Vitaly Kolesnik

(Photo courtesy Mike Ashmore. Thanks, Mike!)

BORN: Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan, August 20, 1979.
HEIGHT: 6'2"
WEIGHT: 198. pounds.
CATCHES: Left.

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NHL SHOOTOUTS:

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REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS:

POSTSEASON STATISTICS:

NHL GAME LOGS:

DATE	DEC	MIN	SEC	SAVES	SHOTS	SCORE	OT	SOUT	OPP	LOC	GOALTENDERS	SUBSTITUTION
	Signed as free agent by Colorado Avalanche, 2005, August 16, 2005.
12/07/2005	W	59	48	20	21	4-1		/	Boston	Home	Raycroft
12/09/2005	W	64	58	28	31	4-3	SO	7/7	New Jersey	Road	Brodeur
12/10/2005	L	58	22	31	35	3-4		/	Pittsburgh	Road	Fleury
12/12/2005	L	59	45	25	31	2-6		/	Ottawa	Home	Hasek
12/18/2005	W	60		29	30	2-1		/	NY Rangers	Road	Weekes
12/20/2005	L	58	28	24	27	2-3		/	Nashville	Road	Vokoun
12/22/2005						4-3		/	Minnesota	Home	Roloson
12/26/2005	-	3	20	0	2	7-4		/	Phoenix	Home	Joseph, Boucher	Replaced by Budaj
03/09/2006						2-1		/	Chicago	Road	Khabibulin
03/12/2006						3-0		/	Calgary	Home	Kiprusoff
03/13/2006						3-4		/	Calgary	Road	Kiprusoff
03/19/2006						5-6		/	San Jose	Road	Nabokov
03/20/2006						5-0		/	Los Angeles	Road	Garon, LaBarbera
03/22/2006						4-5	OT	/	Anaheim	Road	Giguere, Bryzgalov
03/25/2006						3-2	OT	/	St. Louis	Road	Lalime
03/26/2006						3-4	SO	/	Edmonton	Home	Roloson
03/28/2006						4-3		/	Anaheim	Home	Giguere
03/31/2006	-	5	36	1	1	3-6		/	Calgary	Road	Kiprusoff	Replaced Budaj
04/03/2006						4-3		/	Chicago	Home	Khabibulin
04/05/2006						1-2		/	San Jose	Home	Toskala
04/08/2006						4-2		/	St. Louis	Home	Bacashihua

AHL GAME LOGS:

DATE	DEC	MIN	SEC	SAVES	SHOTS	SCORE	OT	SOUT	OPP	LOC	GOALTENDERS	SUBSTITUTION
	Assigned to Lowell Lock Monsters, October 2005.
10/14/2005	W	59	56	33	35	4-2		/	Manchester	Home	Hauser
10/15/2005	W	60		34	36	3-2		/	Hartford	Road	Bruckler
10/22/2005	L	60		25	31	4-6		/	Albany	Road	Ahonen
10/23/2005	L	58	50	34	37	1-3		/	Portland	Road	Marsters
10/26/2005	W	60		41	42	4-1		/	Philadelphia	Home	Beauchemin
10/28/2005	W	60		26	29	7-3		/	Springfield	Road	Eklund
10/29/2005	W	60		35	36	4-1		/	Providence	Road	Thomas
11/04/2005	W	60		27	27	4-0		/	Portland	Home	Wall
11/05/2005	L	59	29	25	27	1-2		/	Portland	Road	Naumenko
11/12/2005	W	65		29	33	5-4	SO	4/5	Hartford	Home	Bruckler
11/13/2005	L	59	34	26	31	1-5		/	Bridgeport	Road	Dubielewicz
11/16/2005	W	59	55	38	39	4-1		/	Albany	Home	Ahonen
11/18/2005	L	59	37	32	36	3-4		/	Portland	Home	Marsters
11/20/2005	L	62	41	23	28	4-5	OT	/	Manchester	Home	Hauser
11/25/2005	L	58	22	27	31	3-4		/	Springfield	Home	Coleman
11/26/2005	W	60		29	35	7-6		/	Portland	Road	Naumenko, Marsters
12/02/2005	-	31	23	9	10	0-4		/	Bridgeport	Home	Madden, Dubielewicz	Replaced Nastiuk
12/03/2005	W	59	56	35	35	2-0		/	Providence	Home	Thomas
12/04/2005	L	59	52	37	39	0-3		/	Providence	Road	Thomas
01/06/2006	W	59	57	33	35	9-2		/	Norfolk	Road	Crawford
01/08/2006	L	58	47	28	32	2-4		/	Philadelphia	Road	Beauchemin
01/13/2006	W	59	53	31	34	5-3		/	Manchester	Road	LaBarbera
01/15/2006	L	60	17	27	30	2-3	OT	/	Bridgeport	Home	Cloutier
01/20/2006	L	59	50	44	46	1-2		/	Bridgeport	Home	Rudkowsky
01/22/2006	W	60		42	44	3-2		/	Hartford	Road	Gherson
01/27/2006	W	59	47	37	39	8-2		/	Hartford	Home	Gherson, Montoya
01/28/2006	L	58	58	28	32	2-4		/	Hartford	Road	Montoya
02/01/2006	-	20		8	10	4-9		/	Canadian All-Stars	Winnipeg	Flaherty, Danis, Sabourin	Replaced Rinne, Montoya
02/26/2006	L	64	46	40	46	5-6	OT	/	Hartford	Home	Gherson
03/05/2006	W	59	47	15	15	6-0		/	Albany	Home	Doyle, Naumenko

