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Alexander Semak

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image =

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Alexander Semak in 2010

| position = Center

| played_for = New Jersey Devils
New York Islanders
Tampa Bay Lightning
Vancouver Canucks

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lbs = 185

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1966|2|11}}

| birth_place = Ufa, Soviet Union

| draft = 207th overall

| draft_year = 1988

| draft_team = New Jersey Devils

| career_start = 1982

| career_end = 2005

}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's ice hockey}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalCountry | {{ih|URS}} }}

{{MedalSilver | 1987 Austria|}}

{{MedalGold | 1990 Switzerland|}}

{{MedalBronze | 1991 Finland|}}

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Alexander Vladimirovich Semak ({{langx|ru|Александр Владимирович Семак}}; born February 11, 1966) is a Russian former professional ice hockey centre who played ten seasons in the Soviet League between 1982 and 1992 for Salavat Yulaev Ufa and HC Dynamo Moscow before moving to North America where he played six National Hockey League seasons from 1991–92 until 1996–97. He played for the New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, Tampa Bay Lightning and Vancouver Canucks.{{cite web |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=11474 |title=Alexander Semak player profile |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame |accessdate=2010-02-13}}

Semak was drafted 207th overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft. He played 289 career NHL games, scoring 83 goals and 91 assists for 174 points. His best offensive season was the 1992–93 NHL season when he scored 37 goals and 42 assists for 79 points, all career-highs.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1982–83

| Salavat Yulaev Ufa

| USSR

| 13

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 4

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1982–83

| Avangard Ufa

| USSR III

| 7

| 9

| 2

| 11

| 4

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1983–84

| Salavat Yulaev Ufa

| USSR II

| 41

| 22

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1984–85

| Salavat Yulaev Ufa

| USSR II

| 47

| 19

| 17

| 36

| 64

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1985–86

| Salavat Yulaev Ufa

| USSR

| 22

| 9

| 7

| 16

| 22

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1986–87

| Dynamo Moscow

| USSR

| 40

| 20

| 8

| 28

| 32

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1987–88

| Dynamo Moscow

| USSR

| 47

| 21

| 14

| 35

| 40

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1988–89

| Dynamo Moscow

| USSR

| 44

| 18

| 10

| 28

| 22

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1989–90

| Dynamo Moscow

| USSR

| 43

| 23

| 11

| 34

| 33

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1990–91

| Dynamo Moscow

| USSR

| 46

| 17

| 21

| 38

| 48

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1991–92

| Dynamo Moscow

| CIS

| 26

| 10

| 13

| 23

| 26

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1991–92

| Utica Devils

| AHL

| 7

| 3

| 2

| 5

| 0

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1991–92

| New Jersey Devils

| NHL

| 25

| 5

| 6

| 11

| 0

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

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| 1992–93

| New Jersey Devils

| NHL

| 82

| 37

| 42

| 79

| 70

| 5

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 0

1993–94

| New Jersey Devils

| NHL

| 54

| 12

| 17

| 29

| 22

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

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| 1994–95

| Salavat Yulaev Ufa

| IHL

| 9

| 9

| 6

| 15

| 4

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1994–95

| New Jersey Devils

| NHL

| 19

| 2

| 6

| 8

| 13

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1994–95

| Tampa Bay Lightning

| NHL

| 22

| 5

| 5

| 10

| 12

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1995–96

| New York Islanders

| NHL

| 69

| 20

| 14

| 34

| 68

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 1996–97

| Syracuse Crunch

| AHL

| 23

| 10

| 14

| 24

| 12

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1996–97

| Las Vegas Thunder

| IHL

| 13

| 11

| 13

| 24

| 10

| 3

| 0

| 4

| 4

| 4

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| 1996–97

| Vancouver Canucks

| NHL

| 18

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 2

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

1997–98

| Chicago Wolves

| IHL

| 67

| 26

| 35

| 61

| 90

| 22

| 10

| 17

| 27

| 35

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| 1998–99

| Albany River Rats

| AHL

| 70

| 20

| 42

| 62

| 62

| 5

| 0

| 2

| 2

| 4

1999–00

| EHC Freiburg

| GER-2

| 51

| 36

| 57

| 93

| 84

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 2000–01

| Salavat Yulaev Ufa

| RSL

| 43

| 17

| 21

| 38

| 148

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2001–02

| Salavat Yulaev Ufa

| RSL

| 47

| 16

| 21

| 37

| 90

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 2002–03

| Dynamo Moscow

| RSL

| 48

| 10

| 13

| 23

| 42

| 5

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 6

2003–04

| Severstal Cherepovets

| RSL

| 27

| 4

| 6

| 10

| 48

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| 2003–04

| Severstal Cherepovets II

| RUS III

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 2

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2004–05

| HC MVD Tver

| RUS II

| 25

| 1

| 9

| 10

| 30

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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! colspan="3" | USSR/CIS totals

! 281

! 120

! 85

! 205

! 227

! —

! —

! —

! —

! —

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 289

! 83

! 91

! 174

! 187

! 8

! 1

! 1

! 2

! 0

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! colspan="3" | RSL totals

! 167

! 48

! 59

! 107

! 338

! 5

! 0

! 0

! 0

! 6

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1983

| Soviet Union

| EJC

| 5

| 3

| 3

| 6

| 8

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| 1984

| Soviet Union

| EJC

| 5

| 9

| 8

| 17

| 10

1984

| Soviet Union

| WJC

| 7

| 0

| 4

| 4

| 2

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| 1985

| Soviet Union

| WJC

| 7

| 7

| 4

| 11

| 12

1986

| Soviet Union

| WJC

| 7

| 3

| 6

| 9

| 4

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| 1987

| Soviet Union

| WC

| 10

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 4

1987

| Soviet Union

| CC

| 7

| 3

| 0

| 3

| 10

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| 1990

| Soviet Union

| WC

| 10

| 2

| 2

| 4

| 6

1991

| Soviet Union

| WC

| 10

| 5

| 5

| 10

| 8

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| 1991

| Soviet Union

| CC

| 5

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 7

1996

| Russia

| WCH

| 1

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 0

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! colspan=3 | Junior totals

! 31

! 22

! 25

! 47

! 36

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! colspan=3 | Senior totals

! 43

! 13

! 8

! 21

! 35

References

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External links

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Category:1966 births

Category:Albany River Rats players

Category:HC Dynamo Moscow players

Category:Living people

Category:New Jersey Devils draft picks

Category:New Jersey Devils players

Category:New York Islanders players

Category:Russian ice hockey players

Category:Salavat Yulaev Ufa players

Category:Severstal Cherepovets players

Category:Soviet ice hockey centres

Category:Ice hockey people from Ufa

Category:Tampa Bay Lightning players

Category:Vancouver Canucks players

Category:Competitors at the 1985 Winter Universiade

Category:Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games

Category:Goodwill Games gold medalists

Category:Winter World University Games medalists in ice hockey

Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union

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