Anton Alexejewitsch Woltschenkow

Anton Woltschenkow
Date of birth	February 25, 1982
place of birth	Moscow , Russian SFSR
size	185 cm
Weight	107 kg
position	defender
number	# 24
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2000 , 1st lap, 21st position Ottawa Senators
Career stations
until 2000	HK CSKA Moscow
2000-2002	Krylya Sovetov Moscow
2002-2010	Ottawa Senators
2010-2014	New Jersey Devils
2014-2015	Nashville Predators
2016-2018	Admiral Vladivostok
since 2018	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod

Anton Alexejewitsch Woltschenkow ( Russian Антон Алексеевич Волченков ; born February 25, 1982 in Moscow , Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player who has been under contract with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod from the Continental Hockey League since 2018 . His father Alexei was also a ice hockey player and celebrated numerous successes with CSKA Moscow .

Career

The 1.85 m tall defender first played for HK CSKA Moscow before he was selected ( drafted ) in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft as 21st in the first round by the Ottawa Senators .

Volchenkov in the jersey of Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod

After two more years in Russia, which the left-shooter spent at Krylya Sowetow Moscow , Volchenkov finally moved to North America, where he was used by the Senators for the first time in the NHL in the 2002/03 season . In April 2007, the defender extended his contract with the franchise , with which he reached the final of the Stanley Cup in the same year , but there lost to the Anaheim Ducks , by three years. On July 1, 2010, he was hired as an unrestricted free agent by the New Jersey Devils for six seasons. There he earned $ 4.25 million per season annually.

Again as a free agent, he was signed on July 7, 2014 by the Nashville Predators from the NHL. The contract was valid for one year and was worth $ 1 million. After the contract expired, it was not renewed.

In May 2016 he returned to Russia and signed with the Far Eastern club Admiral Vladivostok from the KHL . In May 2018, his contract was terminated and at the end of the month Volchenkov signed a one-year contract with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod , where he had already played during the lockout in 2012.

International

With the Russian national team , Anton Woltschenkow took part in the ice hockey world championships in 2002 and 2009 , the World Cup of Hockey 2004 and the Olympic ice hockey tournament in 2006 . In 2009 he became world champion with Russia. He also competed with the juniors in the U18 Junior World Championships in 2000 and the U20 Junior World Championships in 2002 and 2001 , in which the "Sbornaja" won the gold medal.

Achievements and Awards

• 2003 NHL Young Stars Game
• 2005 AHL All-Star Classic

International

• 2000 silver medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2002 gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
• 2002 silver medal at the world championship
• 2009 gold medal at the world championship

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1999/00	HK CSKA Moscow II	RUS-3		6th	0	1	1	10
1999/00	HK CSKA Moscow	WYL		30th	2	9	11	36
2000/01	Krylya Sovetov Moscow	WYL		34	3	4th	7th	56
2001/02	Krylya Sovetov Moscow II	RUS-3		1	0	0	0	0
2001/02	Krylya Sovetov Moscow	RSL		47	4th	16	20th	50		3	0	0	0	29
2002/03	Ottawa Senators	NHL		57	3	13	16	40		17th	1	1	2	4th
2003/04	Ottawa Senators	NHL		19th	1	2	3	8th		5	0	0	0	6th
2004/05	Binghamton Senators	AHL		69	10	35	45	62		6th	0	3	3	0
2005/06	Ottawa Senators	NHL		75	4th	13	17th	53		9	0	4th	4th	8th
2006/07	Ottawa Senators	NHL		78	1	18th	19th	67		20th	2	4th	6th	24
2007/08	Ottawa Senators	NHL		67	1	14th	15th	55		4th	0	1	1	2
2008/09	Ottawa Senators	NHL		68	2	8th	10	36		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Ottawa Senators	NHL		64	4th	10	14th	38		6th	0	2	2	4th
2010/11	New Jersey Devils	NHL		57	0	8th	8th	36		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	New Jersey Devils	NHL		72	2	9	11	34		24	1	1	2	10
2012/13	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	KHL		11	0	1	1	16		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	New Jersey Devils	NHL		37	1	4th	5	37		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	New Jersey Devils	NHL		56	0	8th	8th	20th		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Nashville Predators	NHL		46	0	7th	7th	14th		1	0	0	0	2
2015/16	without a club
2016/17	Admiral Vladivostok	KHL	42	1	6th	7th	30th	6th	0	1	1	4th
2017/18	Admiral Vladivostok	KHL	28	1	2	3	12	-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	KHL	31	1	4th	5	6th	7th	3	0	3	6th
NHL overall			696	19th	114	133	438	86	4th	13	17th	60
KHL total			112	3	13	16	64	13	3	1	4th	10

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Anton Woltschenkow at legendsofhockey.net (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Message on the Predators homepage accessed on July 9, 2014
2. ↑ Защитник Антон Волченков вернулся в нижегородский ХК "Торпедо". In: rsport.ria.ru. May 31, 2018, accessed June 7, 2018 .