Mikhail Igorevich Kuklev

Mikhail Kuklew
Date of birth	August 24, 1982
place of birth	Moscow , Russian SFSR
size	180 cm
Weight	85 kg
position	defender
number	# 82
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 1999	HK Dynamo Moscow
2000-2001	THK Tver
2001-2003	ZSK WWS Samara
2003-2006	Neftyanik Leninogorsk
2006-2007	Metallurg Novokuznetsk Sauralye Kurgan
2007-2010	Severstal Cherepovets
since 2010	Metallurg Novokuznetsk

Mikhail Igorewitsch Kuklew ( Russian Михаил Игоревич Куклев ; born August 24, 1982 in Moscow , Russian SFSR ) is a Russian ice hockey player who has been under contract with Metallurg Novokuznetsk in the Continental Hockey League since 2010 .

Career

Mikhail Kuklew began his career as an ice hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of HK Dynamo Moscow , for whose second team he made his debut in the second division, which was held once by the Russian Federation, in the 1998/99 season . From 2000 to 2006 the defender played in the Wysschaja Liga , the regular Russian second division. There he ran for one year for the THK Tver , two years for ZSK WWS Samara and three years for Neftjanik Leninogorsk . In the 2006/07 season he was for Metallurg Novokuznetsk in the super league on the ice, where he also appeared in eight games for the second division Sauralje Kurgan .

From 2007 to 2010 Kuklew played for Severstal Tscherepowez - initially in the Super League and from the 2008/09 season in the newly founded Continental Hockey League . For the 2010/11 season , the left shooter was committed by KHL participant Metallurg Novokuznetsk , for whom he has been playing since then.

KHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	3	79	2	6th	8th	117
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Michail Kuklew at hockeydb.com (English)
• Michail Kuklew at eliteprospects.com (English)