Vitali Belinski
| Vitali Belinski | |||
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| Born |
November 27, 1989 Minsk, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||
| Weight | 174 lb (79 kg; 12 st 6 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| BHL team Former teams |
HK Mogilev Yunost Minsk HC Shinnik Bobruisk HK Vitebsk HC Dynama-Maladzechna Metallurg Zhlobin | ||
| National team |
 Belarus | ||
| Playing career | 2005–present | ||
Vitali Vladimirovich Belinski (sometimes Vitaly Belinsky; Belarusian: Віталь Уладзіміравіч Бялінскі — Vital' Uladzimiravich Bialinski; Russian: Виталий Владимирович Белинский; born November 27, 1989) is a Belarusian professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for HK Mogilev in the Belarusian Extraleague .
Vitali started playing hockey at age of seven in Yunost-Minsk hockey school.[1] He played for different clubs in Yunost-Minsk system (Yunior, Yunost-MHL, Yunost-Minsk) except seasons 2008—2009 and 2011—2012 when he played for HC Shinnik Bobruisk and HK Vitebsk respectively. During season 2012—2013 Yunost-Minsk played in the Higher Hockey League. Belinski was one of the two main goaltenders with Canadian-Belarusian Kevin Lalande. He played in 22 games with 91.8% saves (56 against 586), 2.53 GAA and 3 shutouts.[2] On October 2, 2012 he was named the best goaltender of the league of the week.[3]
He played for U-18 and U-20 teams of Belarus. His first game for the national team was against Germany on April 6, 2013.[4] He was included in the Belarusian roster for 2013 IIHF World Championship. He is also one of two lowest players during this championship (only 170 cm).[5]
References
- ^ Yunost-Minsk profile (in Russian)
- ^ HHL profile (in Russian)
- ^ ВХЛ: Вратарь "Юности" признан лучшим голкипером недели (in Russian)
- ^ Дебют за сборную Беларуси по хоккею получился в курортном режиме - Виталий Белинский (in Russian)
- ^ Хоккей. Сборная Беларуси — самая молодая сборная на ЧМ-2013 (in Russian)
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
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- 1989 births
- Belarusian ice hockey goaltenders
- Living people
- Metallurg Zhlobin players
- HK Mogilev players
- KHK Red Star players
- Shinnik Bobruisk players
- HK Vitebsk players
- Yunost Minsk players
- Ice hockey people from Minsk
- Universiade medalists in ice hockey
- Universiade silver medalists for Belarus
- Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade
- Belarusian ice hockey biography stubs