Alexander Karachun

Alexander Karachun
Born March 3, 1995
Gdańsk, Poland
Height 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 100 kg (220 lb; 15 st 10 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
DEL team
Former teams		 Schwenninger Wild Wings
Heilbronner Falken
EHC Freiburg
Grizzlys Wolfsburg
ETC Crimmitschau
Kassel Huskies
Düsseldorfer EG
National team  Germany
Playing career 2011–present

Alexander Karachun (born March 3, 1995) is a German-Belarusian hockey forward, currently playing for the Schwenninger Wild Wings of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He has been under contract with Schwenningen since May 2021.

Playing career

Alexander played for Heilbronner EC in his youth, which was also his father's final professional team. In the summer of 2010 Karachun began attending a hockey boarding school in the Austrian town of Sankt Pölten.[1] He returned to Germany after three years to sign his first professional contract in 2014 with the Heilbronner Falken.[2] In the 2014–15 season, Karachun played his first games in the DEL2. During the 2015–16 season, Karachun played for EHC Freiburg in the German second division.

In 2016, Karachun made the jump into the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, signing a contract with Grizzlys Wolfsburg.[3] Through a program designed to help young talent develop, he was also allowed to play games for second division side Eispiraten Crimmitschau. During the 2019–20 season, Karachun transferred to the Kassel Huskies before signing a contract with first division side Düsseldorfer EG in April 2020.[4] With Düsseldorf, Karachun scored 17 points in 36 games. Following his stint in Düsseldorf, Karachun joined the Schwenninger Wild Wings in May 2021.[5]

International

Karachun made his first appearance in international play as a member of the Germany national hockey team for the 2022 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships,[6] recording two goals and one assist in five games.

Personal life

Karachun, who was born in Gdańsk, is both a German and Belarusian citizen.[7] He is the son of deceased professional hockey player Viktor Karachun, a Belarusian national who played for multiple teams in Germany.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs/-downs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2014–15 Heilbronner Falken DEL2 17 0 3 3 8 5 0 0 0 0
2014-15 Heilbronner EC II Germany4 15 13 17 30 30 2 1 0 1 16
2015–16 EHC Freiburg DEL2 52 12 8 20 28 7 1 1 2 24
2016-17 Grizzlys Wolfsburg DEL 40 0 2 2 8 9 1 1 2 29
2016–17 ETC Crimmitschau DEL2 8 0 1 1 27 — — — — —
2017–18 Grizzlys Wolfsburg DEL 42 1 3 4 12 7 0 4 4 4
2017–18 ETC Crimmitschau DEL2 7 2 2 4 4 — — — — —
2018–19 Grizzlys Wolfsburg DEL 47 3 8 11 14 — — — — —
2018–19 Kassel Huskies DEL2 9 2 4 6 4 — — — — —
2019–20 Kassel Huskies DEL2 51 27 18 45 40 — — — — —
2020–21 Düsseldorfer EG DEL 36 7 10 17 26 — — — — —
2021–22 Schwenninger Wild Wings DEL 51 18 12 30 27 — — — — —
2022–23 Schwenninger Wild Wings DEL 37 9 16 25 8 — — — — —
2023–24 Schwenninger Wild Wings DEL 43 18 17 35 24 — — — — —
DEL totals 296 56 68 124 119 16 1 5 6 33

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2022 Germany WC 7th 5 2 1 3 0
Senior totals 5 2 1 3 0

References

  1. ^ "Heilbronn: Krull bleibt, Karachun jun. erhält Vertrag". www.eishockeynews.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  2. ^ "Team Detail". Schwenninger Wild Wings (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  3. ^ Zeitung, Badische (2016-05-04). "EHC Freiburg: Alexander Karachun wechselt nach Wolfsburg". Badische Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  4. ^ EISHOCKEY.INFO. "Düsseldorfer EG: DEG holt Alexander Karachun - Stürmer kommt aus Kassel an den Rhein". EISHOCKEY INFO (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  5. ^ WOCHENBLATT (2021-05-12). "Karachun geht zur neuen Saison für Schwenningen aufs Eis". www.wochenblatt-news.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-10.
  6. ^ Germany, Schwarzwälder Bote, Oberndorf. "Eishockey-WM in Finnland: So hat Alexander Karachun von seiner Nominierung erfahren". schwarzwaelder-bote.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-02-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Alexander Karachun at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2024-02-10.