Alexei Gennadjewitsch Tschupin

Alexei Tschupin
Date of birth	November 11, 1972
place of birth	Glazov , Russian SFSR
size	185 cm
Weight	95 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1992-2003	Ak Bars Kazan
2003-2005	HK Dynamo Moscow
2005-2006	Ak Bars Kazan
2006-2007	HK MWD Tver
2007-2008	HK Dynamo Moscow
2008-2009	Metallurg Novokuznetsk

Alexei Gennadjewitsch Tschupin ( Russian Алексей Геннадьевич Чупин ; born November 11, 1972 in Glasow , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player .

Career

Alexei Tschupin began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of Progress Glazov . From there he moved to Ak Bars Kazan , for whose professional team he was initially active from 1992 to 1996 in the International Hockey League and then from 1996 to 2003 in the Russian Super League . With Ak Bars he won the Russian championship title for the first time in the 1997/98 season . From 2003 to 2005 the winger played for league rivals HK Dynamo Moscow , with whom he also became Russian champions in the 2004/05 season . The following season he returned to Kazan and won the national championship again with Ak Bars. He then spent one season each at HK MWD Tver and his ex-club HK Dynamo Moscow. Most recently, the former national player appeared in the 2008/09 season for Metallurg Novokuznetsk in the newly founded Continental Hockey League . He scored nine goals and eleven assists in 48 games. He then ended his career at the age of 36.

International

For Russia , Tschupin took part in the 1997 and 1998 World Championships and in the Euro Hockey Tour in 2003 and 2004 .

Achievements and Awards

• 1998 Russian champion with Ak Bars Kazan
• 2005 Russian champion with HK Dynamo Moscow
• 2006 Russian champion with Ak Bars Kazan

KHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	1	48	9	11	20th	52
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

Web links

• Alexei Tschupin at hockeydb.com (English)
• Alexei Tschupin at eliteprospects.com (English)