Denis Wladislawowitsch Kuljasch

Denis Kuljasch
Date of birth	May 31, 1983
place of birth	Omsk , Russian SFSR
size	191 cm
Weight	97 kg
position	defender
number	# 28
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2004 , 8th lap, 243rd position Nashville Predators
Career stations
until 2000	HK Awangard Omsk
2000-2002	Gazovik Tyumen
2002-2003	ZSK WWS Samara
2003-2005	HK CSKA Moscow
2005-2007	HK Dynamo Moscow
2007-2010	HK CSKA Moscow
2010-2011	HK Awangard Omsk
2011-2013	Ak Bars Kazan
2013-2016	HK Awangard Omsk
2016-2017	Salawat Yulayev Ufa
2017-2018	Awtomobilist Ekaterinburg
2018	Severstal Cherepovets
since 2018	Daemyung Killer Whales

Denis Wladislawowitsch Kuljasch ( Russian Денис Владиславович Куляш ; born May 31, 1983 in Omsk , Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Daemyung Killer Whales in the Asia League since December 2018 .

Career

Denis Kuljasch began his career as a hockey player in the third-class Perwaja Liga , in which he was active in the 1999/2000 season for the second team of HK Awangard Omsk . He then played in the following three seasons for their league rivals Gasowik Tjumen and ZSK WWS Samara . The defender then received a contract with HK CSKA Moscow , for which he was active in the Russian Super League for two years . During this time he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2004 in the eighth round as a total of 243rd player by the Nashville Predators , for which he however never played. In the summer of 2005, the left shooter moved to the reigning Russian champions HK Dynamo Moscow , for whom he played two more seasons, and with whom he won the IIHF European Champions Cup in 2006. Between 2007 and 2010, Kuljasch was again on the ice for his ex-club HK CSKA Moscow, before he was given up in January 2010 in exchange for two defenders to his home club, HK Awangard Omsk.

In May 2011, Kuljasch was committed by Ak Bars Kazan and completed 118 KHL games for the club in the following two seasons before returning to his home club in May 2013.

International

For Russia , Kuljasch took part in the 2006 World Cup.

Achievements and Awards

• 2006 IIHF European Champions Cup - win with HK Dynamo Moscow
• 2009 KHL All-Star Game (cancellation due to injury)
• 2011 KHL All-Star Game

KHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	9	439	87	104	191	479
Playoffs	8th	71	10	10	20th	85

(Status: end of the 2016/17 season)

Web links

• Denis Kuljasch at hockeydb.com (English)
• Denis Kuljasch at eurohockey.com