Philipp Kurashev

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland RussiaRussia  Philipp Kurashev Ice hockey player
Date of birth October 12, 1999
place of birth Davos , Switzerland
Size 183 cm
Weight 87 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
KHL Junior Draft 2016 , 5th round, 139th position
SKA Saint Petersburg
NHL Entry Draft 2018 , 4th round, 120th position
Chicago Blackhawks
Career stations
2012-2015 SC Bern
2015-2016 GCK Lions
2016-2019 Remparts de Quebec
since 2019 Chicago Blackhawks
Rockford IceHogs

Template: Infobox ice hockey player / country code 2

Philipp Kurashev ( Russian Филипп Константинович Курашёв ; transcribed : Filipp Konstantinowitsch Kuraschow; born October 12, 1999 in Davos ) is a Swiss ice hockey player of Russian descent. He has been under contract with the Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League since March 2019 , which included him in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft in 120th position, and is also employed by their farm team, the Rockford IceHogs from the American Hockey League . Previously, the center ran for the Remparts de Québec in the Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec . Kurashev is considered a great talent in Swiss ice hockey.

Career

Kurashev began his career in the junior division of SC Bern before spending the 2015/16 season on loan in the GCK Lions U20 . There he completed his first full season with the Elite A Juniors in the highest-ranking Swiss junior league and recorded 18 points scorer in 34 games. Then was Center in KHL Junior Draft 2016 at the 139th position from the SKA Saint Petersburg selected, but he decided to move to North America after him in the same year, the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (LHJMQ ) in the CHL Import Draft in 21st place.

Kurashev also established himself as a regular scorer at the Remparts, so that after 60 points from 59 games in the 2017/18 season he was also included in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft . There, the Chicago Blackhawks elected him in 120th position and equipped him with an entry-level contract in March 2019 . For the time being, however, he continued to play in the LHJMQ before he moved to the Blackhawks' farm team , the Rockford IceHogs , in April 2019 , and played his first three professional games for the team in the American Hockey League (AHL).

International

Kurashev, who runs for Switzerland, gained his first international experience at the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival 2015 . At U18 level, he represented his home country at the U18 World Championships in 2016 and 2017 as well as at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2016 , whereby the team missed the medal ranks as well as at the following U20 World Cup in 2018 . In this age group, the attacker was also part of the Swiss squad at the 2019 World Cup , where the team made it to the semi-finals. There they finished fourth after two consecutive defeats, but Kurashev himself led the entire tournament with six goals scored, so he was elected to the All-Star team.

Achievements and Awards

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
2014/15 SC Bern U20 Elite A Juniors 3 1 1 2 0 - - - - - -
2015/16 GCK Lions U20 Elite A Juniors 34 9 9 18th 8th 12 4th 4th 8th 8th
2016/17 Remparts de Quebec LHJMQ 65 21st 33 54 -8th 10 4th 1 2 3 –6 2
2017/18 Remparts de Quebec LHJMQ 59 19th 41 60 -4 24 6th 1 4th 5 -5 6th
2018/19 Remparts de Quebec LHJMQ 59 29 36 65 -8th 33 7th 1 4th 5 –7 8th
2018/19 Rockford IceHogs AHL 3 0 0 0 -2 0 - - - - - -
Elite A Juniors total 37 10 10 20th 8th 12 4th 4th 8th 0
LHJMQ total 124 40 74 114 -12 34 10 2 6th 8th –11 8th

International

Represented Switzerland at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2015 Switzerland EOWYF 4th Place 3 2 0 2 -5 0
2016 Switzerland U18 World Cup 8th place 5 1 1 2 -5 4th
2016 Switzerland Hlinka Memorial 8th place 4th 0 0 0 –7 2
2017 Switzerland U18 World Cup 8th place 5 3 1 4th -1 2
2018 Switzerland U20 World Cup 8th place 5 1 2 3 -3 2
2019 Switzerland U20 World Cup 4th Place 7th 6th 1 7th -5 4th
2019 Switzerland WM 8th place 8th 1 3 4th +4 4th
Juniors overall 29 13 5 18th -26 14th
Men overall 8th 1 3 4th +4 4th

( 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 )

Personal

Kurashev is the son of Konstantin Kuraschow (* 1962), a former Russian ice hockey player and coach, and therefore also has Russian citizenship . His father played in the 1980s for Krylja Sowetow Moscow in the Wysschaja Liga , the highest Soviet league, and was then active, among others, at Wiener EV and Kapfenberger SV in Austria. After his active career, he moved to Switzerland, where he has worked as a trainer ever since, including as an assistant trainer at HC Davos and SC Bern.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A Swiss is making a name for himself in the QMJHL. Accessed December 31, 2018 (German).
  2. ^ Blackhawks agree to terms with Kurashev. nhl.com, March 12, 2019, accessed on March 12, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Hampus Duvefelt: Kurashev leading second wave of talented Swiss prospects. eprinkside.com, December 31, 2017, accessed December 31, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Kurashev, Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1999
PLACE OF BIRTH Davos , Switzerland