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Alexei Mikhnov
Alexei Mikhnov
Born	August 31, 1982 (age 42); Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight	218 lb (99 kg; 15 st 8 lb)
Position	Left wing
Shoots	Left
KHL team; Former teams	Free Agent; Salavat Yulaev Ufa; Lokomotiv Yaroslavl; Dynamo Moscow; Sibir Novosibirsk; Edmonton Oilers; Metallurg Magnitogorsk; Atlant Moscow Oblast; Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg; HC Yugra; Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk; Severstal Cherepovets
National team	Russia
NHL draft	17th overall, 2000; Edmonton Oilers
Playing career	2000–present

Oleksiy Pavlovych "Alexei" Mikhnov (Ukrainian: Олексій Павлович Міхнов) (born August 31, 1982) is a Ukrainian-Russian^[1] professional ice hockey left wing who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played with the Severstal Cherepovets of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Playing career

Mikhnov was selected in the first round of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, 17th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers, and has only played in two NHL games, his first being a 5–2 win versus Phoenix. He was scoreless and even in 4:21 of ice time. His brother Andrei Mikhnov was at one time also a National Hockey League prospect and played in the Ontario Hockey League.

Mikhnov spent four seasons in the Russian Super League and was considered a power forward prospect. Despite being from Ukraine, Mikhnov (unlike his brother) plays internationally for Russia.

After being drafted in 2000, Mikhnov has been a mystery to Oilers fans. Even when he was drafted, he was considered an enigma.^[2] When he first hit Edmonton in 2004, the Oilers' front office discovered that Mikhnov had poor eyesight, leading to the team buying him a pair of glasses.^[3]

Mikhnov was one of the more famous players impacted by the inability of the National Hockey League and the Russian ice hockey federation to agree on a transfer arrangement, a situation which more famously affected Pittsburgh Penguins prospect Evgeni Malkin. On June 20, 2006, according to his agent, Mikhnov gave his two weeks' notice which theoretically could get him out of his contract with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, and by early September Mikhnov was skating in Edmonton, taking a spin on September 3 at the University of Alberta.^[4] To date, any legal action by Lokomotiv Yaroslavl to retain Mikhnov like that being used to try to keep Malkin has not reached the press, and on September 5, Mikhnov signed a one-year deal with the Oilers.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1998–99	Lokomotiv–2 Yaroslavl	RUS.2	14	2	2	4	4	—	—	—	—	—
1999–2000	Lokomotiv–2 Yaroslavl	RUS.3	40	22	13	35	4	—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Krystall–2 Elektrostal	RUS.3	46	4	7	11	10	—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	THK Tver	RUS.2	22	5	11	16	6	—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	CSKA Moscow	RUS.2	4	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Salavat Yulaev Ufa	RSL	1	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Dynamo Moscow	RSL	26	2	1	3	4	3	0	0	0	2
2001–02	Dynamo–2 Moscow	RUS.3	8	8	6	14	0	—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Sibir Novosibirsk	RSL	51	7	9	16	10	—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Sibir Novosibirsk	RSL	58	14	8	22	22	—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Sibir–2 Novosibirsk	RUS.3	1	1	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Sibir Novosibirsk	RSL	26	3	2	5	12	—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	RSL	18	0	9	9	4	7	0	0	0	4
2004–05	Lokomotiv–2 Yaroslavl	RUS.3	4	4	1	5	4	—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	RSL	40	14	7	21	18	11	4	4	8	4
2006–07	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Wilkes–Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL	27	6	12	18	22	—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	RSL	11	5	3	8	6	7	2	3	5	4
2007–08	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	RSL	52	14	20	34	50	16	3	5	8	14
2008–09	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	KHL	52	16	17	33	57	19	8	4	12	10
2009–10	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	KHL	40	7	14	21	16	17	7	6	13	10
2010–11	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	KHL	30	3	12	15	12	17	1	4	5	12
2011–12	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL	39	8	10	18	12	12	0	3	3	0
2012–13	Atlant Mytishchi	KHL	39	11	8	19	22	5	0	1	1	2
2013–14	Atlant Mytishchi	KHL	47	7	6	13	10	—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL	42	9	7	16	20	5	0	2	2	0
2014–15	THK Tver	VHL	6	3	3	6	14	—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	Yugra Khanty–Mansiysk	KHL	20	2	2	4	6	—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	THK Tver	VHL	2	1	2	3	0	—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL	22	8	5	13	8	6	0	0	0	2
2016–17	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL	38	6	13	19	12	—	—	—	—	—
2016–17	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	KHL	45	12	10	22	8	3	0	0	0	4
2018–19	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk	KHL	6	1	1	2	0	—	—	—	—	—
2018–19	HC Csíkszereda	EL	8	3	2	5		—	—	—	—	—
2018–19	HC Csíkszereda	ROU	10	20	15	35	12	—	—	—	—	—
2018–19	Severstal Cherepovets	KHL	22	5	2	7	4	—	—	—	—	—
2019–20	Metallurg Zhlobin	BLR	50	18	18	36	63	4	1	1	2	0
2020–21	Metallurg Zhlobin	BLR	41	14	18	32	16	13	8	5	13	2
2021–22	Metallurg Zhlobin	BLR	53	27	26	53	37	7	5	3	8	0
RSL totals			283	59	59	118	126	44	9	12	21	26
NHL totals			2	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
KHL totals			442	95	107	202	187	84	16	20	36	40