Alexander Nikulin (ice hockey)
| Alexander Nikulin | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nikulin in 2012 with Amur Khabarovsk | ||||||
| Born |
August 25, 1985 Perm, Soviet Union | |||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | |||||
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb) | |||||
| Position | Center | |||||
| Shoots | Left | |||||
| Mestis team Former teams |
NHL Draft |
122nd overall, 2004 Ottawa Senators | ||||
| Playing career | 2004–present | |||||
Alexander Sergeevich Nikulin (Russian: Александр Сергеевич Никулин; born August 25, 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey player. Nikulin is currently playing with TUTO Hockey in the Finnish Mestis.
Playing career
Alexander turned professional with
In the
, where he spent the majority of the season, only playing in a single game with the Coyotes.On May 24, 2009, failing an adaption to the North American style, Nikulin signed with former team CSKA Moscow of the KHL for the 2009-10 season.[3]
During the 2014–15 season, Nikulin's third stint with CSKA was cut short to 5 scoreless games after he was waived and claimed by Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk on October 29, 2014.[4]
On July 5, 2015, Nikulin continued his career in the KHL, signing a contract with HC Lada Togliatti.[5]
Personal
While with the Senators, Nikulin maintained a blog of his transition to North America, that became popular due to its candour.[6]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season
|
Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2001–02 | Molot–Prikamie–2 Perm | RUS-3
|
37 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Molot–Prikamie–2 Perm | RUS-3 | 51 | 23 | 12 | 35 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | CSKA–2 Moscow | RUS-3 | 55 | 23 | 27 | 50 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | CSKA Moscow | RSL | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | CSKA–2 Moscow | RUS-3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | CSKA Moscow | RSL | 51 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2006–07 | CSKA Moscow | RSL | 33 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 2006–07 | CSKA–2 Moscow | RUS-3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 71 | 14 | 36 | 50 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Binghamton Senators | AHL | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 64 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Phoenix Coyotes
|
NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | CSKA Moscow | KHL | 42 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | CSKA Moscow | KHL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Amur Khabarovsk | KHL | 45 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Amur Khabarovsk | KHL | 44 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Amur Khabarovsk | KHL | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Sibir Novosibirsk | KHL | 36 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Spartak Moscow | KHL | 45 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | CSKA Moscow | KHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Buran Voronezh | VHL
|
7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | KHL | 22 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Lada Togliatti | KHL | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | HC Vityaz | KHL | 26 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | HC Vityaz | KHL | 51 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | HC Vityaz | KHL | 48 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | HC Vityaz | KHL | 52 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš | SVK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | TUTO Hockey | Mestis | 11 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | TUTO Hockey | Mestis | 42 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| RSL totals | 100 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 30 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| NHL totals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| KHL totals | 453 | 52 | 126 | 178 | 68 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Russia | WJC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
References
- ^ "Sens prospect Nikulin demands a trade". TSN. 2008-11-02. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
- ^ "Coyotes acquire Nikulin from Senators". coyotes.nhl.com. 2008-11-03. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2008-11-03.
- ^ "Alexander Nilukin: Dumping the puck is not for me". russianprospects.com. 2009-05-24. Archived from the original on 2009-07-03. Retrieved 2009-05-30.
- ^ "Nikulin departs to Neftekhimik via waivers" (in Russian). HC CSKA Moscow. 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ^ "Forward Nikulin to continue his career with Togliatti". rusport.ru. 2015-07-05. Archived from the original on 2015-07-07. Retrieved 2015-07-05.
- ^ Bruce Garrioch (2007-09-20). "Carkner's dealt a bad hand". Ottawa Sun. Retrieved 2007-09-20. [permanent dead link]
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Alexander Nikulin's blog
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