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{{short description|Russian ice hockey player}}
{{other people||Andrei Kovalenko (disambiguation)}}

{{infobox officeholder
|honorific_suffix = [[List of members of the 8th Russian State Duma|MP]]
|native_name      = {{nobold|{{lang|ru|Андрей Коваленко}}}}
|image            = Andrei Kovalenko (cropped).jpg
|caption          = 

|office        = Member of the [[State Duma]] for [[Yaroslavl Oblast]]
|term_start    = 23 September 2020<ref name="term"/>
|term_end      = 12 October 2021
|predecessor   = [[Aleksandr Gribov]]
|successor     = [[Anatoly Lisitsyn]]
|constituency  = [[Yaroslavl constituency| (No. 194)]]

|birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1970|6|7|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Balakovo]], [[RSFSR]], [[USSR]]
|death_date  = 
|death_place = 
|party       = [[United Russia]]
|spouse      = 
|father      = 
|mother      = 
|relatives   = 
|children    = 
|blank1      = religion
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|website     = 

|module = {{Infobox ice hockey player|embed=yes
 |height_cm    = 180
 |weight_kg    = 103
 |position     = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right Wing]]
 |shoots       = Left

 |played_for   = {{plainlist|
*[[Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod|Torpedo Gorky]]
*[[HC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
*[[Quebec Nordiques]]
*[[HC Lada Togliatti]]
*[[Colorado Avalanche]]
*[[Montreal Canadiens]]
*[[Edmonton Oilers]]
*[[Philadelphia Flyers]]
*[[Carolina Hurricanes]]
*[[Boston Bruins]]
*[[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]]
*[[Avangard Omsk]]
*[[Severstal Cherepovets]]}}

 |ntl_team     = URS
 |ntl_team_2   = Unified Team
 |ntl_team_3   = RUS
 |career_start = 1987
 |career_end   = 2008
 |draft        = 148th overall
 |draft_year   = 1990
 |draft_team   = [[Quebec Nordiques]]

 |medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[ice hockey]] }}
 {{MedalCountry | {{URS}} }}
  {{MedalCompetition | [[IIHF junior championships|World Junior Championships]]}}
   {{MedalSilver | [[1990 IIHF World U20 Championship|1990 Finland]] |}}
 {{MedalCountry | {{EUN}} }}
  {{MedalCompetition | [[Ice hockey at the Olympic Games|Olympic Games]] }}
   {{MedalGold | [[1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Albertville]] |}}
 {{MedalCountry | {{RUS}} }}
  {{MedalCompetition | [[Ice hockey at the Olympic Games|Olympic Games]] }}
   {{MedalSilver | [[1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Nagano]] |}}
  {{MedalCompetition | [[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championships]]}}
   {{MedalSilver | [[2002 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships|2002 Sweden]]|}}
}}
}}

'''Andrei Nikolaevich Kovalenko''' ({{langx|ru|Андрей Николаевич Коваленко}}; born 7 June 1970) is a [[Russians|Russian]] former professional [[ice hockey]] forward. He played in the [[National Hockey League]] with the [[Quebec Nordiques]], [[Colorado Avalanche]], [[Montreal Canadiens]], [[Edmonton Oilers]], [[Philadelphia Flyers]], [[Carolina Hurricanes]] and the [[Boston Bruins]]. He is currently the chairman of the [[Kontinental Hockey League]] players association (KHL PA).

He is the father of former NHL Player [[Nikolai Kovalenko]], who played for the [[San Jose Sharks]] and [[Colorado Avalanche]], and currently plays for [[HC CSKA Moscow]] in the [[Kontinental Hockey League]].


==Playing career==
Nicknamed "The Tank" by his teammates because of his immovable presence from the goal crease, Kovalenko was drafted 148th overall in the [[1990 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[Quebec Nordiques]] while playing in Russia for [[HC CSKA Moscow]].

Kovalenko was traded from the [[Colorado Avalanche]] to the [[Montreal Canadiens]] with [[Jocelyn Thibault]] and [[Martin Ručinský]] for [[Patrick Roy]] and [[Mike Keane]]. In 1996, he scored the final goal in the history of the [[Montreal Forum]], the fourth in a 4–1 victory over the [[Dallas Stars]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Farewell to the Forum {{!}} Historical Website of the Montreal Canadiens |url=http://ourhistory.canadiens.com/greatest-moment/Farewell-To-The-Forum |website=ourhistory.canadiens.com |accessdate=3 August 2018 |language=en |archive-date=30 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330154744/http://ourhistory.canadiens.com/greatest-moment/Farewell-To-The-Forum |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1999, Kovalenko scored the first goal in the history of the [[RBC Center]] as a member of the [[Carolina Hurricanes]] in a 4–2 loss to the [[New Jersey Devils]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Who has made history as the first goal scorer at current NHL arenas? |url=https://thehockeynews.com/news/article/who-has-made-history-as-the-first-goal-scorer-at-current-nhl-arenas |website=TheHockeyNews |publisher=[[The Hockey News]] |accessdate=3 August 2018 |language=en-CA|date=2017-10-06 }}</ref>

Kovalenko last played in the [[National Hockey League]] in [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01]] with the [[Boston Bruins]], and finished his career playing in the [[Russian Super League]] for [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]], [[Avangard Omsk]], and [[Severstal Cherepovets]].

