Robert Burakovsky Biography

Robert Burakovsky (born November 24, 1966) is a Swedish ice hockey coach. He is the current head coach for the Malm team in Sweden's U16 Elit league. Before turning to coaching, Burakovsky played 27 seasons of professional hockey, including 23 games in the National Hockey League with the Ottawa Senators during the 1993-94 NHL season.

Playing career

He was drafted 217th overall by the New York Rangers in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft. He began his career in Sweden in 1985, playing in the Elitserien for Leksands IF until 1989 when he moved to AIK and then Malm IF. He then made the move to North America when he was signed by the Ottawa Senators, but spent the majority of his spell playing for their American Hockey League affiliate the Prince Edward Island Senators and left after just one season.

Burakovsky moved to Austria to play to Klagenfurt AC for a season before returning to Malm in 1995. In 1997 he moved to Germany to play in their top league, the Deutsche Eishockey Liga and played for the Kassel Huskies. Soon after he was off to Finland to play in the SM-liiga where he played for JYP and Ilves. In 1998, he signed with Swiss team SC Herisau and had his most productive year to date, scoring 38 goals and 70 points.

He later moved to Fribourg-Gottron in Nationalliga A, where he led the team in points in the 1999-00 season with 49. He returned to the Elitserien in 2000 with a second spell with Leksands and a third spell in Malm before another brief spell in Germany with the DEG Metro Stars. In 2002 he moved to the Oddset Ligaen in Denmark where he spent two seasons with Rdovre IK and then moved to Serie A in Italy, playing for HC Merano. His stay in Italy was a brief one however as he returned to Denmark in 2004 with Aalborg IK for two seasons, followed by a spell with the Herlev Hornets. He currently plays for EHC Biel in the Swiss second tier Nationalliga B having moved from IK Pantern in Sweden's third tier during the 2007-08 season. During late winter season 2009 he joined the team KRIF (Kallinge Ronneby IF). In 2012 Burakovsky retired from hockey.

Personal

Burakovsky's father, Benny, (who died on December 14, 2007 at the age of 64) was a hockey coach. Robert's brother Mikael was also a professional hockey player, and Robert's son, Andr, was selected 23rd overall by the Washington Capitals in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1985-86	Leksands IF	SEL		19	4	3	7	4		"?	"?	"?	"?	"?
1986-87	Leksands IF	SEL		36	21	15	36	26		"?	"?	"?	"?	"?
1987-88	Leksands IF	SEL		36	10	11	21	10		1	0	0	0	2
1988-89	Leksands IF	SEL		40	23	20	43	44		10	6	7	13	4
1989-90	AIK	SEL		37	28	29	57	32		3	0	2	2	12
1990-91	AIK	SEL		30	8	15	23	26		"?	"?	"?	"?	"?
1991-92	Malm IF	SEL		40	19	22	41	42		9	5	0	5	4
1992-93	Malm IF	SEL		32	8	10	18	40		6	4	4	8	9
1993-94	Ottawa Senators	NHL		23	2	3	5	6		"?	"?	"?	"?	"?
1993-94	Prince Edward Island Senators	AHL		52	29	38	67	28		"?	"?	"?	"?	"?
1994-95	EC KAC	AUS		28	28	36	64	40		3	2	2	4	2
1995-96	Malm IF	SEL		40	23	21	44	34		5	2	1	3	6
1996-97	Malm IF	SEL		33	19	17	36	44		"?	"?	"?	"?	"?
1996-97	Kassel Huskies	DEL		11	5	7	12	4		10	4	6	10	6
1997-98	Kassel Huskies	DEL		17	7	6	13	0		"?	"?	"?	"?	"?
1997-98	JYP	SM-l		14	14	7	21	16		"?	"?	"?	"?	"?
1997-98	Ilves	SM-l		11	5	4	9	40		9	7	3	10	0
1998-99	HC Fribourg-Gottron	NLA		5	4	2	6	4		"?	"?	"?	"?	"?
1998-99	SC Herisau	NLB		35	38	32	70	10		"?	"?	"?	"?	"?
1999-2000	HC Fribourg-Gottron	NLA		45	16	33	49	49		"?	"?	"?	"?	"?
1999-2000	HC Ambr-Piotta	NLA		1	0	0	0	0		"?	"?	"?	"?	"?
2000-01	Leksands IF	SEL		50	17	27	44	78		9	4	4	8	4
2001-02	MIF Redhawks	SEL		37	4	17	21	2		5	2	2	4	0
2001-02	DEG Metro Stars	DEL		12	3	4	7	10		"?	"?	"?	"?	"?
SEL totals				430	184	207	391	382		48	23	20	43	41

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1986	Sweden	WJC		7	1	1	2	0