Alexander Petrovich Skugarev

Alexander Skugarev
Date of birth	March 13, 1975
place of birth	Angarsk , Russian SFSR
size	190 cm
Weight	92 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1997-2000	Amur Khabarovsk
2000-2003	Yaroslavl locomotive
2003-2005	HK Lada Tolyatti
2005-2007	HK Dynamo Moscow
2007-2008	HK CSKA Moscow
2008-2009	Barys Astana
2010-2011	Yermak Angarsk PHK Krylya Sovetov Moscow
2011–2012	Buran Voronezh

Alexander Petrovich Skugarew ( Russian Александр Петрович Скугарев ; born March 13, 1975 in Angarsk , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player who was last under contract with Buran Voronezh in the Pervaya League .

Career

Alexander Skugarew began his career as an ice hockey player with Amur Khabarovsk , for which he was active in the Russian Super League from 1997 to 2000 . He then moved to their league rivals Lokomotiv Yaroslavl , with whom he became Russian champions in 2002 and 2003 . Despite the success, the attacker left the club again and played in the following two years for HK Lada Tolyatti , with whom he was runner-up in the 2004/05 season. He then joined the reigning champions HK Dynamo Moscow , with whom he won the IIHF European Champions Cup at European level in 2006 , where he prevailed in the final with Dynamo against Kärpät Oulu from the Finnish SM-liiga . In the summer of 2007 Skugarew signed with Dynamo's city rivals HK CSKA Moscow , with whom he also began the 2008/09 season in the newly founded Continental Hockey League . During the season, however, he moved to his Kazakh league rivals Barys Astana .

After a year break from ice hockey, Skugarew joined for the 2010/11 season Yermak Angarsk from the new second Russian division, the Vysschaya Hockey League . Shortly before the end of the season he moved to his league rivals Krylya Sowetow Moscow . After Krylja Sowetow's professional division had been dissolved, he signed a contract with Buran Voronezh in the third-class Pervaya League for the 2011/12 season .

International

For Russia Skugarew took part in the 2004 World Cup, in which he finished tenth with his team.

Achievements and Awards

• 2002 Russian champion with Yaroslavl locomotive
• 2003 Russian champion with Yaroslavl locomotive
• 2005 Russian runner-up with the HK Lada Tolyatti
• 2006 IIHF European Champions Cup - win with HK Dynamo Moscow

KHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	1	40	4th	9	13	18th
Playoffs	1	2	0	0	0	0

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Alexander Skugarew at eurohockey.com
• Alexander Skugarew at eliteprospects.com (English)