Kovalenko is the father of [[Nikolai Kovalenko]], who was drafted by the [[Colorado Avalanche]] in the [[2018 NHL Entry Draft]].

==Member of parliament==
In September 2020 Kovalenko was [[By-elections to the 7th Russian State Duma#Yaroslavl|elected]] deputy of the [[State Duma of Russia|State Duma]], Russia's lower house, at a special election in [[Yaroslavl constituency]] No. 194, defeating long-time [[governor of Yaroslavl Oblast]] [[Anatoly Lisitsyn]] from left-leaning [[A Just Russia]]. Kovalenko was a candidate of ruling [[United Russia]]. A year later, in the [[2021 Russian legislative election|2021 elections]] Lisitsyn won the constituency with 36.5% of the vote, while Kovalenko received 27.3%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tass.ru/politika/12449889 |title=Справороссы лидируют на выборах в Госдуму в двух округах Ярославской области |trans-title=Justicialists are leading in two constituencies of Yaroslavl Oblast|publisher=[[TASS]]|lang=ru|date=2021-09-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ria.ru/20210920/vybory-1750982406.html |title=В обоих одномандатных округах Ярославской области побеждают эсеры |trans-title=SR wins in both constituencies of Yaroslavl Oblast |lang=ru|date=2021-09-20|publisher=[[RIA Novosti]]}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"  bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
! colspan="5" | [[Regular season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |  
! colspan="5" | [[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-  
| [[1987–88 Soviet League season|1987–88]]
| [[Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod|Torpedo Gorky]]
| [[Soviet Championship League|USSR]]
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1988–89 Soviet League season|1988–89]]
| [[HC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]]
| USSR
| 10
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 1988–89
| [[SKA MVO Kalinin]]
| [[Pervaya Liga (Soviet Union)|USSR.2]]
| 30
| 8
| 7
| 15
| 29
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1988–89
| MCOP Moscow
| USSR.3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1989–90 Soviet League season|1989–90]]
| CSKA Moscow
| USSR
| 48
| 8
| 5
| 13
| 20
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1990–91 Soviet League season|1990–91]]
| CSKA Moscow
| USSR
| 45
| 13
| 8
| 21
| 26
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-  
| [[1991–92 Soviet League season|1991–92]]
| CSKA Moscow
| CIS
| 36
| 16
| 11
| 27
| 28
| 8
| 3
| 2
| 5
| 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1991–92
| CSKA–2 Moscow  
| CIS.3
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1992–93 IHL (Russia) season|1992–93]]
| CSKA Moscow
| [[International Hockey League (1992–1996)|IHL]]
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 4
| 4
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]]
| [[Quebec Nordiques]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 81
| 27
| 41
| 68
| 57
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 2
|-  
| [[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]]
| Quebec Nordiques
| NHL
| 58
| 16
| 17
| 33
| 46
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1994–95 IHL (Russia) season|1994–95]]
| [[HC Lada Togliatti|Lada Togliatti]]
| IHL
| 11
| 9
| 2
| 11
| 14
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-  
| [[1994–95 NHL season|1994–95]]
| Quebec Nordiques
| NHL
| 45
| 14
| 10
| 24
| 31
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1995–96 NHL season|1995–96]]
| [[Colorado Avalanche]]
| NHL
| 26
| 11
| 11
| 22
| 16
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- 
| 1995–96
| [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| NHL
| 51
| 17
| 17
| 34
| 33
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1996–97 NHL season|1996–97]]
| [[Edmonton Oilers]]
| NHL
| 74
| 32
| 27
| 59
| 81
| 12
| 4
| 3
| 7
| 6
|-  
| [[1997–98 NHL season|1997–98]]
| Edmonton Oilers
| NHL
| 59
| 6
| 17
| 23
| 28
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1998–99 NHL season|1998–99]]
| Edmonton Oilers
| NHL
| 43
| 13
| 14
| 27
| 30
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-  
| 1998–99
| [[Philadelphia Flyers]]
| NHL
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1998–99
| [[Carolina Hurricanes]]
| NHL
| 18
| 6
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 2
|-  
| [[1999–2000 NHL season|1999–2000]]
| Carolina Hurricanes
| NHL
| 76
| 15
| 24
| 39
| 38
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2000–01 NHL season|2000–01]]
| [[Boston Bruins]]
| NHL
| 76
| 16
| 21
| 37
| 27
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-  
| [[2001–02 Russian Superleague season|2001–02]]
| [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]]
| [[Russian Superleague|RSL]]
| 51
| 27
| 19
| 46
| 62
| 9
| 4
| 3
| 7
| 28
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2002–03 Russian Superleague season|2002–03]]
| Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
| RSL
| 51
| 14
| 16
| 30
| 62
| 10
| 5
| 4
| 9
| 12
|- 
| [[2003–04 Russian Superleague season|2003–04]]
| Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
| RSL
| 59
| 23
| 11
| 34
| 56
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2004–05 Russian Superleague season|2004–05]]
| Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
| RSL
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- 
| 2004–05
| [[Avangard Omsk]]
| RSL
| 33
| 8
| 9
| 17
| 65
| 11
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2005–06 Russian Superleague season|2005–06]]
| Avangard Omsk
| RSL
| 12
| 1
| 4
| 5
| 8
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- 
| 2005–06
| [[Severstal Cherepovets]]
| RSL
| 26
| 10
| 7
| 17
| 20
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2006–07 Russian Superleague season|2006–07]]
| Severstal Cherepovets
| RSL
| 50
| 21
| 8
| 29
| 30
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
|- 
| [[2007–08 Russian Superleague season|2007–08]]
| Severstal Cherepovets
| RSL
| 48
| 9
| 8
| 17
| 36
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | USSR/CIS totals
! 143
! 41
! 24
! 65
! 74
! 8
! 3
! 2
! 5
! 4
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 620
! 173
! 206
! 379
! 389
! 33
! 6
! 5
! 11
! 20
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | RSL totals
! 335
! 113
! 82
! 195
! 341
! 49
! 10
! 14
! 24
! 56
|}

===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:50em"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! Result
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | 
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|- 
| [[1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1990]]
| [[Soviet Union national junior ice hockey team|Soviet Union]]
| [[IIHF World U20 Championship|WJC]]
| {{silver2}}
| 7
| 5
| 6
| 11
| 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1991 Canada Cup|1991]]
| [[Soviet Union national ice hockey team|Soviet Union]]
| [[Canada Cup|CC]]
| 5th
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 10
|- 
| [[Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]]
| [[Unified Team at the Olympics|Unified Team]]
| [[Ice hockey at the Olympic Games|OG]]
| {{gold1}}
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1992 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1992]]
| [[Russia men's national ice hockey team|Russia]]
| [[Ice Hockey World Championships|WC]]
| 5th
| 6
| 3
| 1
| 4
| 2
|-  
| [[1994 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1994]]
| Russia
| WC
| 5th
| 6
| 3
| 5
| 8
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1996 World Cup of Hockey|1996]]
| Russia
| [[World Cup of Hockey|WCH]]
| SF
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 4
|-  
| [[Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|1998]]
| Russia
| OG
| {{silver2}}
| 6
| 4
| 1
| 5
| 14
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2000 IIHF World Championship|2000]]
| Russia
| WC
| 11th
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|-  
| [[2002 IIHF World Championship|2002]]
| Russia
| WC
| {{silver2}}
| 8
| 0
| 4
| 4
| 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2004 World Cup of Hockey|2004]]
| Russia
| WCH
| 5th
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=4 | Senior totals
! 52
! 14
! 14
! 28
! 44
|}

==Awards and achievements==
*'''[[Russian Super League|Soviet championship]]: ''' 1989 (with CSKA)
*'''[[IIHF European Champions Cup|European Ice Hockey Cup]]: ''' 1990 (with CSKA)
*'''[[Russian Super League|Russian championship]]: ''' 2002 (with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
*'''[[Russian Super League|Russian championship]]: ''' 2003 (with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
*'''[[UEFA Champions League|European Champions Cup]]: ''' 2005 (with Avangard)
*'''[[Pajulahti Cup]]: ''' 2006 (with Severstal)

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="term">{{cite web |title=Коваленко Андрей Николаевич |trans-title=Kovalenko Andrei Nikolaevich|url=http://duma.gov.ru/duma/persons/1055924/ |website=The State Duma |access-date=10 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314065706/http://duma.gov.ru/duma/persons/1055924/ |archive-date=14 March 2023 |location=Moscow |language=Russian |quote=Дата вступления в полномочия: 23 сентября 2020 года}}</ref>}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Andrei Kovalenko}}
* {{Ice hockey stats}}

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