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Pavel Valentenko (D)

Connecticut Whale

Biography

2010-11: Led Whale defensemen, and tied for overall team lead, in regular-season plus/minus with a +21…Finished second among Whale blueliners in regular-season points, goals and assists (5-12-17 in 79 GP)…Notched 1-1-2 in regular-season finale 4/10 vs. Norfolk…Put a game-high, and AHL career-best, six shots on net in 4-1 win @ Bridgeport 4/8…Tallied his second goal in a span of four games 4/1 @ Providence…Registered a point for the third time in four games (1-2-3) with a goal in 3-2 shootout win vs. Charlotte 3/25…Had an assist 3/20 vs. Springfield (3-1 win), giving him helpers in back-to-back games (1-1-2)…Assisted on Jeremy Williams’ third-period GWG in 4-2 victory 3/12 vs. Worcester…Was an AHL career-best +4, and notched his first multiple-point game in a Whale uniform with 1-1-2, in 7-2 win @ Worcester 3/6…Posted primary assist on John Mitchell’s GWG with 7.7 seconds left in regulation 3/2 vs. Springfield (3-2 victory)…Had assists in back-to-back games 11/21 @ Hershey and 11/26 @ Bridgeport…Netted his first Wolf Pack goal 11/17 @ Manchester…Registered his first Wolf Pack point with an assist on GWG 10/16 @ Bridgeport (2-1 victory)…Put five shots on net 10/15 @ Albany…Made Wolf Pack debut in season opener vs. Charlotte 10/9…2009-10: Missed first three months of KHL season due to injury…2008-09: Joined Dynamo Moscow (KHL) from Hamilton (AHL) 10/27/08…Drafted: 5th rd. (139th ov.) by Montreal 2006.