Maxim Afinogenov  #61

Afinogenov&nbsp; joins five teammates competing for Russia at the Olympics for the third time &ndash; Ilya Bryzgalov, Pavel Datsyuk, Andrei Markov, Sergei Fedorov and Ilya Kovalchuk (Sergei Gonchar is playing in his fourth). At the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake, he won a bronze medal and finished tied for the lead in team scoring with four points (2-2-4). <br /> <br /> As a member of the gold medal-wining Russian team at the 2008 World Championship, he tallied five goals in eight games to finish tied for third on the team. He played on a line with fellow 2010 Olympian Alexander Radulov. <br /> <br /> At the 1999 World Junior Championship, he was named the tournament&rsquo;s Best Forward and was the team&rsquo;s top scorer with eight points (3-5-8) as Russia won the gold medal with an overtime victory over Canada. <br /> <br /> Afinogenov was childhood friends with fellow 2010 teammate Sergei Gonchar and they first won an international medal together at the 1998 World Junior Championship &ndash; Russia lost to Finland in the final to capture the silver. <br /> <br /> <div id="olystatsbox" style="border: 1px solid rgb(161, 161, 161); margin: 4px 0px; padding: 0px; float: left; width: 660px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="0" class="asstat"> <tbody> <tr class="headrw"> <td>SEASON</td> <td>TEAM</td> <td>TOURNAMENT</td> <td align="center">GP</td> <td align="center">GOALS</td> <td align="center">ASSISTS</td> <td align="center">POINTS</td> <td align="center">PIM</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1997-1998</td> <td>Russia</td> <td>WJC-A</td> <td align="center">7</td> <td align="center">3</td> <td align="center">2</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center">4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1998-1999</td> <td>Russia</td> <td>WC-A</td> <td align="center">6</td> <td align="center">2</td> <td align="center">1</td> <td align="center">3</td> <td align="center">2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1998-1999</td> <td>Russia</td> <td>WJC-A</td> <td align="center">7</td> <td align="center">3</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center">8</td> <td align="center">0</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1999-2000</td> <td>Russia</td> <td>WC-A</td> <td align="center">6</td> <td align="center">1</td> <td align="center">0</td> <td align="center">1</td> <td align="center">4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2001-2002</td> <td>Russia</td> <td>Olympics</td> <td align="center">6</td> <td align="center">2</td> <td align="center">2</td> <td align="center">4</td> <td align="center">4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2001-2002</td> <td>Russia</td> <td>WC-A</td> <td align="center">9</td> <td align="center">3</td> <td align="center">0</td> <td align="center">3</td> <td align="center">6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2003-2004</td> <td>Russia</td> <td>WC-A</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center">1</td> <td align="center">1</td> <td align="center">2</td> <td align="center">4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2004-2005</td> <td>Russia</td> <td>W-Cup</td> <td align="center">4</td> <td align="center">0</td> <td align="center">1</td> <td align="center">1</td> <td align="center">2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2004-2005</td> <td>Russia</td> <td>WC-A</td> <td align="center">9</td> <td align="center">3</td> <td align="center">2</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center">6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2005-2006</td> <td>Russia</td> <td>Olympics</td> <td align="center">8</td> <td align="center">0</td> <td align="center">1</td> <td align="center">1</td> <td align="center">10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2007-2008</td> <td>Russia</td> <td>WC-A</td> <td align="center">8</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center">1</td> <td align="center">6</td> <td align="center">2</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <script type="text/javascript">jQuery(function(){ jQuery('#olystatsbox').corner('6px'); });</script>