th overall with 17 assists on power play ... Led club and ranked eighth in NHL with team-record 52 points at even-strength ... Topped club with 24 goals and 28 assists at even-strength, which were sixth and tied for 16th in the NHL, respectively ... Placed first on club with six goals and eight assists on game-winning goals … Shared 17th in NHL with team-best 14 points on game-winning tallies ... Netted his 100th career goal at Philadelphia on Feb. 21 to become fifth youngest player in league history to reach that milestone ... Was runner-up to Joe Sakic (Colorado) for inaugural NHL/Sheraton Road Performer Award with 48 road points ... Netted hat tricks against Nashville on Oct. 23, and against Chicago on Oct. 18 … Earned team-high 24 multiple-point games ... Notched at least one point in 10-out-of-his-final-12 games (five goals, nine assists), including seven-game point streak (three goals, seven assists) from March 12-24 ... Posted 30 points (15 goals, 15 assists) in his last 27 contests dating back to Feb. 3 ... Notched at least one point in 54-out-of-81 contests ... Skated in at least 20 minutes of ice time in 71-out-of-81 contests, including at least 25 minutes on 26 occasions and over 28 minutes 11 times … Topped club's forwards in ice time on 49 occasions and team 22 times ... Topped team with 11 assists and 15 points in March ... Scored nine goals in February to lead team and share fourth in NHL … Led team with 13 points in February ... Tied for first on club with nine points (four goals, five assists) in January ... Shared second on team and was tied for fourth in NHL with 17 points (five goals, 12 assists) in December … Second on club and tied for third in league with 12 assists in December ... Led team with six goals, shared second with seven assists and was second with 13 points in November ... Shared second in NHL with seven points (three goals, four assists) for week ending Dec. 21 ... Notched 17 points (11 goals, six assists) over nine-game span from Oct. 18-Nov. 8 ... Topped team with 20 goals and 39 points at home … Second with 19 assists at Philips Arena ... Led Thrashers with 21 goals, 27 assists and 48 points on road … Third in NHL in road goals and second in road points ... Took at least one shot in 78-out-of-81 games, and tops the club with a club-record, NHL-best 341 shots … Led club or shared first in shots on 40 occasions, including five-or-more 30 times ... Led NHL forwards and shared 28th in league with team-record ATOI of 23:41 per game ... Set career high with 14 shots and 34:05 of ice time, and tied career best with 32 shifts against Pittsburgh on April 2 ... Skated in career-best 32 shifts against Colorado on Jan. 22 … Collected five points (two goals, three assists) at Pittsburgh on ..o tie career best and team record ... Recorded career-high eight-game point streak (three goals, five assists) from Nov. 25-Dec. 10, which also tied for 15th longest in NHL that season … Set career best with four-game assist streak from Dec. 3-10 (five assists) … Named NHL's Offensive Player of Month for October 2003, finishing with team-best 11 goals and 17 points to also earn team's Ruth's Chris Sizzlin Player of the Month honors … Named NHL Offensive Player of Week for two consecutive weeks from Oct. 8-19, 2003 and Oct. 20-26, 2003 ... Named Second Team NHL All-Star … Recipient of Thrashers MVP (presented by Chevrolet), and Bud Light Three Stars of the Game Award … 2002-03: Second on club with 38 goals, third with 67 points and fourth with 29 assists … Led team with 81 games … Had 67 goals through first two NHL seasons to place him sixth on league's all-time list of goals scored by players before their 20th birthday … Finished first on squad and fourth in NHL with 29 even-strength tallies … Was second on team with 43 even-strength points … Ranked second on team with nine power play tallies, and was third with 22 power play points … Topped club with 24 goals and was second with 38 points on road … Second on club with 14 goals at Philips Arena, and was third with 29 points at home … Led team with 257 shots, including five-or-more on 17 occasions … Led or shared first in shots on team in 24 games, and finished with at least one shot in 77-out-of-81 contests … Tallied 12 multiple-point games to rank third on club … Tied for third on club with three game-winning tallies, including team-leading two overtime tallies … Notched six-game point streak (five goals, two assists) from Oct. 18-26, including three-game goal streak (three goals) from Oct. 21-26 … Scored 30th goal of season to earn his 100th career point on Feb. 8 at Ottawa … Scored overtime goal in 3-2 win at Tampa Bay on Jan. 9 … Played in 100th NHL game at Pittsburgh on Dec. 30 … Set team record for most points in two-game span with seven points (five goals, two assists) from Dec. 5-6 … Netted first career NHL hat trick at Washington on Dec. 6 … 2001-02: Led club and all NHL rookies, and was tied for 32nd overall in league with 29 goals, despite season-ending posterior dislocation of right sternoclavicular joint (shoulder) suffered at the NY Islanders on March 10 … Placed second in voting for NHL's Calder Memorial Trophy, given annually to the league’s top rookie … Named to NHL All-Rookie Team … Shared Thrashers 2001-02 MVP Presented by Chevrolet, as voted on by the fans, with Heatley … Named Co-NHL Rookie of Month for December 2001 with teammate Dany Heatley … Shared Ruth's Chris Sizzlin' Player of Month Award for December 2001 with Dany Heatley … Named NHL Rookie of the Month for January 2002 … Earned team rookie-season record for goals (29) despite missing final 16 games … Team went 11-7-6-1 in games he scored a goal … Was one of three players among top-35 goal scorers playing in less than 70 games, including Jaromir Jagr (31 goals in 69 games) and Alexei Kovalev (32 in 67 games) … Finished second on club and second among league's rookies with 51 points (29 goals, 22 assists) … He and Dany Heatley became the first teammates to finish first and second in rookie scoring in NHL since Brian Leetch (71 points) and Tony Granato (63) of the NY Rangers during 1988-89 season … He and Heatley were only the fourth rookie tandem since expansion began in 