Dean Kukan

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Dean Kukan
Date of birth July 8, 1993
place of birth Volketswil , Switzerland
Size 187 cm
Weight 90 kg
position defender
number # 46
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 2011 GCK Lions
ZSC Lions
2011-2015 Luleå HF
since 2015 Lake Erie / Cleveland Monsters
since 2015 Columbus Blue Jackets

Dean Kukan (born July 8, 1993 in Volketswil ) is a Swiss ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League since June 2015 and for their farm team , the Cleveland Monsters , in the American Hockey League on the position of the defender plays.

Career

Kukan went through the junior division of the ZSC Lions and their cooperation partner GCK Lions . At the age of 16 he made his debut for the GCK in the National League B and two years later for the ZSC in the National League A . In the summer of 2011, the defender moved to Sweden at the age of 18, where he went on the ice for Luleå HF for the next four years - first in the J20 SuperElit , later in the first men's team in the Elitserien and later in Svenska Hockeyligan . Despite loans to Asplöven HC and Tingsryds AIF in the second-rate HockeyAllsvenskan during the 2012/13 season, the defender returned in time for the play-offs in the Luleås squad and reached the Swedish runner-up with the team. Two years later he won his first major club title with the Champions Hockey League .

After the success, Kukan moved to North America, where he signed a contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets from the National Hockey League . In the 2015/16 season he mainly played for their farm team , the Lake Erie Monsters , in the American Hockey League . At the end of the season he won the traditional Calder Cup with the Monsters . He was also used eight times for the Blue Jackets in the NHL. Also in the 2016/17 season he was part of the roster of the farm team, now trading as Cleveland Monsters .

International

For his home country, Kukan ran in the junior division at the U18 Junior World Championships in 2010 and 2011 and the U20 Junior World Championships in 2012 and 2013 . He also played in the World Junior A Challenges in 2010 and 2012 .

For the senior team Kukan played at the World Championships in 2014 , 2015 , 2017 and 2018 . At the 2018 World Cup, Kukan won the silver medal.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2008 Swiss champion of the elite novices (U17) with the ZSC Lions
  • 2010 Swiss champion of the elite A-Juniors (U20) with the GCK Lions
  • 2011 Swiss Champion of the Elite A Juniors (U20) with the GCK Lions
  • 2013 Swedish runner-up with Luleå HF

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2008/09 GCK Lions Elite A Juniors 8th 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 2
2009/10 GCK Lions Elite A Juniors 13 1 5 6th 2 9 0 4th 4th 2
2009/10 GCK Lions NLB 29 0 6th 6th 14th - - - - -
2010/11 GCK Lions Elite A Juniors 2 0 1 1 0 10 0 0 0 6th
2010/11 GCK Lions NLB 37 1 2 3 4th - - - - -
2010/11 ZSC Lions NLA 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2011/12 Luleå HF J20 SuperElit 42 5 16 21st 8th 3 0 2 2 2
2011/12 Luleå HF Elitserien 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2012/13 Luleå HF J20 SuperElit 11 2 1 3 2 - - - - -
2012/13 Luleå HF Elitserien 16 1 3 4th 0 15th 0 1 1 0
2012/13 Asplöven HC Allsvenskan 2 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
2012/13 Tingsryd's AIF Allsvenskan 16 0 2 2 2 - - - - -
2013/14 Luleå HF SHL 54 4th 8th 12 12 6th 1 1 2 0
2014/15 Luleå HF SHL 52 3 10 13 14th 9 0 2 2 0
2015/16 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 33 3 10 13 8th 17th 1 4th 5 2
2015/16 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 8th 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2016/17 Cleveland Monsters AHL 72 4th 25th 29 43 - - - - -
2017/18 Cleveland Monsters AHL 32 1 14th 15th 20th - - - - -
2017/18 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 11 0 4th 4th 2 - - - - -
2018/19 Cleveland Monsters AHL 5 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
2018/19 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 25th 0 5 5 6th 10 1 0 1 2
Elite A Juniors total 23 1 7th 8th 2 24 0 4th 4th 10
NLB total 66 1 8th 9 18th - - - - -
J20 SuperElit overall 53 7th 17th 24 10 3 0 2 2 2
Allsvenskan total 18th 0 2 2 6th - - - - -
Elitserien / SHL overall 106 7th 18th 25th 26th 15th 1 3 4th 0
AHL total 142 9 50 59 71 17th 1 4th 5 2
NHL overall 44 0 9 9 8th 10 1 0 1 2

International

Represented Switzerland at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2010 Switzerland U18 World Cup 5th place 6th 0 3 3 0
2010 Switzerland Hlink Memorial 6th place 4th 2 1 3 0
2010 Switzerland U19-WJAC 3rd place, bronze 4th 0 1 1 2
2011 Switzerland U18 World Cup 7th place 6th 0 2 2 0
2012 Switzerland U20 World Cup 8th place 6th 1 1 2 0
2012 Switzerland U19-WJAC 3rd place, bronze 5 1 0 1 8th
2013 Switzerland U20 World Cup 6th place 6th 0 1 1 2
2014 Switzerland WM 10th place 7th 1 0 1 2
2015 Switzerland WM 8th place 3 0 0 0 0
2017 Switzerland WM 6th place 8th 0 1 1 2
2018 Switzerland WM 2nd place, silver 10 1 2 3 0
Juniors overall 37 4th 9 13 12
Men overall 28 2 4th 5 4th

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Kukan, Dean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Volketswil