Aleksander Barkov

Aleksander Barkov
Date of birth	September 2, 1995
place of birth	Tampere , Finland
size	189 cm
Weight	93 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Draft
KHL Junior Draft	2012 , 1st round, 2nd position Yaroslavl locomotive
NHL Entry Draft	2013 , 1st round, 2nd position Florida Panthers
Career stations
2009-2013	Tappara Tampere
since 2013	Florida panthers

Aleksander Aleksandrovich "Sasha" Barkov ( Russian Александр Александрович Барков ; German transcription: Alexander Alexandrowitsch Barkow ; born September 2, 1995 in Tampere ) is a Russian - Finnish ice hockey player who joined the Florida Panthers in the National Hockey League in September 2013 Centers plays. With the Finnish national team , he won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics and a silver medal at the 2016 World Cup . His father Alexander Barkow was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Barkov was born and raised in Tampere, Finland , as his father Alexander worked for Tappara Tampere between 1994 and the end of his career in 2004 . During this time, Aleksander Barkov learned to play ice hockey in the club's junior division.

Aleksander Barkov (2015)

As a 15-year-old, he was in the squad for the club's U20 team and contributed 17 points in 25 games . On October 1, 2011, Barkov made his debut in the SM-liiga at the age of 16 . By preparing a goal he became the youngest player of all time to score a point in the top Finnish league. For the 2012/13 season , Barkov was finally firmly in the squad and was the second best scorer of his team with 48 points from 53 games. In the 2013 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected second in the first round by the Florida Panthers .

For the 2013/14 NHL season , Barkov moved to North America and immediately received a place in the Panthers' squad. He also scored his first goal on his NHL debut on October 3, 2013 against the Dallas Stars . At the age of 18 years and 31 days, Barkov was the youngest NHL goalscorer since the 1943/44 season .

At the beginning of the 2017/18 season, Barkov took over the position of assistant captain with the Panthers , before he achieved by far his best personal statistic with 78 scorer points and led his team in this category. He then took over the captaincy from Derek MacKenzie in September 2018 . In the following season, the attacker increased his points yield again significantly to 96 points, which he placed among the top ten scorers in the league. In addition, he set a new franchise record that Pawel Bure previously held (94 points; 1999/00 season). In addition, he was awarded the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for his athletic fairness .

International

Barkov played in all of the Finnish Ice Hockey Federation's junior teams between 2009 and 2012 . He was nominated for an international tournament for the first time at the U20 Junior World Cup in Canada in 2012 and, at the age of 16, was by far the youngest player in the Finnish squad. In the same year he completed the U18 Junior World Championship , in which he finished fourth with the U18 selection from his home country. He won the bronze medal with the Finnish national team at the 2014 Olympic Games and the silver medal at the 2016 World Cup . He was also part of the Finnish squad at the World Cup of Hockey 2016 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2014 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games
• 2016 silver medal at the world championship
• 2018 participation in the NHL All-Star Game
• 2019 Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2009/10	Tappara Tampere U16	C-Jun. SM-sarja Quali		8th	6th	8th	14th	2		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Tappara Tampere U16	C-Jun. SM-sarja		25th	20th	25th	45	6th		9	5	7th	12	4th
2010/11	Tappara Tampere U20	A-Jun. SM-liiga		25th	5	12	17th	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Tappara Tampere U18	B-Jun. SM-sarja Quali		8th	6th	3	9	2		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Tappara Tampere U18	B-Jun. SM-sarja		5	4th	5	9	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Tappara Tampere U16	C-Jun. SM-sarja Quali		1	0	3	3	0		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Tappara Tampere U16	C-Jun. SM-sarja		2	1	3	4th	0		10	7th	17th	24	2
2011/12	Tappara Tampere U20	A-Jun. SM-liiga		5	2	3	5	2		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Tappara Tampere	SM-liiga		32	7th	9	16	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Tappara Tampere	SM-liiga		53	21st	27	48	8th		5	0	5	5	2
2013/14	Florida panthers	NHL		54	8th	16	24	10		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Florida panthers	NHL		71	16	20th	36	16		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Florida panthers	NHL		66	28	31	59	8th		6th	2	1	3	2
2016/17	Florida panthers	NHL		61	21st	31	52	10		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Florida panthers	NHL		79	27	51	78	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Florida panthers	NHL		82	35	61	96	8th		-	-	-	-	-
2019/20	Florida panthers	NHL		66	20th	42	62	18th		4th	1	3	4th	2
Finnish C-junior classes total				36	27	39	66	8th		19th	12	24	36	6th
Finnish B-junior classes total				13	10	8th	18th	8th		-	-	-	-	-
Finnish A-junior classes total				30th	7th	15th	22nd	8th		-	-	-	-	-
SM-liiga total				85	28	36	64	12		5	0	5	5	2
NHL overall				479	155	252	407	84		10	3	4th	7th	4th

International

Represented Finland at:

Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2011 U20 Junior World Championship 2012 U18 Junior World Championship 2012 U20 Junior World Championship 2013

2014 Winter Olympics World Championship 2015 World Championship 2016 World Cup of Hockey 2016

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2011	Finland	Hlinka Memorial	4th Place		5	3	4th	7th	2
2012	Finland	U20 World Cup	4th Place		7th	1	3	4th	0
2012	Finland	U18 World Cup	4th Place		7th	1	2	3	27
2013	Finland	U20 World Cup	7th place		6th	3	4th	7th	6th
2014	Finland	Olympia			2	0	1	1	2
2015	Finland	WM	6th place		8th	4th	3	7th	4th
2016	Finland	WM			9	3	6th	9	2
2016	Finland	World cup	8th place		3	0	0	0	0
Juniors overall					25th	8th	13	21st	35
Men overall					22nd	7th	10	17th	8th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Aleksander Barkov  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Player biography on the Florida Panthers website
• Aleksander Barkov at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Adam Kimelman: Monahan joins Barkov among youngest scorers , NHL.com, October 5, 2013