For his father, the Belarusian hockey player, see Alexander Galchenyuk

Alexander Galchenyuk

Alexander Galchenyuk is a former Belarusian professional ice hockey player who participated at the 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001 IIHF World Championships as a member of the Belarus men's national ice hockey team....

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Alex Galchenyuk (born February 12, 1994) is an ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 player who is currently playing with the Sarnia Sting

Sarnia Sting

The Sarnia Sting are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They play out of the RBC Centre, formerly the Sarnia Sports and Entertainment Centre in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.-History:...

 in the Ontario Hockey League

Ontario Hockey League

The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....

 (OHL). The Sarnia Sting drafted Galchenyuk first overall in the 2010 OHL Priority Selection.

Playing career

Galchenyuk began his junior career with the Chicago Young Americans and quickly became a star player tallying 44 goals and 43 assists, leading to coach Bruno Bragagnolio to refer to buying a lottery ticket as "the odds of having another kid like Alex play for you". His performance led to him being drafted #1 in the 2010 OHL Priority Selection Draft to the Sarnia Sting

Sarnia Sting

The Sarnia Sting are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They play out of the RBC Centre, formerly the Sarnia Sports and Entertainment Centre in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.-History:...

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In his first season with the Sting, Galchenyuk tallied 31 goals with 52 assists for a total of 83 points, qualifying him for the OHL 1st All-Rookie team alongside teammate Nail Yakupov

Nail Yakupov

Nail Yakupov is a Russian junior ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League ....

. Going into the 2011-12 season, he was ranked #5 on Bob McKenzie's pre-season draft rankings.

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...	Team	League		GP	G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...	A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...	Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...	PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,...		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2009–10	Chicago Young Americans	MWEHL		38	44	43	87	56		—	—	—	—	—
2010–11 2010–11 OHL season The 2010–11 OHL season is the 31st season of the Ontario Hockey League . Twenty teams played 68 games each during the regular season schedule, which started on September 23, 2010 and ended on March 20, 2011....	Sarnia Sting Sarnia Sting The Sarnia Sting are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They play out of the RBC Centre, formerly the Sarnia Sports and Entertainment Centre in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.-History:...	OHL Ontario Hockey League The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....		68	31	52	83	52		—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Sarnia Sting Sarnia Sting The Sarnia Sting are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They play out of the RBC Centre, formerly the Sarnia Sports and Entertainment Centre in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.-History:...	OHL Ontario Hockey League The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....		—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—
OHL totals				68	31	52	83	52		—	—	—	—	—

Notable awards and honours

• MWEHL's Top Scorer with 87 points during the 2009-2010 season
• Awarded the 2010 Jack Ferguson Award
  Jack Ferguson Award
  The Jack Ferguson Award, or "Fergie", is awarded each year to the top draft pick in the Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection Draft. The trophy is named in honour of Jack Ferguson, a former director of OHL Central Scouting.-Winners:...
  
   which the OHL presents annually to the player picked first overall in the OHL Priority Selection.
• 1st All-Rookie Team (OHL) for the 2010-11 OHL season