Shoots Left Weight 90 kg Positions Defenseman | Name Andrei Karev Height 1.78 m | |
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BXL teamFormer teams Yunost MinskDinamo Minsk (KHL)Elemash Elektrosal (RUS-2) | ||
Andrei Germanovich Karev (born February 12, 1985) is a Belarusian professional ice hockey defenceman. He currently plays for Yunost Minsk of the VHL.
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Playing career
Karev began his career, playing for Elemash Elktrostal, his home-town team, playing 42 games in the Russian second division. He then moved to the Yunost Minsk system, where has played almost all of his career since. He has won three Belarusian Extraleague titles with Yunost, coming in consecutive years starting in 2008-09.
Karev played six games for Kontinental Hockey League team Dinamo Minsk in 2009-10, returning to Yunost Minsk after that.
International career
Karev was selected for the Belarus national men's ice hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympics, playing in four games. He had previously played for the Belarus U-20 national team, competing in the 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships