Alexander Popov (ice hockey)

Alexander Alexandrovich Popov (Russian: Александр Александрович Попов; born August 31, 1980 in Angarsk, Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player who is under contract with Avangard Omsk in the Continental HK Hockey League since 1998.

Career

Alexander Popov began his career as a hockey player with the HK Avangard Omsk, for whom he made ​​his debut in the Russian Super League in the 1998/99 season. With its team of attackers was Russian Champion in the 2003/04 season for the first time. He was also in 2001 and 2006 runner-up with Omsk. At European level, Popov won the 2005 with Avangard the IIHF European Champions Cup. In the final Kärpät Oulu was knocked out of the Finnish SM- liiga. Since the 2008/ 09 season, the Russian Avangard Omsk plays with the newly formed Kontinental Hockey League.

Awards and achievements

  • 2001 Russian runner- HK Avangard Omsk with the
  • 2004 Champion of Russia with the Avangard Omsk HK
  • 2005 IIHF European Champions Cup - winning HK Avangard Omsk with the
  • 2006 Russian runner- HK Avangard Omsk with the

Internationally

  • 2012 Gold Medal at the World Championships

KHL stats

(As at end of the season 2010/11)

2008–09 KHL season 2013–14 KHL season Henrik Karlsson Kirill Lyamin Andrei Ivanov (ice hockey) Denis Kazionov Anton Kuryanov Dmitri Semin
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