Vitaly Georgievich Atjuschow

Vitaly Atyushov
Date of birth	4th July 1979
place of birth	Penza , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
size	185 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	defender
number	# 27
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2002 , 9th round, 276th position Ottawa Senators
Career stations
1996-1999	Krylya Sovetov Moscow
1999-2002	Molot-Prikamje Perm
2002-2003	Ak Bars Kazan
2003-2011	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2011-2013	Salawat Yulayev Ufa
2013-2014	Atlant Moskovskaya Oblast
2014-2015	HK tractor Chelyabinsk
2015-2019	Amur Khabarovsk
since 2019	Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk

Vitaly Georgievich Atjuschow ( Russian Виталий Георгиевич Атюшов * 4 July 1979 in Penza , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ) is a Russian ice hockey player who since August 2019 at HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk in the Continental Hockey League is under contract.

Career

Vitaly Atjuschow began his career in 1996 with Krylya Sowetow Moscow . In 1999 he moved to Molot-Prikamje Perm , where he played until 2002. In the 2002 NHL Entry Draft , the Ottawa Senators selected him in the ninth round in 276th place. The 2002/03 season the defender played at Ak Bars Kazan . Atjuschow was under contract with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk from 2003 and holds the captaincy there . With Metallurg he became Russian champion in 2007 and won the IIHF European Champions Cup a year later .

Atjuschow in the jersey of Salawat Julajew Ufa (2012)

After eight years in Magnitogorsk Atjuschow left the club after the 2010/11 season and moved within the KHL to the reigning KHL champion Salawat Julajew Ufa . There he was under contract for two years before he was signed by Atlant Moskovskaya Oblast . From July 2014, Atjuschow was under contract with HK Traktor Chelyabinsk and acted there as assistant captain. From August 2015, Atjuschow was under contract with Amur Khabarovsk and acted as team captain between 2016 and 2019. In total, he completed 200 KHL games for the club from the Far East before he was signed by Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk in August 2019 .

International

In the youth field, Atjuschow played for Russia at the U18 European Championship in 1997 , where his team narrowly missed the medal ranks with fourth place.

With the men's national team Atjuschow took part in the World Championships in 2006 , 2007 , 2009 , 2010 and 2011 , with three goals and 16 assists in 43 games. Overall, he was able to win the world title (2009), the runner-up world title (2010) and the bronze medal (2007) with the Russians.

Achievements and Awards

• 2004 Russian runner-up with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
• 2005 Spengler Cup win with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
• 2007 Russian champion with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
• 2008 IIHF European Champions Cup -Win with HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
• 2008 All-Star-Team of the IIHF European Champions Cup
• 2008 Most valuable player in the IIHF European Champions Cup
• 2008 Best Defender of the IIHF European Champions Cup
• 2010 KHL All-Star Game

International

• 2007 bronze medal at the world championship
• 2009 gold medal at the world championship
• 2010 silver medal at the world championship

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
1996/97	Krylya Sovetov Moscow	Super league		7th	0	0	0	4th		2	0	1	1	0
1997/98	Krylya Sovetov Moscow	Super league		4th	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
1998/99	Diselist Penza	Vysschaya League		22nd	0	0	0	22nd		-	-	-	-	-
1998/99	Krylya Sovetov Moscow	Super league		38	1	5	6th	70		-	-	-	-	-
1999/00	Molot-Prikamje Perm	Super league		38	4th	0	4th	50		3	0	0	0	12
2000/01	Molot-Prikamje Perm	Super league		44	3	9	12	32		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Molot-Prikamje Perm	Super league		51	4th	8th	12	66		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	Ak Bars Kazan	Super league		33	0	9	9	12		2	0	0	0	0
2003/04	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Super league		56	5	9	14th	26th		14th	2	3	5	6th
2004/05	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Super league		58	6th	18th	24	42		5	2	0	2	0
2005/06	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Super league		51	7th	12	19th	64		11	2	0	2	4th
2006/07	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Super league		54	7th	20th	27	46		15th	3	9	12	10
2007/08	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Super league		56	10	33	43	32		10	1	4th	5	2
2008/09	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL		55	8th	27	35	34		12	1	6th	7th	8th
2009/10	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL		49	5	17th	22nd	45		10	1	2	3	6th
2010/11	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL		46	6th	14th	20th	36		20th	0	7th	7th	16
2011/12	Salawat Yulayev Ufa	KHL		49	4th	13	18th	26th		6th	0	3	3	4th
2012/13	Salawat Yulayev Ufa	KHL		40	0	13	13	20th		14th	1	3	4th	0
2013/14	Atlant Moskovskaya Oblast	KHL		40	0	7th	7th	18th		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	HK tractor Chelyabinsk	KHL		53	1	8th	9	26th		6th	0	1	1	4th
2015/16	Amur Khabarovsk	KHL		59	0	6th	6th	44		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Amur Khabarovsk	KHL		46	3	4th	7th	39		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Amur Khabarovsk	KHL		47	4th	12	16	22nd		3	0	1	1	2
2018/19	Amur Khabarovsk	KHL		44	2	10	12	28		-	-	-	-	-
Super league overall				490	47	123	170	446		62	10	17th	27	34
KHL total				528	33	132	165	338		71	3	23	26th	40

International

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
1997	Russia	U18 European Championship	4th Place		5	0	0	0	+2	0
2006	Russia	WM	5th place		7th	0	2	2	+6	6th
2007	Russia	WM			9	0	3	3	+3	4th
2009	Russia	WM			9	2	5	7th	+4	0
2010	Russia	WM			9	0	4th	4th	+8	4th
2011	Russia	WM	4th Place		9	1	2	3	−4	4th
Men overall					43	3	16	19th	+17	18th

( 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

• Vitaly Atjuschow at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ «Нефтехимик» заключил односторонний однолетний контракт с защитником Виталием Атюшовым. In: khl.ru. August 21, 2019, accessed October 14, 2019 (Russian).