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{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name  = Alexander Perezhogin
| image = Aleksandr Perezhogin , HC Avangard, 2011.jpg 
| image_size = 230px
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|8|10}}
| birth_place = [[Oskemen|Ust-Kamenogorsk]], [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic|Kazakh SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 211
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right Wing]]
| shoots = Left
| team = [[Avangard Omsk]]
| league = [[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]]
| former_teams = [[Montreal Canadiens]]<br>[[Salavat Yulaev Ufa]]
| ntl_team = RUS
| draft = 25th overall
| draft_year = 2001
| draft_team = [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| career_start = 2000
| career_end = 
}}

'''Alexander Valerievich Perezhogin''' ({{lang-ru|Александр Пережогин}}; born August 10, 1983) is a [[Kazakhstan]]i-[[Russia]]n professional [[ice hockey]] player currently playing for [[Avangard Omsk]] of the [[Kontinental Hockey League]] (KHL).

==Playing career==
Perezhogin began his playing career in his homeland of [[Kazakhstan]] before leaving in 1998, with his coach Sergei Gersonsky, to play for [[Avangard Omsk]]’s farm team Avangard VDV.<ref>http://www.russianprospects.com/public/profile.php?player_id=87</ref> He would then gain Russian citizenship upon his recruitment. Perezhogin remained with the Omsk organization for the remainder of his Russian league career prior to being drafted.

Perezhogin was drafted by the [[Montreal Canadiens]] in the first round of the [[2001 NHL Entry Draft]], 25th overall. In the 2003-04 season, Perezhogin came to North America to play with the [[Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)|Hamilton Bulldogs]], Montreal's [[American Hockey League]] (AHL) affiliate. He played with the [[Montreal Canadiens]] for two seasons.

During Perezhogin's suspension from the AHL for his stick-swinging incident on [[Garrett Stafford]], on the advice of [[Bob Gainey]] and the Montreal Canadiens, he re-joined his former team, [[Avangard Omsk]] of the [[Russian Superleague]] (RSL), and scored 33 points in 43 games. In total, Perezhogin tallied 55 points in 95 games in his career with Avangard.

He scored his first NHL goal on a break-away in his first career game, on October 6, 2005 at [[Madison Square Garden]] against [[New York Rangers]] [[goaltender]] [[Kevin Weekes]].

On May 8, 2007, Perezhogin signed a contract with [[Salavat Yulayev Ufa]] of the [[Russian Superleague]]. He would earn nearly $1.8 million US, almost three times his NHL salary during the [[2006–07 NHL season|2006-07 season]]. The Montreal Canadiens still hold his NHL rights as he is a restricted [[free agent]].

In April 2009, Perezhogin was invited to represent [[Russia]] in the [[2009 IIHF World Championship]] hosted in [[Switzerland]], where he played along the sides of Russian [[National Hockey League|NHL]] superstars such as [[Ilya Kovalchuk]] and five of his teammates from [[Salavat Yulaev Ufa]]. Russia won its second consecutive gold medal against Canada on May 10, 2009.

In April 2010, Perezhogin was traded to once again join his former team, [[Avangard Omsk]], with [[Salavat Yulaev Ufa]] receiving [[Igor Volkov]] in return.<ref>http://omsk.kp.ru/online/news/657849/</ref>

==Stick swinging incident==
On April 30, 2004, during the 2004 [[Calder Cup]] playoffs against the [[Cleveland Barons (2001–2006)|Cleveland Barons]], Perezhogin was cross-checked in the face by [[Garrett Stafford]], with both players falling to the ice. While both were trying to get back up, Stafford swung his stick at Perezhogin's head making contact with his helmet. In response, while getting up, Perezhogin turned around and swung his stick in an axe swinging, almost chopping fashion and caught Stafford, who was still getting up, in the face.

The consequent blow knocked Stafford unconscious, and into [[convulsion]]s. Stafford required twenty stitches, lost some teeth and was diagnosed with a [[concussion]]. He was released the next day from [[Hamilton General Hospital]] and has since made a full recovery. Perezhogin was suspended for the rest of the playoffs, and in an unprecedented move for the entire following AHL season of 2004–05. Perezhogin was also charged by [[Hamilton Police Service]], and was given a one-year probation, ordered to donate $5,000 to charity, and to cover all of Stafford's medical bills.

Perezhogin actually did play pro hockey in 2004–05, but in the [[Russian Superleague]] with Avangard. He returned to Hamilton for the 2005–06 season. He was called up to the [[Montreal Canadiens]] that season and played 67 games for the Habs. Since 2007, however, he returned to Russia, playing for [[Salavat Yulaev Ufa]] of the [[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]].

