Alexei Vladimirovich Potapov

Alexei Potapov
Date of birth	March 2, 1989
place of birth	Gorky , Russian SFSR
size	185 cm
Weight	82 kg
position	Right wing
number	# 25
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2007-2017	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
2017-2019	Ak Bars Kazan
since 2019	HK Awangard Omsk

Alexei Wladimirowitsch Potapow ( Russian Алексей Владимирович Потапов ; born March 2, 1989 in Gorky , Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player who has been under contract with HK Avangard Omsk from the Continental Hockey League since May 2019 .

Career

Alexei Potapov began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the junior division of Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod , for whose second team he was initially active in the third-rate Pervaya League from 2005 to 2008 , with four appearances for torpedoes in parallel in the 2007/08 season Professional team in the super league came. In the 2008/09 season he played for Torpedo seven missions in the newly founded Continental Hockey League , but continued to run for the second team in the Pervaya League.

From 2009 to 2011 Potapov played in parallel for the professional team of Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the KHL and for their junior team in the multinational youth league Molodjoschnaja Chokkeinaja Liga . In the 2010/11 season he ran mainly for HK Sarov in the new second Russian division, the Wysschaja Hockey League , and scored 13 points in 30 games for the second division, including five goals.

Between 2014 and November 2017 he played exclusively for Torpedo in the KHL and completed over 300 games before moving to Ak Bars Kazan and winning the Gagarin Cup with Ak Bars in 2018 . His contract in Kazan expired in May 2019 and Potapov was signed by HK Avangard Omsk .

International

For Russia Potapov took part in the U20 World Junior Championship in 2009 , where he won the bronze medal with his team. He contributed to this success with two assists in six games.

Achievements and Awards

• 2009 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
• 2017 KHL All-Star Game
• 2018 Gagarin Cup win with Ak Bars Kazan

KHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	11	352	34	41	75	112
Playoffs	6th	47	4th	2	6th	75

(Status: end of the 2018/19 season)

Web links

Commons : Alexei Potapow  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Alexei Potapow at eliteprospects.com (English)