Alexei Igorevich Kuznetsov

Alexei Kuznetsov
Date of birth	February 1, 1983
place of birth	Ust-Kamenogorsk , Kazakh SSR
size	182 cm
Weight	89 kg
position	goalkeeper
number	# 20
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
2001-2002	Mostowik Kurgan
2002-2003	Dinamo-Energija Yekaterinburg
2003-2005	HK Sibir Novosibirsk
2005-2006	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
2006-2007	HK Saryarka Karaganda
2007-2010	Barys Astana
2010–2012	HK Awangard Omsk
2012-2013	Amur Khabarovsk
2013-2014	HK Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk
2015	HK Saryarka Karaganda
2015-2016	Beibarys Atyrau

Alexei Igorewitsch Kuznetsov ( Russian Алексей Игоревич Кузнецов ; born February 1, 1983 in Ust-Kamenogorsk , Kazakh SSR ) is a Kazakh ice hockey goalkeeper who last played for Beibarys Atyrau in the Kazakh championship .

Career

Alexei Kuznetsov began his career in 2001 in the Russian second division with Mostowik Kurgan . In 2002 he moved to Dinamo-Energija Yekaterinburg for one season . From 2003 to 2005 he played for HK Sibir Novosibirsk . In the season 2005/06 the goalkeeper of Kaszink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk was committed. He spent the next season at the Kazakh club HK Saryarka Karaganda . From 2007 to 2010 he was in goal with Barys Astana from Kazakhstan. During that time he was named the best goalkeeper in the Kazakh Championship in 2008 . In 2010 the goalkeeper switched to league rivals HK Awangard Omsk .

In November 2012, HK Awangard Kuznetsov exchanged together with Yevgeny Orlov for Oleg Piganowitsch from Amur Khabarovsk , as the club's management was looking for a strong defender. For Amur, Kuznetsov came to 19 missions in the KHL, before moving to HK Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk within the league in May of the following year . At HK Ugra he was under contract until the end of October 2014, before the contract was dissolved by mutual agreement due to an injury. In 2015 he signed a contract with HK Saryarka Karaganda, but moved to Beibarys Atyrau in the Kazakh championship after just one game in the Wysschaja Hockey League , which he won with the club.

International

For Kazakhstan , Kuznetsov took part in the qualification for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games . In addition, he was in his country's squad at the World Championships in Division I in 2009 , when he made a significant contribution to the rise of the Kazakhs in the top division with the best catch quota and the lowest goals against goals of the tournament, and in 2011 and the top division in 2010 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2008 Best goalkeeper of the Kazakh ice hockey championship
• 2009 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group A.
• 2009 Lowest goals against goals against in the World Cup in Division I, Group A
• 2009 Best catch quota at the World Cup in Division I, Group A
• 2011 Promotion to the top division at the World Championship Division I, Group B
• 2016 Kazakh champion with Beibarys Atyrau

Web links

• Alexei Kuznetsov at eliteprospects.com (English)