Syarhej Kukushkin

Syarhej Kukushkin
Date of birth	July 24, 1985
place of birth	Minsk , Belarusian SSR
size	190 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2004 , 7th round, 218th position Dallas Stars
Career stations
until 2004	HK Junost Minsk
2004-2005	Indiana Ice
2005-2006	Captain Stupino
2006-2007	HK Dynamo Moscow HK Lada Tolyatti
2007-2008	Metallurgist Schlobin
2008-2009	HK Dinamo Minsk
2009-2010	HK Keramin Minsk
2010-2011	Metallurgist Schlobin
since 2011	HK Nyoman Hrodna

Syarhey Michailawitsch Kukushkin ( Belarusian Сяргей Міхайлавіч Кукушкін , Russian Сергей Михайлович Кукушкин / Sergei Mikhailovich Kukushkin * 24. July 1985 in Minsk , Byelorussian SSR ) is a Belarusian ice hockey player who since 2011 in HK Neman Grodno in the Belarusian Extraliga is under contract.

Career

Sjarhej Kukuschkin began his career as a hockey player in his hometown in the youth department of the HK Junost Minsk , for whose professional team he made his debut in the Belarusian extra league in the 2001/02 season . In the 2003/04 season, in which he competed in parallel for Junost and their second team HK Junior Minsk in the extra league, he won the double of the championship and the cup with Junost . Then the Dallas Stars became aware of him, who selected the attacker in the NHL Entry Draft 2004 in the seventh round as a total of 218th player. However, it was never used for the Texans. Instead, he spent the 2004/05 season in the North American Junior League United States Hockey League with the Indiana Ice.

In the summer of 2005, Kukushkin returned to Europe, where he received a contract with Kapitan Stupino in the Wysschaja Liga , the second Russian division. There he posted 32 scorer points in 45 games and recommended himself for an engagement in the Russian Super League , in which he was on the ice for HK Dynamo Moscow and HK Lada Tolyatti in the 2006/07 season . This was followed by a season at Metallurg Schlobin in the Belarusian Extraliga, before the left shooter from HK Dinamo Minsk from the newly founded Continental Hockey League was signed. For this he scored four goals in 45 games and prepared three more. Subsequently, his expiring contract was not extended and Kukuschkin joined city rivals HK Keramin Minsk , for whom he played for a year as well as then for his ex-club Metallurg Schlobin. Since the 2011/12 season he has been playing for HK Nyoman Hrodna .

International

For Belarus , Kukuschkin took part in the junior division in the U18 Junior World Championship 2003 , the U20 Junior B World Championship in 2004 and the U20 Junior World Championship in 2005 . In the senior division, he was in his country's squad at the 2006 and 2007 World Championships .

Achievements and Awards

• 2004 Promotion to the top division at the U20 World Junior Championship of Division I.
• 2004 Belarusian champion with the HK Junost Minsk
• 2004 Belarusian cup winner with HK Junost Minsk

KHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Main round	1	45	4th	3	7th	14th
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

(Status: end of the 2010/11 season)

Web links

• Sjarhej Kukuschkin at hockeydb.com (English)
• Sjarhej Kukuschkin at eurohockey.com
• Sjarhej Kukuschkin at eliteprospects.com (English)