Andre Burakowsky

History

2010-11: Andre Burakowsky, the son of former Ottawa Senator Robert Burakowsky, played for Malmo's U18 club in Sweden and skated for Skane in the TV-Pucken tournament for high school-age players. In 17 games for Malmo he scored 8 goals with 9 assists. In eight games for Skane, he scored 8 goals with 7 assists and had 4 penalty minutes. Burakowsky played 11 international games with Sweden's U16 team and had 5 goals with 3 assists.

2011-12: Burakowsky made his pro hockey debut playing for Malmo in Allsvenskan (Sweden's second league), and was a point-per-game scorer for the club's U20 team as a 16-year-old. He played 13 games with the Malmo men's team, including three post-season contests, and was plus-one with 1 assist. Burakowsky scored 17 goals with 25 assists and was minus-three with 43 penalty minutes in 42 regular season games for Malmo U20. He had 1 goal and 4 assists in five playoff games as Malmo won the U20 silver medal. Burakowsky represented Sweden in the U17 World Hockey Challenge and U18 World Junior Championship tournaments. He scored 4 goals with 4 assists in six games at the WHC and had 3 assists in six games at the U18 WJC. Burakowsky was selected by SKA St. Petersburg in the third round (102nd overall) of the 2012 KHL Draft.

2012-13: Burakowsky played 43 games in Allsvenskan with Malmo and represented Sweden in the 2013 U18 World Junior Championship as well as the Five Nations U18 Tournament in Sweden in February. He scored 4 goals with 7 assists and was minus-two with 8 penalty minutes in Allsvenskan play for the ninth place Redhawks. Burakowsky also skated for Malmo's U18 and U20 teams. At the Four Nations tournament, he scored 1 goal and had 2 assists in four games. Burakowsky was ranked fifth amongst European skaters in Central Scouting's mid-season rankings prior to the 2013 NHL Draft, and is ranked sixth in the CSS final rankings.