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{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Vitali Kolesnik, 2012.jpeg
| image_size = 220px
| caption =
| position = [[Goaltender]]
| catches = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 207
| team = [[Barys Astana]]
| league = [[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]]
| former_teams = [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]] [[Kazzinc-Torpedo|Kazzinc Torpedo]] [[Colorado Avalanche]] [[Atlant Moscow Oblast]] [[Salavat Yulaev Ufa]]
| ntl_team = Kazakhstan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|8|20|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Oskemen|Ust-Kamenogorsk]], [[Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic|Kazakh SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| career_start = 1998
| draft = Undrafted
}}
{{MedalTableTop| name = no}}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[ice hockey]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{KAZ}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2011 Asian Winter Games|2011 Astana-Almaty]]|[[Ice hockey at the 2011 Asian Winter Games|Ice hockey]]}}
{{MedalBottom}}
'''Vitali Nikolaevich Kolesnik''' ({{lang-ru|Виталий Николаевич Коле́сник}}; born August 20, 1979) is a [[Kazakhstan]]i professional [[ice hockey]] [[goaltender]] currently playing for [[Barys Astana]] of the [[Kontinental Hockey League]] (KHL).

==Playing career==
Kolesnik began his career with [[Kazzinc-Torpedo]] and spent five years with the club from [[Oskemen|Ust-Kamenogorsk]] before being signed as a free agent by the [[Colorado Avalanche]] on August 16, 2005.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1300627-ust-kamenogorsk-kazakhstan-nhl-goalie-hotbed | title = Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan: NHL Goalie Hotbed | publisher = [[Bleacher Report]] | date = August 16, 2012 | accessdate = December 25, 2013 | author = Ty Dilello}}</ref> Unlike the vast majority of NHL players, he was never drafted.

He played for the Avalanche's minor league hockey team, the [[Lowell Lock Monsters]], where he logged a 2.80 [[goals against average]] (GAA) and a .916 [[save percentage]] with a pair of shutouts. His first game played with the [[Colorado Avalanche]] was on December 7, 2005, in which they beat the [[Boston Bruins]] 4–1. On December 28, 2005, the Colorado Avalanche announced that Kolesnik was being sent back to Lowell, after starting seven NHL games, going 3–3–0, with a 3.29 goals against average and a .887 save percentage. Earlier in the week, on December 21, it was announced that Kolesnik was selected to represent his home country of [[Kazakhstan national men's ice hockey team|Kazakhstan]] in the [[ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Winter Olympics]] in [[Turin]], [[Italy]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/winter06/hockey/news/story?id=2268257 | title = Colorado's Kolesnik to play for Kazakhstan in Turin | publisher = [[ESPN]] | date = December 22, 2005 | accessdate = December 25, 2013}}</ref> He got to play in two games (4-1 loss to USA, 2-1 loss to Slovakia), and was the first star for Kazakhstan in both games.

Kolesnik was recalled again by the Avalanche on March 9, 2006 to dress as a backup to [[Peter Budaj]]. Kolesnik finished the season with Colorado, appearing in eight games.

For the 2006–07 season, Kolesnik with the ambition to become a starting goaltender left [[North America]] to play for [[Mytishi Khimik]] in the [[Russian Superleague]] (RSL). On April 28, 2009, he left Mytishi Khimik and signed with league rival [[Avangard Omsk]]. After only three months with Avangard, Kolesnik joined [[Salavat Yulaev Ufa]] and signed a three-year contract. He finished the first regular season of the KHL with the lowest goals against average amongst all goaltenders with 1.59. During the opening round playoffs in the [[2009-10 KHL season|2009–10]] season against [[Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg|Avtomobilist]], Kolesnik became the victim of a bizarre random assault when an inebriated Ekaterinburg fan from the stands swung a stick repeatedly over the Ufa team bench and concussed Kolesnik.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Video-Fan-attacks-KHL-goalie-with-stick-on-team?urn=nhl-228030 | title = Video: Fan attacks KHL goalie with stick on team bench | publisher = [[Yahoo! Sports]] | date = March 15, 2010 | accessdate = September 7, 2010}}</ref> Kolesnik left the game as Avtomobilist won 4-3 and were subsequently fined.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.russianhockeyfans.com/khl/video-salavats-goalie-vitaly-kolesnik-assaulted-by-a-fan-during-a-game-163.html | title = Salavat's goalie Vitaly Kolesnik assaulted by fan during game | publisher = RussianHockeyFans.com | date = March 15, 2010 | accessdate = September 7, 2010}}</ref> He went on to win the [[Gagarin Cup]] with Salavat Yulavev Ufa during the [[2010-11 KHL season|2010–11]] season.

