Nikita Klyukin

Nikita Sergeyevich Kljukin (Russian: Никита Сергеевич Клюкин; born November 10, 1989 in Andropov, Russian SFSR; † 7 September 2011 in Tunoschna near Yaroslavl ) was a Russian ice hockey player who is under contract during his career at Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Kontinental Hockey League stood.

Career

Nikita Kljukin began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the junior department of Polet Rybinsk. From there he moved to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, for the second team, he was active from 2005 to 2008 in the third-class Perwaja league. Subsequently, the Center issued in the 2008 /09 season for the first team of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Kontinental Hockey League newly established. In its premiere season, he failed with locomotive until the playoff final for the Gagarin Cup with 3:4 wins in the best- of-seven series at Ak Bars Kazan. The junior national player himself scored in his rookie year in 34 games and three goals were five templates.

From the 2009/10 season was Kljukin regular player in the KHL team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, but came parallel occasional appearances for the youth team in the multinational junior league Molodjoschnaja Chokkeinaja league. On September 7, 2011, he died in a plane crash near Yaroslavl killed.

Internationally

For Russia Kljukin took at junior level at the Under-18 Junior World Cup 2007, as well as the U20 Junior World Championship 2009 part. In the 2007 U18 World Cup, he was with his team world champion, two years later he was at winning the bronze medal with the U20 national team assistant captain.

Awards and achievements

  • 2007 Gold medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
  • 2009 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
  • 2009 Russian runner with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl

KHL stats

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