Dmitri Kulikov (ice hockey)
Dmitri Vladimirovich Kulikov (Russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Куликов; born October 29, 1990 in Lipetsk, Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player standing since 2009 with the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League contract.
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Career
Dmitry Kulikov began his career as a hockey player at Rus Moscow, before moving to the youth department of the Russian first division club Lokomotiv Yaroslavl joined us in 2007, in which he was active until 2008. He then moved to the Drummondville Voltigeurs in the Canadian Junior Football League QMJHL, with whom he, the champion of the league, won the Coupe du Président. This success was the defender with 81 points scorer with a total of 76 games. He was then in the first round selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 2009 when a total of 14 players from the Florida Panthers, for whom he made his debut in the National Hockey League on October 2, 2009 game against the Chicago Blackhawks.
Due to the NHL lockout Kulikov plays from September to December 2012 for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Kontinental Hockey League.
Internationally
For Russia Kulikov took part in the U18 World Junior Championships in 2007 and 2008 and the U20 World Youth Championship 2009.
Awards and achievements
- 2009 CHL Top Prospects Game
- 2009 Coupe du Président - profit with the Drummondville Voltigeurs
- 2009 QMJHL All- Rookie Team
- 2009 QMJHL First All - Star Team
- 2009 CHL All- Rookie Team
- 2009 CHL Second All- Star Team
- 2009 Trophée Émile Bouchard
- Raymond Lagacé Trophy 2009
- 2009 Coupe RDS
- 2009 Trophée Michael Bossy
Internationally
- 2007 Gold medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
- 2008 Silver medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
- 2009 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
- 2010 Silver medal at the World Championships
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Russia at:
- U18 World Junior Championships 2007
- U18 Junior World Championship 2008
- U20 World Junior Championships 2009
- World Cup 2010
- World Cup 2011
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )