Roman Evgenyevich Kuchtinow

Roman Kuchtinow
Date of birth	1st December 1975
place of birth	Belgorod , Russian SFSR
size	185 cm
Weight	94 kg
position	defender
number	# 7
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2001 , 9th round, 280th position New York Islanders
Career stations
until 1994	Krylya Sovetov Moscow
1994-1995	SKA Saint Petersburg
1995-1996	Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk
1998-2001	Metallurg Novokuznetsk
2001-2003	Salawat Yulayev Ufa
2003-2004	Severstal Cherepovets
2004-2006	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2006-2007	Salawat Yulayev Ufa
2007-2008	HK Spartak Moscow
2008	HK CSKA Moscow
2008-2010	Amur Khabarovsk
2010-2011	HK Belgorod

Roman Evgenjewitsch Kuchtinow ( Russian Роман Евгеньевич Кухтинов ; born December 1, 1975 in Belgorod , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian ice hockey player .

Career

Roman Kuchtinow began his career as a hockey player in the youth department of Krylya Sowetow Moscow , for whose professional team he made his debut in the super league in the 1993/94 season . The defender then spent one season each at their league rivals SKA Saint Petersburg and Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk before taking a two-year break from ice hockey. In the summer of 1998, the Russian signed with Metallurg Novokuznetsk , for which he ran for the following three years. In the 2001 NHL Entry Draft , the left-shooter was selected by the New York Islanders in the ninth round as a total of 280th player, but stayed in his Russian homeland, where he played for Salawat Julajew Ufa , Severstal Tscherepowez , HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk , again Ufa, as well as one and a half years for the two capital clubs HK Spartak Moscow and HK CSKA Moscow in the super league was on the ice.

In the summer of 2008 Kuchtinow was committed by Amur Khabarovsk , for which he played in the newly founded Continental Hockey League until 2010 .

Achievements and Awards

• 1993 silver medal at the U18 European Junior Championship

KHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	2	70	2	9	11	62
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

(Status: end of the 2009/10 season)

Web links

• Roman Kuchtinow at hockeydb.com (English)
• Roman Kuchtinow at eurohockey.com