Mikhail Olegowitsch Biryukov

Mikhail Biryukov
Date of birth	October 13, 1985
place of birth	Yaroslavl , Russian SFSR
size	182 cm
Weight	95 kg
position	goalkeeper
number	# 30
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
2001-2003	Yaroslavl locomotive
2003-2004	Rus Moscow
2004-2005	HK Dmitrov
2005-2006	Captain Stupino
2006-2007	Molot-Prikamje Perm
2007-2009	HK MWD Balashikha
2009-2010	HK Dynamo Moscow
2010-2014	HK Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk
2014	HK CSKA Moscow
2014-2017	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
2017	HK Vitjas

Mikhail Olegowitsch Birjukow ( Russian Михаил Олегович Бирюков ; born October 13, 1985 in Yaroslavl , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey goalkeeper and current coach.

Career

Mikhail Birjukow began his career in 2001 with the second team of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the third Russian division. After further stations in the lower Russian leagues, he was committed in 2007 by the Russian first division club HK MWD Balaschicha . At his next club HK Dynamo Moscow Biryukov was under contract since 2009. In 2010 he moved within the KHL to HK Ugra Khanty-Mansiysk , where he was the goalkeeper for the next four years.

Mikhail Biryukov at the 2008 World Cup

In January 2014 he was loaned to HK CSKA Moscow until the end of the season, as HK Ugra no longer had a chance of reaching the play-offs and this saved personnel costs. After the end of the season he returned to HK Ugra and completed 17 other KHL games for the club, where he was partially ousted by Szjapan Haratscheuskich . With the commitment of Barry breast he finally lost his position as a goalkeeper to this. In December 2014 he and Alexei Pepeljajew were exchanged for Georgi Gelashvili and Pawel Walentenko from Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod .

From May 2017 Biryukov was under contract with HK Vitjas and completed 15 KHL games for the knights before he was released in November of the same year and then ended his career. Since then he has been the goalkeeping coach at Buran Voronezh .

International

Biryukov played with the Russian national team at the 2008 World Cup and became world champion, where he completed three games. As a result, he came regularly to international appearances as part of the Euro Hockey Tour , but was initially no longer nominated for world championships.

In 2012 he became world champion again, where he was used in a World Cup game.

Achievements and Awards

• 2011 KHL All-Star Game
• 2012 KHL All-Star Game

International

• 2008 gold medal at the world championship
• 2012 gold medal at the world championship

Career statistics

Main round

season	team	league	Sp	Min	S.	N	OTS	SaT	GT	Sv%	ATM	SO
2008/09	HK MWD	KHL	13	626: 29	3	6th	3	257	30th	88.30	2.87	0
2008/09	Dynamo Moscow	KHL	10	534: 24	4th	4th	1	202	22nd	89.10	2.47	1
2009/10	Dynamo Moscow	KHL	32	1630: 27	14th	8th	5	794	75	90.60	2.76	0
2010/11	HK Ugra	KHL	39	2067: 00	16	10	10	956	78	91.80	2.26	4th
2011/12	HK Ugra	KHL	39	2276: 03	16	14th	9	1200	84	93.00	2.21	6th
2012/13	HK Ugra	KHL	23	1284: 37	6th	12	3	680	65	90.40	3.04	2
2013/14	HK Ugra	KHL	32	1738: 48	7th	20th	2	930	97	89.60	3.35	1
2013/14	CSKA Moscow	KHL	3	185: 00	2	0	1	84	4th	95.20	1.30	0
2014/15	HK Ugra	KHL	17th	895: 45	4th	8th	1	487	46	90.60	3.08	0
2014/15	torpedo	KHL

Finals

season	team	league	Sp	Min	S.	N	SaT	GT	Sv%	ATM	SO
2008/09	Dynamo Moscow	KHL	2	24:52	0	0	9	0	100.00	0.00	0
2009/10	Dynamo Moscow	KHL	1	20:00	0	0	3	0	100.00	0.00	0
2010/11	HK Ugra	KHL	2	68: 23	0	1	42	6th	85, 70	5, 26	0
2011/12	HK Ugra	KHL	4th	210: 14	1	2	141	17th	87, 90	4, 85	0
2013	HK Ugra	Nadezhda	3	183: 57	2	1	85	6th	92, 90	1, 96	0
2013/14	CSKA Moscow	KHL	1	40: 00	0	0	11	2	81, 80	3, 00	0

Web links

Commons : Mikhail Biryukov  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Michail Birjukow at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Mikhail Biryukov at hockeygoalies.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hctorpedo.ru, Двойной обмен с "Югрой" , December 11, 2014, accessed December 15, 2014