Alexei Kudashov
Alexei Nikolaevich Kudaschow (Russian Алексей Николаевич Кудашов; born July 21, 1971 in Elektrostal, Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player, who reached two Russian league titles with the HK Dynamo Moscow respectively OHK Dynamo in the course of his career.
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Career
Alexei Kudaschow began his career as a hockey player with crystal Elektrostal, for which he was active from 1986 to 1989 in the Wysschaja League, the highest Soviet league. He then moved for Krylia Sovetov Moscow five years. During this time he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1991 in the fifth round as a total 102 players from the Toronto Maple Leafs, for whom he made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 1993/94 season. After the Russians stood in the following two seasons exclusively in the American Hockey League for the St. John 's Maple Leafs and the Carolina Monarchs on the ice, he returned to Europe, where he played until 1997 for the Düsseldorf issued in the German Ice Hockey League.
After one year each at TPS Turku of the Finnish SM- liiga and Ak Bars Kazan of the Russian Super League, the right-handed shooter moved to their league rivals HK Dynamo Moscow, with whom he was first Champion of Russia 2000. In the season 2004/ 05 the former NHL player was only sporadically used by Dynamo, so he moved to the city neighbors HK CSKA Moscow, where he stayed for the following one and a half seasons.
The 2006/07 season began Kudaschow in Moskovskaya Oblast Chimik, before joining Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the course of the season, in which he was runner-up respectively in 2008 and 2009. In addition, the attackers took part in the 2009 inaugural KHL All-Star Game. For the season 2009/10 he moved within the Kontinental Hockey League to HK MVD Balaschicha changed, with whom he also was runner-up in 2010. Following the season, the team merged with the HK Dynamo Moscow and Kudaschow received a contract with the Nachfolgteam OHK Dynamo, for whom he played until 2012 and with whom he won the 2012 Gagarin Cup. After this success, he ended his career as a player and became an assistant coach at Atlant Mytischtschi.
After a series of defeats at the start of the 2013/14 season head coach Sergei Svetlov was released together with Alexander Nesterov and Alexei Kudaschow promoted to head coach.
Internationally
For the USSR Kudaschow took part in the U20 World Junior Championships in 1990 and 1991. For Russia played part of the striker at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, as well as the World Championships in 1998, 1999 and 2000.
Awards and achievements
- 2000 Champion of Russia with the HK Dynamo Moscow
- 2008 Russian runner with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
- 2009 KHL All-Star Game
- 2009 Russian runner with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
- 2012 Gagarin Cup win with the OHK Dynamo
Internationally
KHL stats
(As of the end of the 2010/11 season )