INTERNATIONAL GAME LOGS:

DATE	DEC	MIN	SEC	SAVES	SHOTS	SCORE	OT	SOUT	OPP	LOC	GOALTENDERS	SUBSTITUTION	NOTES
	Played for Kazakhstan in 2004 IIHF World Championships (Czech Republic).
04/26/2004	L	52	24	27	31	0-7		/	Czech Republic	Home	Vokoun	Replaced Yeremeyev
04/30/2004	-	26	50	16	16	5-0		/	France	Home	Huet, Lhenry	Replaced Yeremeyev
05/01/2004	W	60		20	23	5-3		/	Japan	Home	Fukufuji
	Played for Kazakhstan in 2005 IIHF World Championships (Austria).
05/01/2005	W	60		32	33	2-1		/	Germany	Home	Jonas
05/03/2005	L	60		34	36	1-2		/	Switzerland	Home	Gerber
05/05/2005	L	60		38	39	0-1		/	Czech Republic	Home	Hnilicka
05/07/2005	L	59	20	25	26	0-2		/	Belarus	Home	Mezin
05/09/2005	L	40		31	34	1-3		/	Russia	Home	Sokolov	Replaced by Ogureshnikov
	Played for Kazakhstan in 2006 Winter Olympics (Turin, Italy).
02/16/2006	L	60		32	36	1-4		/	United States	Home	DiPietro
02/19/2006	L	59	51	25	27	1-2		/	Slovakia	Home	Krizan
	Played for Kazakhstan in 2012 IIHF World Championships (Helsinki and Stockholm).
05/05/2012	L	40		29	34	1-5		/	Switzerland	Home	Berra	Replaced by Ivanov
05/11/2012	L	64	38	47	50	2-3	OT	/	United States	Home	Bachman
05/12/2012	L	43	47	34	40	0-8		/	Canada	Home	Dubnyk	Replaced by Yeremeyev
05/14/2012	L	60		44	48	1-4		/	Finland	Home	Vehanen
	Played for Kazakhstan in 2016 IIHF World Championships (Moscow/St. Petersburg, Russia).
05/07/2016	W	65		49	51	3-2	SO	2/4	Switzerland	Home	Berra
05/08/2016	L	58	37	43	49	4-6		/	Russia	Road	Bobrovsky
05/10/2016	L	57	37	40	43	2-4		/	Norway	Road	Haugen
05/11/2016	L	24	25	17	21	3-7		/	Sweden	Home	Fasth	Replaced by Poluektov
05/13/2016	L	59	42	34	36	1-3		/	Czech Republic	Home	Francouz
05/14/2016	L	59	3	36	38	1-2		/	Latvia	Road	Merzlikins

