height_ft played_for shoots weight_lb birth_place draft_year image_size career_end position ntl_team_ draft_team height_in birth_date image article_title draft ntl_team career_start
5 torpedo colorado avalanche montreal canadiens edmonton oilers philadelphia flyers carolina hurricanes gorky boston bruins lokomotiv yaroslavl avangard omsk severstal cherepovets cska moscow quebec nordiques hc lada togliatti left 227 balakovo , soviet union 1990 230px 2008 right wing unified team soviet union quebec nordiques 11 7 june 1970 andrei kovalenko -lrb- cropped -rrb- . jpg andrei kovalenko
 148th overall russia 1987
andrei kovalenko

andrei nikolaevich kovalenko -lrb- ; born june 7 , 1970 -rrb- 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 -lrb- khl pa -rrb- .
