Nikolai Alexandrovich Antropov

Nikolai Antropov
Date of birth	February 18, 1980
place of birth	Ust-Kamenogorsk , Kazakh SSR
size	198 cm
Weight	104 kg
position	Right wing
number	# 80
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1998 , 1st round, 10th position Toronto Maple Leafs
Career stations
1996-1998	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
1998-1999	HK Dynamo Moscow
2004-2005	Ak Bars Kazan Locomotive Yaroslavl
1999-2009	Toronto Maple Leafs
2009	New York Rangers
2009-2011	Atlanta Thrashers
2011-2013	Winnipeg Jets
2013-2015	Barys Astana

Nikolai Alexandrowitsch "Nik" Antropow ( Russian: Николай Александрович Антропов ; born February 18, 1980 in Ust-Kamenogorsk , Kazakh SSR ) is a Kazakh ice hockey player with a Canadian passport, who was last under contract with Barys Astana in the Continental Hockey League .

Career

Antropov (center) scores against the Washington Capitals

Nikolai Antropov was selected as the tenth overall player by the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in the first round . First, however, he moved for a year in the Russian Super League to HK Dynamo Moscow , after he had previously gone through the junior division of Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk . In his first two seasons in North America Antropow played both for Toronto in the National Hockey League , as well as for their farm team at the time , the St. John's Maple Leafs from the American Hockey League , then exclusively in the NHL.

During the lockout of the 2004/05 NHL season , Antropov signed a contract with Ak Bars Kazan from the Russian Super League on October 27, 2004 , and then on December 20, 2004 a contract with league rivals Lokomotiv Yaroslavl .

Nikolai Antropov (2009)

After resumption of play in the summer of 2005 Antropov returned to the Maple Leafs, for which he played regularly in the NHL until March 2009. Shortly before the trade deadline, a transfer to the New York Rangers followed , where the striker ended the 2008/09 season. In July 2009, Antropov signed a four-year free agent contract valued at $ 16.25 million with the Atlanta Thrashers . There he set a new personal record in the 2009/10 season with 67 points in 76 regular season games. In the summer of 2011, the franchise was relocated to Winnipeg and continued gaming operations under the name Winnipeg Jets .

After playing in the Continental Hockey League at Barys Astana during the lockout of the 2012/13 season , he signed a two-year contract there in August 2013.

International

For the Kazakh national ice hockey team Antropov took part in the Junior B World Cup in 1997 , Junior A World Cup in 1998 and 1999 and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , where he scored once in five games.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1996/97	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	RUS-2		8th	2	1	3	6th		-	-	-	-	-
1997/98	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	RUS-2		42	15th	24	39	62		-	-	-	-	-
1998/99	HK Dynamo Moscow	RSL		30th	5	9	14th	30th		11	0	1	1	4th
1999/00	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL		2	0	0	0	4th		-	-	-	-	-
	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		66	12	18th	30th	41		3	0	0	0	4th
2000/01	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		52	6th	11	17th	30th		9	2	1	3	12
2001/02	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL		34	11	24	35	47		-	-	-	-	-
	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		11	1	1	2	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		72	16	29	45	124		3	0	0	0	0
2003/04	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		62	13	18th	31	62		13	0	2	2	18th
2004/05	Ak Bars Kazan	RSL		10	2	3	5	6th		-	-	-	-	-
	Yaroslavl locomotive	RSL		26th	4th	15th	19th	44		9	3	4th	7th	18th
2005/06	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		57	12	19th	31	56		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		54	18th	15th	33	44		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		72	26th	30th	56	92		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		63	21st	25th	46	24		-	-	-	-	-
	New York Rangers	NHL		18th	7th	6th	13	6th		7th	2	1	3	6th
2009/10	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		76	24	43	67	44		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		76	16	25th	41	42		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		69	15th	20th	35	42		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Barys Astana	KHL		26th	3	14th	17th	39		-	-	-	-	-
	Winnipeg Jets	NHL		40	6th	12	18th	16		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Barys Astana	KHL		36	8th	18th	26th	62		10	1	3	4th	14th
2014/15	Barys Astana	KHL		39	7th	14th	21st	64		7th	0	1	1	2
RUS-2 total				50	17th	25th	42	68		-	-	-	-	-
RSL total				66	11	27	38	80		20th	3	5	8th	22nd
AHL total				36	11	24	35	51		-	-	-	-	-
NHL overall				788	193	272	465	627		35	4th	4th	8th	40
KHL total				101	18th	46	64	165		17th	1	4th	5	16

( 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 : Nikolai Antropow  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Nikolai Antropow at hockeydb.com (English)
• Nikolai Antropow at legendsofhockey.net (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nik Antropov inks 2-year deal with KHL club. cbc.ca, August 8, 2013, accessed August 15, 2013 .