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YEAR	TEAM	LEAGUE	AGE	GP	MIN	W	L	T	OL	W%	GA	GAA	SA	SVPCT	ShO	G	A	PiM	S/60	UNI#	SOUT	GFA	S+/30	Z-SC	GD	GAR	SNW%	SNW	SNL	VAR	BAV	AVG	AAV	SoS	OS%+
2003-04	Kazakhstan	WORLD	24	3	139	1	1	0		0.500	7	3.02	70	0.900	0				30.2	30	0-0 (/)		-0.29	-0.3	-0.7	0.4	0.449	1	1
2004-05	Kazakhstan	WORLD	25	5	279	1	4	0		0.200	8	1.72	168	0.952	0	0	0	0	36.1	20			1.23	1.9	6.9	9.4	0.775	4	1
2005-06	Lowell Lock Monsters	AHL	26	29	1717	15	13		0	0.536	80	2.80	970	0.918	3	0	1	2	33.9	31	1-0 (4/5)	3.51	0.41	1.4	13.1	27.7	0.575	16	12	1.05	27%	22%	51%
2005-06	Colorado Avalanche	NHL	26	8	370	3	3		0	0.500	20	3.24	178	0.888	0	0	1	2	28.8	20	1-0 (7/7)	2.67	-0.41	-0.6	-2.4	0.2	0.436	3	3	0.94	19%	53%	29%	0.11	2.5%
2005-06	Kazakhstan	OLYMPICS	26	2	120	0	2	0		0.000	6	3.00	63	0.905	0	0	0	0	31.5				0.00	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.500	1	1
2008-09	Mytischi Atlant	KHL	29	30	1322	14	4	6		0.708	35	1.59	639	0.945	5	0	0	2	29.0	20			1.25	3.6	26.5	36.1	0.756	18	6
2009-10	Ufa Salavat Yulaev	KHL	30	34	1622	17	5	6		0.714	60	2.22	653	0.908	5	0	0	0	24.2	20			0.06	0.2	1.3	11.1	0.511	14	14
2010-11	Ufa Salavat Yulaev	KHL	31	27	1315	15	4	5		0.729	50	2.28	642	0.922	3	0	0	0	29.3	20			0.40	1.2	8.5	18.1	0.578	14	10
2011-12	Ufa Salavat Yulaev	KHL	32	20	1016	6	8	3		0.441	53	3.13	521	0.898	1	0	0	0	30.8	20			-0.56	-1.5	-9.7	-1.9	0.401	7	10
2011-12	Kazakhstan	WORLD	32	4	208	0	3		1	0.125	18	5.18	172	0.895	0	0	0	2	49.5	20	0-0 (0/0)		-0.29	-0.4	-1.7	0.9	0.452	2	2
2012-13	Yaroslavl Lokomotiv	KHL	33	15	830	6	7	2		0.467	34	2.46	426	0.920	2	0	1	0	30.8	20			0.11	0.3	1.5	7.9	0.522	8	7
2013-14	Yaroslavl Lokomotiv	KHL	34	19	956	7	4	5		0.594	24	1.51	446	0.946	3	0	0	0	28.0	20			0.77	2.0	11.5	18.2	0.686	11	5
2014-15	Yaroslavl Lokomotiv	KHL	35	28	1456	13	6		7	0.635	44	1.81	643	0.932	1	0	0	0	26.5	20			0.50	1.5	10.6	20.3	0.607	16	10
2015-16	Yaroslavl Lokomotiv	KHL	36	26	1506	15	7		3	0.660	50	1.99	621	0.919	2	0	0	0	24.7	20			0.00	0.0	0.0	9.3	0.500	13	13
2015-16	Kazakhstan	WORLD	36	6	324	1	5	0		0.167	19	3.51	238	0.920	0	0	0	0	44.0	20	1-0 (2/4)		0.58	1.0	4.6	8.1	0.606	4	2
2016-17	Astana Barys	KHL	37	6	230	0	3		0	0.000	16	4.17	110	0.855	0	0	0	0	28.7	20			-1.99	-2.6	-7.3	-5.7	0.228	1	2
		NHL TOTALS		8	370	3	3		0	0.500	20	3.24	178	0.888	0	0	1	2	28.8		1-0 (7/7)				-2.4	0.2	0.436	3	3

YEAR	TEAM	LEAGUE	AGE	GP	MIN	W	L	W%	GA	GAA	SA	SVPCT	ShO	A	PiM	S/60	UNI#	S+/30	Z-SC	GD	GAR	SNW%	SNW	SNL
2008-09	Mytischi Atlant	KHL	29	1	7	0	0		0	0.00	3	1.000	0	0	0	25.5	20	2.40	0.5	0.2	0.3	1.000	0	0
2009-10	Ufa Salavat Yulaev	KHL	30	4	272	1	3	0.250	8	1.76	121	0.934	0	1	2	26.7	20	0.37	0.5	1.5	3.3	0.585	2	2
2010-11	Ufa Salavat Yulaev	KHL	31	4	148	1	1	0.500	2	0.81	79	0.975	1	0	0	32.0	20	1.75	1.9	4.6	5.8	0.916	2	0
2013-14	Yaroslavl Lokomotiv	KHL	34	1	20	0	0		1	3.00	12	0.917	0	0	0	36.0	20	-0.17	-0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.465	0	0
2014-15	Yaroslavl Lokomotiv	KHL	35	3	139	0	2	0.000	8	3.47	67	0.881	0	0	0	29.0	20	-1.32	-1.4	-2.9	-1.9	0.286	1	1