Andrei Sergeevich Taratuchin

Andrei Taratuchin
Date of birth	February 22, 1983
place of birth	Omsk , Russian SFSR
size	184 cm
Weight	92 kg
position	center
number	# 22
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2001 , 2nd lap, 41st position Calgary Flames
Career stations
until 2001	HK Awangard Omsk
2001-2002	Mostowik Kurgan
2002-2003	HK Awangard Omsk
2003-2004	HK Metschel Chelyabinsk
2004-2005	Salawat Yulayev Ufa
2005-2006	Yaroslavl locomotive
2006-2007	Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights
2007–2012	Salawat Yulayev Ufa
2012-2013	HK Awangard Omsk
2013-2014	Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk
2014-2015	Atlant Moskovskaya Oblast
2015-2016	HK Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk
2016-2017	Metallurg Novokuznetsk
since 2017	HSC Csíkszereda

Andrei Sergejewitsch Taratuchin ( Russian Андрей Сергеевич Таратухин ; born February 22, 1983 in Omsk , Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player who was last under contract with Metallurg Novokuznetsk in the Continental Hockey League .

Career

Taratuchin began his career in the second team of HK Awangard Omsk in the third-rate Pervaya League , for which he played until 2001. During the 2001 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected by the Calgary Flames in the second round in a total of 41st place. There was then the change to the second division Mostowik Kurgan , which he left after a season. He went back to Omsk and stormed there for the first time in the super league before the left shooter was transferred to HK Metschel Chelyabinsk . In 2004, the center completed a season with Salawat Yulayev Ufa and went to league rivals Lokomotiv Yaroslavl after the end of the season .

For the 2006/07 season, Taratuchin moved to the North American American Hockey League for the first time when he accepted an offer from the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights . This left after a year and was again committed by Salawat. With the club he was Russian champion in 2008 and completed over 250 games for the club in the Super League and Continental Hockey League by 2012 .

In July 2012 he returned to his hometown club in Omsk and subsequently completed 56 KHL games for Omsk before being signed by Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk for a year in September 2013 .

In the 2014/15 season he was under contract with Atlant Moskovskaya Oblast , then one season each with HK Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk and Metallurg Novokuznetsk .

Achievements and Awards

• 2001 gold medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2002 gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
• 2003 gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
• 2008 Russian champion with Salawat Julajew Ufa
• 2011 Gagarin Cup win with Salawat Julajew Ufa

KHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	3	152	23	43	66	106
Playoffs	3	29	1	4th	5	20th

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Andrei Taratuchin at eliteprospects.com (English)