Ilya Vladimirovich Nikulin

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Ilya Nikulin
Date of birth March 12, 1982
place of birth Moscow , Russian SFSR
size 191 cm
Weight 100 kg
position defender
number # 5
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2000 , 2nd round, 31st position
Atlanta Thrashers
Career stations
until 1999 HK Dynamo Moscow
1999-2000 THK Tver
2000-2005 HK Dynamo Moscow
2005-2015 Ak Bars Kazan
2015-2019 HK Dynamo Moscow

Ilya Vladimirovich Nikulin ( Russian Илья Владимирович Никулин ; born March 12, 1982 in Moscow , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player .

Career

Ilya Nikulin started his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of HK Dynamo Moscow . For his second team he took part in the 1998/99 season in the second division, which was held once by the Russian Ice Hockey Federation and was initiated due to differences with the actual second Russian professional ice hockey division, the Wysschaya League . The following season the defender began at THK Tver in the Vysschaja Liga, for which he scored three goals in 39 games and provided six assists, before completing four more games for the second team of his home club Dynamo Moscow in the third-class Pervaya League towards the end of the season . Then he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2000 in the second round as a total of 31st player by the Atlanta Thrashers , for which he however never played. Instead, he stayed with Dynamo Moscow. In the following years he developed into a high performer in his professional team from the super league . In the 2004/05 season he was first Russian champion with Dynamo .

For the 2005/06 season Nikulin signed a contract with Ak Bars Kazan , with which he also won the Russian championship title at the end of the season. In the following season he reached the playoff final again with Kazan, but had to admit defeat in this to HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk . In the same season he was able to convince with Ak Bars on a European level. As last year's champion, he had qualified with Ak Bars for the IIHF European Champions Cup , in the final of which the Finnish participant HPK Hämeenlinna was clearly defeated 6-0. He himself was elected to the tournament's All-Star Team. Also in 2008 Nikulin was successful with Ak Bars in Europe and won the IIHF Continental Cup with his team . During this tournament he was named the best defender.

Since the 2008/09 season , Nikulin has been playing with Ak Bars Kazan in the newly founded Continental Hockey League . In the first season of the KHL, he increased to 43 scorer points, including nine goals, in 70 games, which meant a personal best for him. His achievements were honored with his appointment as KHL defender for October and March. He also took part in the first edition of the KHL All-Star Game . In the playoffs, the left shooter and his team won the first edition of the Gagarin Cup against Lokomotive Yaroslavl . He played a major role in this success and had the best plus / minus balance of all players with +13 in the playoffs . At the end of the season he was also elected to the KHL All-Star Team. In the following season he was able to win the Gagarin Cup again with Ak Bars after beating HK MWD Balaschicha in the final . As MVP of the playoffs, he played a big part in this success. Previously, he also took part in the second edition of the KHL All-Star Games and was named Defender of the Month for April.

In the 2010/11 season Nikulin was able to improve again and scored 40 scorer points in 49 games in the main round, including six goals. For this reason, too, the 2010 Olympian was invited to the All-Star Game again . In the Gagarin Cup playoffs, he failed in the second round with Ak Bars in the best-of-seven series with 1: 4 wins at Salawat Julajew Ufa . In his nine playoff appearances, he scored one goal and three assists in nine games.

In September 2015 he left Ak Bars after ten years and returned to his hometown club Dynamo Moscow. He played at Dynamo until the end of the 2018/19 season, after which he received no further contract extensions.

International

Ilya Nikulin as captain at the 2012 World Cup

For Russia , Nikulin took part in the junior division in the U18 World Junior Championships in 1999 and 2000 . In the latter, he and his team won the silver medal. In the senior division, he joined the Russian national team in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 on the Euro Hockey Tour . He was also in his country's squad at the 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 and 2010 World Championships , as well as at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver . Nikulin was particularly successful at the World Championships with Russia and won a medal in four of the five tournaments in which he participated - the bronze medal at the 2007 World Cup and the silver medal at the 2010 World Cup after a final defeat against the Czech Republic , as well as at the 2008 World Championships and in 2009 even the gold medal. At the 2010 Olympic Games, he and his team were eliminated in the quarter-finals against the host and eventual Olympic champion from Canada .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Club competitions

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM +/- Sp T V Pt SM +/-
1998/99 HK Dynamo Moscow II Vysschaya League 23 0 2 2 18th
1999/00 HK Dynamo Moscow II Pervaya League 4th 2 1 3 10
1999/00 THK Tver Vysschaya League 39 3 6th 9 84
2000/01 HK Dynamo Moscow Super league 44 0 4th 4th 61
2001/02 HK Dynamo Moscow Super league 48 2 1 3 44 −3 2 0 0 0 0 −2
2001/02 HK Dynamo Moscow II Pervaya League 2 0 1 1 2
2002/03 HK Dynamo Moscow Super league 40 1 4th 5 46 +13 5 0 1 1 4th +1
2003/04 HK Dynamo Moscow Super league 52 1 5 6th 78 +6 3 0 0 0 2 −1
2004/05 HK Dynamo Moscow Super league 50 1 9 10 65 +9 10 0 3 3 12 +4
2005/06 Ak Bars Kazan Super league 49 9 11 20th 46 +7 13 4th 0 4th 38 −1
2006/07 Ak Bars Kazan Super league 51 11 14th 25th 99 +15 14th 3 4th 7th 14th +7
2007/08 Ak Bars Kazan Super league 57 3 15th 18th 95 +1 10 1 3 4th 14th +2
2008/09 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 53 7th 26th 33 72 +22 17th 2 8th 10 22nd +13
2009/10 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 49 6th 27 33 86 −2 22nd 5 6th 11 14th +8
2010/11 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 49 6th 35 41 56 +14 9 1 3 4th 10 +1
2011/12 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 51 9 15th 24 52 +3 12 1 3 4th 29 0
2012/13 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 51 12 22nd 34 46 +19 18th 4th 6th 10 28 0
2013/14 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 52 5 20th 25th 56 +1 6th 1 4th 5 6th −5
2015/16 HK Dynamo Moscow KHL

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM +/- placement
1999 Russia U18 World Cup 7th 0 1 1 4th +1 Rank 6
2000 Russia U18 World Cup 6th 1 1 2 10 +5 Silver medal.svg Silver medal
2006 Russia WM 7th 1 5 6th 8th +2 5th place
2007 Russia WM 9 2 0 2 4th +6 Bronze medal.svg Bronze medal
2008 Russia WM 9 0 1 1 0 +1 Gold medal.svg gold medal
2009 Russia WM 9 1 3 4th 4th +3 Gold medal.svg gold medal
2010 Russia Olympia 4th 1 0 1 2 0 Rank 6
2010 Russia WM 9 0 2 2 2 +5 Silver medal.svg Silver medal
2011 Russia WM 9 3 1 4th 2 0 4th place
2012 Russia WM 10 2 5 7th 8th +10 Gold medal.svg gold medal
2013 Russia WM 8th 1 3 4th 2 0 Rank 6
2014 Russia Olympia 3 0 0 0 2 +1 5th place

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Makarosch: Никулин и Терещенко покинут «Динамо». Хотя с ними были договоренности о контрактах. In: sports.ru. May 28, 2019, accessed September 10, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Nikulin, Ilya Vladimirovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nikulin, Ilya; Никулин, Илья Владимирович
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian ice hockey defender
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow , Russian SFSR