Kirill Anatolyevich Koltsov

Kirill Kolzow
Date of birth	February 1, 1983
place of birth	Chelyabinsk , Russian SFSR
size	181 cm
Weight	87 kg
position	defender
number	# 4
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2002 , 2nd round, 49th position Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
1999-2003	HK Awangard Omsk
2003-2005	Manitoba mosses
2005-2007	HK Awangard Omsk
2007-2011	Salawat Yulayev Ufa
2011–2012	SKA Saint Petersburg
2012-2015	Salawat Yulayev Ufa
2015-2016	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
2016-2017	HK tractor Chelyabinsk
2017-2018	HK Spartak Moscow
2018-2019	Awtomobilist Ekaterinburg

Kirill Anatoljewitsch Kolzow ( Russian Кирилл Анатольевич Кольцов ; born February 1, 1983 in Tscheljabinsk , Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player who last played for Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg in the Continental Hockey League .

Career

Kolzow began his career at HK Awangard Omsk , for which he played until 2003. In the 2002 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected in the second round in a total of 49th place by the Vancouver Canucks . In 2003 he moved to their farm team , the Manitoba Moose , in the American Hockey League , where he was the top defender of his team in his debut season. After the 2004/05 season , the left shooter went back to his home club and played there until 2007 in the super league . He then switched to Salawat Julajew Ufa , for whom he played until 2011 and won the Russian championship in 2008 and 2011 .

In July 2011 Kolzow was signed by SKA Saint Petersburg , but returned to Salawat after a year. In the following years he was regularly one of the defenders of the KHL with the best goals and points and was therefore nominated several times for the KHL All-Star Game .

In December 2015 he moved to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod within the KHL, and then to HK Traktor Chelyabinsk in May 2016 .

Between December 2017 and May 2018 he played for HK Spartak Moscow in the Continental Hockey League.

Achievements and Awards

• 2001 gold medal at the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2001 Best Defender of the U18 World Junior Championship
• 2001 All-Star Team of the U18 Junior World Championship
• 2003 gold medal at the U20 World Junior Championship
• 2008 Russian champion with Salawat Julajew Ufa
• 2011 Gagarin Cup win with Salawat Julajew Ufa
• 2011 KHL First All-Star Team
• 2012 KHL All-Star Game
• 2014 KHL All-Star Game
• 2015 KHL All-Star Game
• 2017 KHL All-Star Game

KHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes	Plus minus
Main round	9	439	65	189	254	407	76
Playoffs	8th	90	6th	44	50	64	9

(Status: end of the 2016/17 season)

Web links

• Kirill Kolzow at eurohockey.com
• Kirill Kolzow at eliteprospects.com (English)