Andrei Stepanov (ice hockey)

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Andrei Jurjewitsch Stepanov (Russian: Андрей Юрьевич Степанов, Belarusian Андрэй Юр'евіч Сцяпанаў / Andrej Yurevich Szjapanau; born April 14, 1986 in Moscow, Russian SFSR ) is a Belarusian- Russian ice hockey player who, since October of 2012 Amur Khabarovsk in the Kontinental Hockey League is under contract.

Career

Born in Moscow Stepanov played during his junior time for the HK CSKA Moscow. At the age of 16, he moved in 2002 to the town competitors Krylia Sovetov Moscow. There he was active until 2005 and completed during this period, the first operations in the sub-prime Wysschaja league. After leaving the striker ran until 2008 for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, HK MVD Tver, Vityaz Chekhov, Metallurg Novokuznetsk and HK Dmitrov on. For Tver he celebrated in the 2005/06 season his debut in the Super League.

In summer 2008, Stepanov moved to Belarus to HK Junost Minsk. With Minsk he celebrated between 2009 and 2011 three league titles in a row. Especially in the 2010/11 season completed Stepanov an excellent season and finished the regular season of the Belarusian Extraliga as the top scoring player with 40 goals and 75 points. He also won the 2011 IIHF Continental Cup. These services and the following at the World Cup 2011 won him an engagement in the Kontinental Hockey League and he decided in May 2011 to accept a contract offer from Amur Khabarovsk. A year later he moved within the league to HK Sibir Novosibirsk.

In October 2012, Stepanov was discharged together with Mikhail Fissenko in exchange for Alexander Nikulin to Amur Khabarovsk.

Internationally

Stepanov was appointed after his naturalization for the first time for the 2011 World Championships in Slovakia in the Belarusian national team. He was in six games on the ice, scored two goals and recorded three assists.

Awards and achievements

  • 2009 White Champion of Russia with the HK Junost Minsk
  • 2010 White Champion of Russia with the HK Junost Minsk
  • 2011 IIHF Continental Cup win with the HK Junost Minsk
  • 2011 White Champion of Russia with the HK Junost Minsk
  • 2011 Top scorer of the Belarusian Extraliga
  • 2011 top scorer of the Belarusian Extraliga
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