Leo Komarov
Leo Komarov (Russian Леонид Александрович Комаров / Leonid Alexandrovich Komarov; born January 23, 1987 in Narva, Estonian SSR ) is a Finnish- Russian ice hockey player who is under contract with HK Dynamo Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League since July 2013.
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Career
Leo Komarov, who owns both the Finnish and Russian citizenship, his debut in the SM- liiga began his career as a hockey player in the youth of Ässät Pori, for the first team he in the season 2005/ 06 was. DC in his rookie year, the attacker was runner with his team, which he scored six points scorer in 44 games the main round. He also recorded four points scorer in 14 playoff games and ran in five games for the Finnish U20 national team in the second-rate Mestis on. He was then selected in the sixth round in the NHL Entry Draft in 2006 as a total 180 players from the Toronto Maple Leafs, which then, however, did not accept him under contract.
In summer 2006, Komarov joined the Pelicans Lahti, for which he was on the following three seasons on the ice. For the 2009/10 season the links Sagittarius received a contract with HK Dynamo Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League. After the season, Dynamo merged due to financial problems with the HK MVD Balaschicha to OHK Dynamo. In June 2010, Komarov was awarded a contract with this new club and won 2012 with the OHK the Gagarin Cup. He subsequently received by the Maple Leafs a one - year contract and completed for this in the season 2012/ 13 49 NHL games.
In July 2013 he left the NHL again and was taken from the HK Dynamo Moscow under contract.
Internationally
For Finland Komarov took part in the U20 World Junior Championships in 2006 and 2007. In addition, he was in the squad of Finland in the World Championships in 2009 and 2010. At the Olympic Games in 2014 he won the bronze medal with the Finnish national team.
Awards and achievements
- 2006 Finnish runner with Ässät Pori
- 2011 KHL All-Star Game
- 2012 Gagarin Cup win with the OHK Dynamo
Internationally
- 2006 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
- 2011 Gold Medal at the World Championships
- 2014 bronze medal at the Winter Olympics
KHL stats
(End of season 2010/11)