==Career statistics==
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{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="0" width="75%" style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5" | [[Regular season|Regular&nbsp;season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5" | [[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|----- ALIGN="center"
| class="l" | 1999–00 || class="l" | [[Avangard Omsk]]
| class="l" | [[Russian Super League|RSL]] || 1 || 0 || 0
| 0 || 0 || — || — || — || — || —
| ||
 ||  ||
|----- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| class="l" | 2000–01 || class="l" | Avangard Omsk
| class="l" | RSL || — || — || —
| — || — || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
| ||
 ||  ||
|----- ALIGN="center" 
| class="l" | 2001–02 || class="l" | Avangard Omsk
| class="l" | RSL || 3 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 4 || — || — || — || — || —
 ||  
|----- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| class="l" | 2002–03 || class="l" | Avangard Omsk
| class="l" | RSL || 48 || 15 || 6 || 21 || 28 || 8
| 0 || 2 || 2 || 4 || ||  ||
 ||  ||
|----- ALIGN="center" 
| class="l" | [[2003–04 AHL season|2003–04]] || class="l" | [[Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)|Hamilton Bulldogs]]
| class="l" | [[American Hockey League|AHL]] || 77 || 23 || 27 || 50 || 52 || 5
| 3 || 3 || 6 || 16
|----- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| class="l" | 2004–05 || class="l" | Avangard Omsk
| class="l" | RSL || 43 || 15 || 18
| 33 || 18 || 11 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 8
|----- ALIGN="center" 
| class="l" | [[2005–06 AHL season|2005–06]] || class="l" | Hamilton Bulldogs
| class="l" | AHL || 11 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 8 || — || — || — || — || —
|----- ALIGN="center"
| class="1" | [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]] || class="l" | [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| class="l" | [[National Hockey League|NHL]] || 67 || 9 || 10
| 19 || 38 || 6 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 4
|----- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| class="1" | [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07]] || class="1" | Montreal Canadiens
| class="1" | NHL || 61 || 6 || 9
| 15 || 48 || — || — || — || — || —
|----- ALIGN="center"
| class="1" | 2007–08 || class="1" | [[Salavat Yulaev Ufa]]
| class="1" | RSL || 50 || 21 || 20
| 41 || 42 || 16 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 14
|----- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| class="1" | [[2008–09 KHL season|2008–09]] || class="1" | Salavat Yulaev Ufa
| class="1" | [[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]] || 55 || 28 || 24
| 52 || 32 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2
|----- ALIGN="center" 
| class="1" | [[2009–10 KHL season|2009–10]] || class="1" | Salavat Yulaev Ufa
| class="1" | KHL || 56 || 13 || 19
| 32 || 36 || 16 || 4 || 1 || 5 || 22
|----- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| class="1" | [[2010–11 KHL season|2010–11]] || class="1" | Avangard Omsk
| class="1" | KHL || 51 || 20 || 17
| 37 || 28 || 11 || 5 || 5 || 10 || 6
|----- ALIGN="center"
| class="1" | [[2011–12 KHL season|2011–12]] || class="1" | Avangard Omsk
| class="1" | KHL || 53 || 17 || 10
| 27 || 28 || 21 || 8 || 4 || 12 || 8
|----- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| class="1" | [[2012–13 KHL season|2012–13]] || class="1" | Avangard Omsk
| class="1" | KHL || 45 || 17 || 8
| 25 || 38 || 12 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 10
|----- ALIGN="center"
| class="1" | [[2013–14 KHL season|2013–14]] || class="1" | Avangard Omsk
| class="1" | KHL || 53 || 16 || 20
| 36 || 43 || — || — || — || — || —
|----- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| class="1" | [[2014–15 KHL season|2014–15]] || class="1" | Avangard Omsk
| class="1" | KHL || 60 || 17 || 21
| 38 || 34 || 12 || 4 || 3 || 7 || 8
|----- ALIGN="center"
| class="1" | [[2015–16 KHL season|2015–16]] || class="1" | Avangard Omsk
| class="1" | KHL || 56 || 15 || 21
| 36 || 50 || 11 || 5 || 1 || 6 || 6

|----- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
!
! class="l" | NHL totals
! 
! 128
! 15
! 19
! 34
! 86
! 6
! 1
! 1
! 2
! 4
|----- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
!
! class="l" | RSL totals
! 
! 145
! 52
! 44
! 96
! 92
! 36
! 6
! 6
! 12
! 26
|----- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
!
! class="l" | KHL totals
! 
! 429
! 143
! 140
! 283
! 289
! 87
! 27
! 18
! 45
! 62
|}

===International statistics===
{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" width=40%
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! Place
! ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2001 IIHF World U18 Championships|2001]]
| Russia
| [[IIHF World U18 Championships|WJC18]]
| {{gold1}}
| 6
| 4
| 3
| 7
| 0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2002]]
| Russia
| [[IIHF World U20 Championship|WJC]]
| {{gold1}}
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
|- ALIGN="center"  
| [[2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2003]]
| Russia
| WJC
| {{gold1}}
| 6
| 3
| 6
| 9
| 4
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4" | Junior int'l totals
! 17
! 7
! 9
! 16
! 8
|- ALIGN="center" 
| [[2009 IIHF World Championship|2009]]
| Russia
| [[Ice Hockey World Championships|WC]]
| {{gold1}}
| 9
| 3
| 3
| 6
| 6
|- ALIGN="center"  bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2012 IIHF World Championship|2012]]
| Russia
| WC
| {{gold1}}
| 10
| 4
| 5
| 9
| 4
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan=4 | Senior int'l totals
! 19
! 7
! 8
! 15
! 10
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{NHL profile|8469478}}
* {{KHL profile|4100}}
* {{HockeyDB|56797}}
* {{Eurohockey|36118}}

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{{succession box | before = [[Mike Komisarek]] | title = [[List of Montreal Canadiens draft picks|Montreal Canadiens first round draft pick]] | years = [[2001 NHL Entry Draft|2001]] | after = [[Chris Higgins (ice hockey)|Chris Higgins]]}}
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