After the completion of his three-year contract, Kolesnik left to sign as a free agent with the rebuilt [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]], for the [[2012-13 KHL season|2012–13]] season on May 3, 2012.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://hclokomotiv.ru/news/news/20120503190428/ | title = Second wave begins | publisher = [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]] | date = May 3, 2012 | accessdate = May 3, 2012 | language = russian}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:75%"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! align="center" colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! align="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! align="center" colspan="9" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | [[Regular season]]
! align="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! align="center" colspan="8" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | [[Playoffs]]
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP
! W
! L
! T/OT
! MIN
! GA
! [[Shutout#Ice hockey|SO]]
! [[Goals against average|GAA]]
! [[save percentage|SV%]]
! GP
! W
! L
! MIN
! GA
! SO
! GAA
! SV%
|- ALIGN="center"
| 1998–99
| [[Kazzinc-Torpedo]]
| [[Russian Major League|VHL]]
| 2
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2001–02
| Kazzinc-Torpedo
| VHL
| 1
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 1.00
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2002–03
| Kazzinc-Torpedo
| VHL
| 25
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 2.10
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2003–04
| Kazzinc-Torpedo
| VHL
| 35
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 1.67
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2004–05
| Kazzinc-Torpedo
| VHL
| 42
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 1.67
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2005–06 AHL season|2005–06]]
| [[Lowell Lock Monsters]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 29
| 15
| 13
| 0
| 1717
| 80
| 3
| 2.80
| .918
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2005–06 NHL season|2005–06]]
| [[Colorado Avalanche]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 8
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 370
| 20
| 0
| 3.24
| .888
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2006–07
| [[Atlant Moscow Oblast|Khimik Moscow Oblast]]
| [[Russian Super League|RSL]]
| 38
| —
| —
| —
| 2006
| 82
| 4
| 2.45
| —
| 9
| —
| —
| 503
| 16
| 3
| 1.91
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2007–08
| Khimik Moscow Oblast
| RSL
| 51
| —
| —
| —
| 2684
| 101
| 3
| 2.26
| —
| 5
| —
| —
| 269
| 10
| 0
| 2.23
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2008-09 KHL season|2008–09]]
| Atlant Moscow Oblast
| [[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]]
| 30
| 15
| 5
| 6
| 1322
| 35
| 5
| 1.59
| .945
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0.00
| 1.000
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2009–10 KHL season|2009–10]]
| [[Salavat Yulaev Ufa]]
| KHL
| 34
| 17
| 6
| 6
| 1622
| 60
| 5
| 2.22
| .908
| 4
| 1
| 3
| 272
| 8
| 0
| 1.76
| .934
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2010–11 KHL season|2010–11]]
| Salavat Yulaev Ufa
| KHL
| 27
| 15
| 4
| 5
| 1315
| 50
| 3
| 2.28
| .922
| 4
| 1
| 2
| 148
| 2
| 1
| 0.81
| .975
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2011–12 KHL season|2011–12]]
| Salavat Yulaev Ufa
| KHL
| 20
| 6
| 8
| 3
| 1016
| 53
| 1
| 3.13
| .898
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2012–13 KHL season|2012–13]]
| [[Lokomotiv Yaroslavl]]
| KHL
| 15
| 6
| 7
| 2
| 830
| 34
| 2
| 2.46
| .920
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- ALIGN="center"
| [[2013–14 KHL season|2013–14]]
| Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
| KHL
| 19
| 7
| 4
| 5
| 955
| 24
| 3
| 1.51
| .946
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 1
| 0
| 3.00
| .917
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2014–15 KHL season|2014–15]]
| Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
| KHL
| 28
| 13
| 6
| 7
| 1456
| 44
| 1
| 1.81
| .932
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 139
| 8
| 0
| 3.47
| .881
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" align="center" | KHL totals
! 173
! 78
! 38
! 34
! 8517
! 300
! 20
! 2.11
! .924
! 13
! 2
! 6
! 586
! 19
! 1
! 1.94
! .933
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" align="center" | NHL totals
! 8
! 3
! 3
! 0
! 370
! 20
! 0
! 3.24
! .888
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
! —
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{nhlprofile|8471915}}
*{{Eliteprospects}}
*{{hockeydb|90134}}
*{{eurohockey|27187}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kolesnik, Vitali}}
[[Category:1979 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Barys Astana players]]
[[Category:Colorado Avalanche players]]
[[Category:Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia]]
[[Category:Atlant Moscow Oblast players]]
[[Category:Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani ice hockey players]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani people of Russian descent]]
[[Category:Kazzinc-Torpedo players]]
[[Category:Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players]]
[[Category:Lowell Lock Monsters players]]
[[Category:Olympic ice hockey players of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Oskemen]]
[[Category:Salavat Yulaev Ufa players]]
[[Category:Undrafted National Hockey League players]]
[[Category:Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2011 Asian Winter Games]]

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