Evgeny Kuznetsov
Evgeny Kuznetsov (Russian: Евгений Евгеньевич Кузнецов; born 19 May 1992, Chelyabinsk) is a Russian ice hockey player who is since 2014 the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League contract.
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Career
Yevgeny Kuznetsov began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the junior department of the HC Traktor Chelyabinsk, for the second team, he was from 2007 to 2009 in the Perwaja League, the third Russian league, active. In the 2009/10 season, the attacker made his debut for tractor professional team in the Kontinental Hockey League. He scored three goals in 39 games and had seven assists. He also scored 19 points scorer in eleven games for the tractor boys team in the inaugural multinational junior league Molodjoschnaja Chokkeinaja league.
NHL Entry Draft 2010 Russian junior national team was selected in the first round as a total 26 players from the Washington Capitals. However Kuznetsov stayed with his hometown club, for whom he in the 2010/11 season in 44 games 32 points scorer, 17 goals scored and thus could nearly triple its output compared to the previous year. In addition, he scored seven goals and four assists for the tractor boys team in the junior league MHL.
Internationally
For Russia Kuznetsov took at junior level at the U18 World Junior Championships in 2009 and 2010 and the U20 World Junior Championships U20 Junior World Cup 2010 Junior and U20 World Cup 2011 part. With the U18 national team, he was runner-up in 2009 and with the U20 National Team 2011 World Champion. In the U18 World Cup 2010 ud the 2011 U20 World Cup, he was one in each of the three best players of his team, in 2011 he was also elected to the All-Star team for the U20 World Cup. In 2011 he was senior level in the squad of his country at the Euro Hockey Tour.
Awards and achievements
- 2012 KHL All-Star Game
- 2012 KHL striker of January
Internationally
- 2009 Silver medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
- 2010 All -Star team the U18 World Youth Championship
- 2010 Top 3 players of Russia at the U18 World Youth Championship
- 2011 Gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
- 2011 All- Star team the U20 World Youth Championship
- 2011 Top 3 players of Russia at the U20 World Youth Championship
- 2012 Silver medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
- 2012 Most Valuable Player of the U-20 World Youth Championship
- 2012 Best striker in the U20 World Junior Championships
- 2012 top scorer of the U20 World Junior Championships
- 2012 All -Star team the U20 World Youth Championship
- 2012 Gold Medal at the World Championships
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Russia at:
- World U -17 Hockey Challenge 2009
- U18 World Junior Championships 2009
- U20 Junior World Cup 2010
- U18 Junior World Cup 2010
- U20 World Junior Championships 2011
- U20 Junior World Championship 2012
- World Cup 2012
( 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 )