Alexander Viktorovich Kutuzov

Alexander Kutuzov
Date of birth	November 23, 1985
place of birth	Kalinin , Russian SFSR
size	183 cm
Weight	93 kg
position	defender
number	# 69
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2002-2007	HK MWD Tver
2007-2008	HK MWD Balashikha
2008	Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk
2008-2014	HK Sibir Novosibirsk
2014-2015	Salawat Yulayev Ufa
2015-2017	HK CSKA Moscow
2017-2019	Yaroslavl locomotive
since 2019	HK Spartak Moscow

Alexander Wiktorowitsch Kutuzov ( Russian Александр Викторович Кутузов ; born November 23, 1985 in Kalinin , Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player who has been under contract with HK Spartak Moscow in the Continental Hockey League since May 2019 .

Career

Alexander Kutuzov (2012)

Alexander Kutuzov began his career as a hockey player in his hometown at HK MWD Tver , for whose professional team he made his debut in the Vysschaya League , the second Russian division, in the 2002/03 season . In the 2004/05 season, the defender rose as a second division champion with his team in the super league . For the 2007/08 season the HK MWD was relocated to Balaschikha and the Russian stayed with the club for a year after the relocation. The 2008/09 season he began at Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk in the newly formed Continental Hockey League . After only four games he left Neftechimik again and then played for their league rivals HK Sibir Novosibirsk . He improved his offensive game from year to year and became a national player in the 2013/14 season.

By the end of the 2013/14 season, Kutuzov had over 300 KHL games for HK Sibir. He was then committed to Salawat Yulayev Ufa for two years in May 2014 . Halfway through the contract, Salawat Julajew exchanged him for the transfer rights to Andreas Engqvist and Nikolai Prochorkin , which HK CSKA Moscow held. Kutusin played at CSKA until the end of the 2016/17 season and completed 84 KHL games in which he collected 18 points.

Kutuzov has been playing for Lokomotive Yaroslavl since November 2017 .

International

During the 2013/14 season, Kutuzov made his debut in the jersey of the Russian national team and was used, among other things, in the Euro Hockey Tour . At the men's ice hockey world championship in 2014 , he won the gold medal with the national team and contributed 3 scorer points in 10 World Cup games to this success. For this success, Kutuzov received the Order of Honor .

Achievements and Awards

• 2005 Champion of the Wysschaja League and promotion to the Super League with HK MWD Tver
• 2014 gold medal at the world championship
• 2014 Order of Honor

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes	Plus minus
KHL main round	11	462	38	95	133	221	+24
KHL playoffs	6th	54	2	8th	10	24	+7
Super League main round	3	121	6th	13	19th	89	+7
Super League Playoffs	3	8th	1	0	1	12	−3

(Status: end of the 2018/19 season)

Web links

• Alexander Kutusow at hockeydb.com (English)
• Alexander Kutusow at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ sports.ru, Защитник ХК МВД перешёл в "Нефтехимик" ( Memento of 5 September 2012 Webcite ) 23, May 2008
2. ↑ hcsalavat.ru, Александр Кутузов будет играть за "Салават Юлаев" , May 16, 2014, accessed on February 14, 2017
3. ↑ ЦСКА подтвердил обмен Прохоркина и Энгквиста в "Салават" на Кутузова. In: championat.com. June 1, 2015, accessed November 17, 2015 (Russian).