1967-68 season, and first duo since Alexei Yashin (79) and Alexandre Daigle (51) for Ottawa in 1993-94, to rank first and second in scoring on their team … Shared first among league's first-year players and was tied for first on team with four-game winning goals … Led team with four assists and eight points on game-winning tallies … Topped team and NHL rookies with 22 even-strength goals … Tied for first among league's first-year players and on team with seven power play goals … Netted team-leading 19 goals at Philips Arena, and finished second on club with 25 points at home … Ranked second on squad with 10 goals, 16 assists and 26 points in road games … Finished second on club with 10 multiple-point games … Led NHL rookies with 10 goals and 15 points in 15 games during January … Equaled his franchise record and career high with a four-game goal streak (four goals) from Jan. 13-19 … Set franchise record with five points and equaled team record with four assists at Florida on Jan. 19 … Netted first overtime goal, his second career game-winning tally, on Jan. 9 against Ottawa … Posted 15 points (six goals, nine assists) in December to share lead among NHL rookies … Topped first-year players with nine assists and one game-tying goal, while sharing second with six goals in December … Set team record with latest game-tying goal in team history with 10 seconds left against Montreal on Dec. 12 … Led all NHL rookies with six assists in November … Earned first NHL assist on Nov. 1 at San Jose … Set career high with four-game goal streak (four goals) from Oct. 23-30 … Scored first NHL goal on Oct. 6 at Boston (Dafoe) … Made NHL debut on Oct. 4 at Buffalo.EUROPEAN CAREER: Helped Spartak finish in first place in Russian Division I League in 2000-01, leading team with 46 points (28 goals, 18 assists) … Ranked fourth on team with 78 penalty minutes in 2000-01.INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: Represented Russia on 13 occasions, including past three World Championships, the 2004 World Cup of Hockey and the 2006 and 2002 Winter Olympics … Helped Russia to fourth-place finish at 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, notching five points (four goals, one assist) in eight games to share fourth on team … Tied for seventh among all players and shared second on club in goals … Helped Russia claim bronze medal at 2007 World Championships held in Moscow, Russia, ranking seventh on the team with seven points (two goals, five assists) in nine games to help the team finish 7-2-0 … Led Russia to bronze medal at 2005 World Championships in Vienna and Innsbruck, Austria, notching six points (three goals, three assists) in nine games … Ranked second on club in goals, was fourth in points and tied for fifth in assists … Member of Russian squad at 2004 World Cup of Hockey, notching one goal in four games … Played for Russia at 2004 World Championships, sharing team lead with four points (three goals, one assist) in six games … Topped squad and shared 13th among all players with three goals at tournament … Led Russia and shared 12th overall with four goals in seven games at 2003 World Championships … Was plus-seven in tournament … Helped Team Russia win bronze medal at 2002 Winter Olympics, finishing with three points (one goal, two assists) … Member of Russian team in 2001 World Junior Championships, finishing with six points (four goals, two assists) in seven games … Led Russian team to gold medal at 2001 Under-18 World Championships, leading tournament in scoring with 15 points (11 goals, four assists) in six games … Led tourney in goals and was second with plus-12 rating … Played on Russian team at 2001 Under-20 World Championships, finishing second on team and 14th among all players with six points (four goals, two assists) … Led Russian Under-18 team to gold medal at 2000 Five Nations Cup in Salt Lake City with seven points (four goals, three assists) in four games, including two points (one goal, one assist) in gold-medal game … Helped Russia capture silver medal at 2000 Under-18 World Championships in Switzerland, finishing with five points (two goals, three assists) in six games … Member of gold-medal winning Russian squad at Under-17, 2000 World Hockey Challenge, earning Best Forward honors … Named Best Forward at 2000 Under-20 Five Nations tournament in Omsk, notching six points (four goals, two assists) in four games.PERSONAL: Named to 2003-04 All-Star Team by The Hockey News … Selected as best pure goal-scorer in NHL in poll of one player from each of league’s 30 teams released in Aug. 23, 2004 edition of The Hockey News … Awarded 2003-04 Kharlamov Trophy by "Sovetsky Sport," the Soviet sports newspaper as "Top Russian" in NHL after being chosen by 58-out-of-63 Russian NHL players polled for this award named for Valeri Kharlamov, the legendary player from the Soviet Union (Russia's equivalent of NHL's Lester B. Pearson Award) … Among 19 left wings to receive votes in balloting for 2002-03 NHL All-Star Team … Named NHL's Co-Rookie of the Year for 2001-02 by Hockey Digest along with Dany Heatley … Runner-up to Heatley in voting for 2001-02 Rookie of Year by The Sporting News … Named as "Best Future Star" by Sports Illustrated for Kids in May 2002's "Best of the Best" issue … Finished with game-high six goals and had seven points to lead Team Melrose to 13-7 victory over Team Fox in inaugural Topps/YoungStars Game on Feb. 1, 2002 at Staples Center in Los Angeles … Was named to "All-Broph Team" in July 2002 issue of The Hockey News … Second player to be chosen first overall in Entry Draft by Atlanta … Became first Russian player to be taken first in NHL Entry Draft history … Ranked first among European players in mid-season and final Central Scouting Service Rankings prior to 2001 NHL Entry Draft … Named Best Player at 2001 Under-18 World Championships … Wears number 17 in honor of the late Soviet hockey star Valeri Kharlamov … Selected by Cape Breton in first round, 10th overall, of 2000 CHL Import Draft … Teammates with Dany Heatley and Vyacheslav Kozlov with Ak Bars Kazan in 2004-05.CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Selected in first round, first overall, in 2001 NHL Entry Draft.
