Aleksandr Polozov

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EstoniaEstonia New ZealandNew Zealand  Aleksandr Polozov Ice hockey player
Date of birth April 16, 1986
place of birth Kohtla-Järve , Estonian SSR , Soviet Union
size 174 cm
Weight 81 kg
position striker
Shot hand Left
Career stations
2001-2002 HC Ceska Lipa
2002-2005 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
2005-2006 Vaasan Sport
2006-2007 Välk 494
Kombat Saint Petersburg
2007-2008 Tartu Big Diamonds
2008-2009 ValKi
2009-2010 HC Kuusankoski
Kotkan Titaanite
2010-2014 Botany Swarm
2015 Canterbury Red Devils
since 2016 Botany Swarm

Template: Infobox ice hockey player / country code 2

Aleksandr Polozov (born April 16, 1986 in Kohtla-Järve , Estonian SSR , Soviet Union ) is an Estonian - New Zealand ice hockey player who played for both nations at world championships and has played again with Botany Swarm in the New Zealand Ice Hockey League since 2016 .

Career

Aleksandr Polozov began his career as a hockey player in the youth department of the Czech club HC Ceska Lipa, for which he competed in the second highest Czech U18 league from 2001 to 2002. The attacker then played for three years for the second team of Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the third-class Russian Pervaya League before he moved to Vaasan Sport in the Mestis , the second Finnish division. In 2006 he returned to his homeland, but only played four games for Välk 494 from the Estonian League and then returned to the Pervaya League, where he laced his boots for Kombat Saint Petersburg. When, in 2007, the Tartu Big Diamonds, an Estonian professional team for participation in the Latvian ice hockey league, was founded, Polozov joined this team and, after a strong season, was elected to the all-star team of the Latvian league. After just one season, however, the club was dissolved again for financial reasons and Polozov again moved to Finland, where he was initially active for a year at ValKi in the II-divisioona , the fourth-highest Finnish division and was one of the top performers with 59 scorer points in 27 games . In the following year he tried a class higher in the Suomi-sarja , but where he did not get beyond isolated missions for HC Kuusankoski and Kotkan Titaanit .

Then Polozov moved to the southern hemisphere and joined Botany Swarm from the New Zealand Ice Hockey League . With the Auckland team , for whom he has played since then, with the exception of the 2015 season , which he spent with the Canterbury Red Devils . With the Swarm he was New Zealand champion in 2010 and 2011, where he had the most assists in the league in 2011 and was also voted the most valuable player of the NZIHL final.

International

For Estonia, Polozov took part in the junior division at the U18 World Championships in Division II in 2003 and 2004, as well as in the U20 World Championships in Division I in 2004 and 2005 and in Division II in 2006 , when, as the best assists in the tournament, he made a decisive contribution to the immediate promotion to Division I. , part. In the senior division, he competed for the Balts at the Division I World Championships in 2006 and 2008 .

After Polozov received his citizenship there after a long stay in New Zealand and also the license to play for the New Zealand national ice hockey team , he took part in the World Championships in 2017 and 2018 in Division II for his new home .

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personal data
SURNAME Polozov, Aleksandr
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian-New Zealand ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Kohtla-Järve , Estonian SSR, Soviet Union