Yevgeny Minerafissowitsch Muratov

Yevgeny Muratov
Date of birth	January 28, 1981
place of birth	Nizhny Tagil , Russian SFSR
size	176 cm
Weight	80 kg
position	Right wing
number	# 82
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2000 , 9th lap, 274th position Edmonton Oilers
Career stations
1998-2000	Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk
2000	Ak Bars Kazan
2000-2004	Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk
2004-2005	Metallurg Novokuznetsk
2005-2007	SKA Saint Petersburg
2007	Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk
2007-2010	HK Sibir Novosibirsk
2010-2011	HK Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk

Yevgeny Minerafissowitsch Muratow ( Russian Евгений Минерафисович Муратов ; born January 28, 1981 in Nizhny Tagil , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player who was last under contract with HK Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk in the Continental Hockey League .

Career

Yevgeny Muratov began his career as a hockey player at Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk , for whose professional team he was active in the super league from 1998 to 2004 . Only the 1999/2000 season he finished with his league rivals Ak Bars Kazan . Following this, he was also selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2000 in the ninth round as a total of 274th player by the Edmonton Oilers , for whom he never played. Instead, the winger stayed in his Russian homeland and moved to Metallurg Novokuznetsk for the 2004/05 season . He then spent two years at SKA Saint Petersburg before signing with his ex-club Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk in the summer of 2007. After only 22 games, the former junior national player left this again and joined HK Sibir Novosibirsk , for which he was initially in the Super League in the following two and a half years, and from the 2008/09 season in the newly founded Continental Hockey League was on the ice.

For the 2010/11 season Muratov was committed by KHL promoted HK Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk before ending his career in 2011.

International

For Russia , Muratov took part in the U20 World Junior Championships in 2000 and 2001 . In 14 junior internationals he scored eight goals and gave five assists. At the U20 World Cup in 2000 he was runner-up with his team. He himself was the tournament's top scorer with six goals and was elected to the All-Star Team of the U20 World Cup.

Achievements and Awards

• 2000 silver medal at the U20 Junior World Championship
• 2000 Top scorer in the U20 World Junior Championship
• 2000 All-Star Team at the U20 Junior World Championship

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
KHL main round	3	129	24	40	64	42
KHL playoffs	1	6th	0	0	0	4th
Super League main round	10	400	74	87	161	127
Super League Playoffs	6th	24	2	3	5	4th

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Jewgeni Muratow at hockeydb.com (English)
• Jewgeni Muratow at eliteprospects.com (English)