Nikita Igorevich Kucherov

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Nikita Kucherov
Date of birth 17th June 1993
place of birth Maykop , Russia
size 180 cm
Weight 82 kg
position Right wing
number # 86
Shot hand Left
Draft
KHL Junior Draft 2010 , 3rd round, 60th position
HK CSKA Moscow
NHL Entry Draft 2011 , 2nd round, 58th position
Tampa Bay Lightning
Career stations
2010–2012 HK CSKA Moscow
2012-2013 Remparts de Quebec
since 2013 Tampa Bay Lightning

Nikita Igorewitsch Kutscherow ( Russian: Никита Игоревич Кучеров ; English transcription: Nikita Igorevich Kucherov ; born June 17, 1993 in Maikop ) is a Russian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning in the National Hockey League since 2013 . The right winger is considered one of the best attackers in the league and won the Art Ross Trophy as top scorer as well as the Hart Memorial Trophy and the Ted Lindsay Award as most valuable player in the NHL in the 2018/19 season .

Career

Nikita Kutscherow began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth department of the HK CSKA Moscow , for whose junior team Krasnaja Armija Moscow he played for the first time in the 2009/10 season in the newly founded multinational youth league Molodjoschnaja Chokkeinaja Liga . He was then selected in the third round of the KHL Junior Draft 2010 as the 60th player from his own club CSKA Moscow, as this was not one of the players that the club itself could exclude from the draft, but the club wanted to keep the player. In the 2010/11 season , the winger made his debut for the professional team of HK CSKA Moscow in the Continental Hockey League , in which he was two assists in nine games. With the junior team Krasnaja Armija he won the Kharlamov Cup , the championship title of the MHL, in whose All-Star Game he was also allowed to participate. He was also selected in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft in the second round as the 58th player of the Tampa Bay Lightning . In July 2012, his current contract was canceled by the CSKA and Kutscherow moved to North America to the Remparts de Québec from the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec .

On November 25, 2013, Kucherov made his debut in the NHL and came straight with the first shot to his first NHL goal.

In the 2014/15 season, he and Max Pacioretty from the Canadiens de Montréal won the NHL Plus / Minus Award, which is not officially awarded .

In October 2016, Kucherov signed a new three-year contract in Tampa, which earned him an average annual salary of approximately $ 4.7 million. In the subsequent 2016/17 season, the attacker achieved by far his best personal statistic with 40 goals and 45 assists and was among the top five scorers in the league. A little later he was elected to the NHL Second All-Star Team as a result. He increased this performance again in the 2017/18 season by reaching the 100 point mark for the first time and taking third place on the scorer list . As a result, he was elected to the NHL First All-Star Team at the end of the season . The Russian then signed a new eight-year contract in Tampa in July 2018, which should earn him an average annual salary of $ 9.5 million from the start of the 2019/20 season.

Kutscherow continued his ascent in the 2018/19 season, recording 128 points, leading the entire NHL and as a result received the Art Ross Trophy . This represented the best personal statistic in over 20 years, when Mario Lemieux had achieved 161 points in the 1995/96 season , while he also improved the best value of his Russian compatriots, which had previously been set by Alexander Mogilny (127 points; 1992/93 season ). Meanwhile, his 87 assists meant a high among wingers, where he drew level with Jaromír Jágr (1995/96 season). He also set new franchise records for the Lightning in both statistics . At the end of the season he was honored for these achievements with the Hart Memorial Trophy and the Ted Lindsay Award as most valuable player in the NHL. In addition, he was considered in the NHL First All-Star Team .

International

For Russia , Kutscherow took part in the U18 World Junior Championship in 2011 , where he won the bronze medal with his team. With eleven goals and ten assists in seven games, he was the top scorer and top scorer of the tournament and was also voted its best striker.

In the senior sector, he made his debut at the World Cup of Hockey 2016 , where he finished fourth with the team.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2009/10 Krasnaya Armiya MHL 53 29 25th 54 40 5 0 2 2 2
2010/11 Krasnaya Armiya MHL 41 27 31 58 81 10 5 8th 13 16
2010/11 HK CSKA Moscow KHL 9 0 2 2 0 - - - - -
2011/12 HK CSKA Moscow KHL 18th 1 3 4th 4th - - - - -
2011/12 Krasnaya Armiya MHL 23 24 19th 43 40 7th 3 1 4th 0
2012/13 Remparts de Quebec LHJMQ 6th 3 7th 10 2 - - - - -
2012/13 Huskies de Rouyn-Noranda LHJMQ 27 26th 27 53 12 14th 9 15th 24 10
2013/14 Syracuse crunch AHL 17th 13 11 24 10 - - - - -
2013/14 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 52 9 9 18th 14th 2 1 0 1 0
2014/15 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 29 36 65 37 26th 10 12 22nd 14th
2015/16 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 77 30th 36 66 30th 17th 11 8th 19th 8th
2016/17 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 74 40 45 85 38 - - - - -
2017/18 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 80 39 61 100 42 17th 7th 10 17th 10
2018/19 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 82 41 87 128 62 3 0 2 2 19th
MHL total 117 80 75 155 161 22nd 8th 11 19th 18th
KHL total 27 1 6th 7th 4th - - - - -
LHJMQ total 33 29 34 63 14th 14th 9 15th 24 10
NHL overall 447 188 274 462 223 65 29 32 61 51

International

Represented Russia in:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2010 Russia Hlinka Memorial 5th place 4th 1 1 2 0
2011 Russia U18 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 11 10 21st 6th
2012 Russia U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 2 5 7th 2
2013 Russia U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 5 3 8th 4th
2016 Russia World cup 4th Place 4th 2 1 3 0
2017 Russia WM 3rd place, bronze 10 7th 8th 15th 8th
2019 Russia WM 3rd place, bronze 10 6th 10 16 4th
Juniors overall 25th 19th 19th 38 12
Men overall 24 15th 19th 34 12

( 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

Commons : Nikita Kutscherow  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ tbo.com: "Bolts notes: Kucherov provides debut goal" (English, November 26, 2013, accessed December 3, 2013)
  2. ↑ Nikita Kucherov signs with Lightning. nhl.com, October 11, 2016, accessed October 11, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Lightning sign forward Nikita Kucherov to contract extension. nhl.com, July 10, 2018, accessed July 10, 2018 .
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Squad of the Tampa Bay Lightning in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Kucherov, Nikita Igorevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kucherov, Nikita (English spelling); Кучеров, Никита Игоревич (Russian spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 17th June 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Maykop , Russia