Konstantin Romanov (ice hockey)

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Konstantin Mikhailovich Romanov (Russian Константин Михайлович Романов; born March 14, 1985 in Moscow, Russian SFSR ) is a Kazakh- Russian ice hockey player who stands since 2008 at Barys Astana in the Kontinental Hockey League contract.

Career

Konstantin Romanov began his career as a hockey player in the youth of HK Dynamo Moscow, for its first team he gave his debut in the 2004/05 season in the Russian Super League, where he immediately Champion of Russia was in his rookie year. For winning the title was the attacker scorer with five points in 30 games. At European level, he won with Dynamo 2006 IIHF European Champions Cup, in which the final, he prevailed with his team against Kärpät Oulu in the Finnish SM- liiga. In summer 2008, Romanow was obliged Barys Astana of the newly formed Kontinental Hockey League, was in the 2008 /09 season but without KHL insert for the Kazakhs. This should change in the coming years: By 2013, he graduated (including playoffs ) in total one hundred games for his team

Internationally

For Kazakhstan Romanov took part in the World Championship Division I in 2011, when he reached with his team's promotion to the top division. In the following year, however, he could at the World Championships in Finland and Sweden with his team not avoid relegation. A repeat start in Group A of Division I of the 2013 World Championships was successful: Also thanks to three goals from Romanov - two in a 5-2 opening win against Japan and a 5-0 win against the later relegated the UK - managed the Asians as group winners an immediate return to the top flight of the Ice Hockey World Championships. Previously, he had already taken part in the qualifiers for the 2014 Winter Olympics in February 2013, was here, however, failed with the Kazakh team to Latvia, against which the decisive game was lost with 2:3.

Overall, Romanov graduated had 26 caps for Kazakhstan, where he scored nine goals.

Awards and achievements

• 2005 Champion of Russia with the HK Dynamo Moscow
• 2006 IIHF European Champions Cup win with the HK Dynamo Moscow
• 2011 promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group B
• 2013 promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group A

Statistics

(End of season 2012/ 13)