OHL Alumni Central

Sergei Sheleg played just one season in the Ontario Hockey League. In 2008-09, the Minsk, Belarus native played a total 49 games with the Sudbury Wolves, scoring 2 goals and adding 13 assists for 15 points.

Sheleg played this season with Юность-Минск (Youth-Minsk) in Belarus. The team was the overwhelming champion in the 14 team league. His profile page on the team’s official website can be found here. The site is only in Russian, but refer to this Russian Hockey Language Guide at OHL Alumni Central to help navigate around.

The translation of Sergei’s profile page using Google Translate reads like this:

Personal profile team player “Youth-Minsk”
   Sergei Sheleg
  
Date of Birth: 24/05/1990
Position: Defender
Khvat stick: Left
Sport category:
Height: 197 cm
Weight: 99 kg.
Nationality: Belarus
Brought up club: YouTube
First coach: Zablotskyj Vladimir L.
Engaged in hockey since 1997
 
 
Dreamed as a child? be successful
Sports NHL dream
The best hockey player they are all good in their own way
Favorite sports (except hockey) chess
Motto never say never
How do you spend your free time sleeping, eating
Would you believe in omens? yes
What qualities do appreciate in people? kindness, sincerity
Marital status Single
Favorite color gray
Achievements: Champion of Belarus 2010. Cup of Belarus 2009.
Statistics: Eurohockey.net

The team plays the 26 home games of their 52 game schedule out of a 767 arena at the state institution of Physical Culture and Sports at Gorky Park in Minsk.

After 3 games, there are just two Ontario Hockey League grads among the top 30 scorers at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Sergei Kostitsyn finds himself tied with 6 others for first place in the individual scoring list. Sergei is representing Belarus and is an alumnus of the London Knights. In 3 games, Kostitsyn has 2 goals and 3 assists for 5 points, tying him with Dany Heatley of Canada, Brian Rafalski of the USA, Evgeni Malkin of Russia, Sidney Crosby of Canada, Niklas Backstrom of Sweden and Marek Zidlicky of the Czech Republic. Sergei finds himself among quite an elite group of players.

Rick Nash is tied with many players with 3 points on 3 assists. Rick is on a Team Canada that is getting lots of chances but haven’t been able to convert. Nash is a graduate of the London Knights.

For the full list of Ontario Hockey League alumni playing in the 2010 Olympic Games, check out this previous post.

On February 16, the 2010 Olympic Hockey Tournament begins. OHL Alumni Central will update the stats of all OHL graduates throughout the tournament.

Currently, here is the full list of OHL alumni filling roster spots:

Belarus

Sergei Kostitsyn

Canada

Drew Doughty

Chris Pronger

Rick Nash

Corey Perry

Mike Richards

Eric Staal

Joe Thornton

Czech Republic

Josef Vasicek

Finland

Currently no OHL grads on rosters.

Germany

John Tripp

Latvia

Arvids Rekis

Kaspars Daugavins

Herberts Vasiljevs

Norway

Mathis Olimb

Russia

Fedor Tyutin

Slovakia

Peter Budaj

Andrej Sekera

Branko Radivojevic

Sweden

Currently no OHL grads on roster.

Switzerland

Yannick Weber

USA

Dustin Brown

Ryan Callahan

Patrick Kane

Jamie Langenbrunner

Bobby Ryan

Tim Gleason

Former London Knight, Sergei Kostitsyn is the only member of Team Belarus to represent the OHL alumni at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. The current Montreal Canadien played two seasons with the Knights, 2005-06 and 2006-07. In his second season, he had an amazing 131 points in only 59 games. He has split each of his three professional seasons between the Canadiens and their AHL affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs.