  andrei nikolaevich kovalenko (; born june 7, 1970) is a retired 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). ==playing career== kovalenko was drafted 148th overall in the 1990 nhl entry draft by the quebec nordiques while playing in russia for hc cska moscow. he was traded from the colorado avalanche to the montreal canadiens with jocelyn thibault and martin ruÄÃ­nskÃ½ for patrick roy and mike keane. in 1996, he scored the final goal in the history of the montreal forum, the fourth in a 4â1 victory over the dallas stars.  in 1999, he scored the first goal in the history of the rbc center as a member of the carolina hurricanes in a 4â2 loss to the new jersey devils. kovalenko has not played in the national hockey league since 2000â01 with the boston bruins, and has spent the last four years playing in the russian super league. in 2004â05, kovalenko split time between lokomotiv yaroslavl and avangard omsk. nicknamed "the tank" by his teammates because of his immovable presence from the goal crease. ==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 ! rowspa
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