| Yuri Kuznetsov (b.1971) | |
| Position | Left Wing and Center |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 209 lb (95 kg) |
| Teams | RSL Metallurg Magnitogorsk Severstal Cherepovets Avangard Omsk Sibir Novosibirsk CSKA Moscow Molot-Prikamie Perm AHL Syracuse Crunch |
| Born | August 10, 1971, Novosibirsk, USSR |
| NHL Draft | 7th round (169th overall), 1994 Vancouver Canucks |
| Pro Career | 1992 – 2009 |
Yuri Kuznetsov (Russian Юрий Кузнецов, born 10 August 1971 in Novosibirsk, Russia) is a Russian ice hockey coach and former player.
Career Notes[]
Yuri Kuznetsov reached the highlight of his career in 2001 when he won the Russian Superleague with Metallurg Magnitogorsk, playing on a line with brothers Aleksandr and Yevgeniy Koreshkov from Kazakhstan.[1] This same year he played for the Russian national team in the 2001 IIHF World Championship.
After two successful seasons with Severstal Cherepovets, he was reunited with the Koreshkov brothers in 2004-2005 at his youth club, the Sibir Novosibirsk [1] but all three players left the club during the season without much success.
His career outside of Russia included 2 seasons for the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL right after he was selected by the Vancouver Canucks in the 7th round of 1994 NHL Entry Draft. He also played for the Minnesota Moose of the IHL, the Kölner Haie of the DEL and the Milano Vipers of the French League.
Coaching career[]
In May 2009 PHC Krylya Sovetov announced that Yuri Kuznetsov would be assistant coach to Alexei Kasatonov, the new head coach for the 2009-2010 Vysshaya Liga season, with Vladimir Myshkin being the goaltender coach.[2]
Career statistics[]
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 88/89 | Sibir Novosibirsk | Vys. | 48 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 14 | |||||||
| 89/90 | Sibir Novosibirsk | Vys. | 47 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | |||||||
| 90/91 | Sibir Novosibirsk | Vys. | 62 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 26 | |||||||
| 91/92 | Sibir Novosibirsk | Vys. | 72 | 30 | 25 | 55 | 24 | |||||||
| 92/93 | Avangard Omsk | RSL | 32 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 93/94 | Avangard Omsk | RSL | 35 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 16 | |||||||
| 94/95 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 54 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 37 | |||||||
| 95/96 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 20 | |||||||
| 95/96 | Minnesota Moose | IHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||
| 96/97 | HC CSKA Moscow | EHL | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| 96/97 | HC CSKA Moscow | RSL | 43 | 12 | 14 | 26 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 97/98 | Avangard Omsk | RSL | 42 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 20 | |||||||
| 98/99 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 99/00 | HC Milano | France | 25 | 23 | 18 | 41 | 12 | |||||||
| 99/00 | HC Sierre-Anniviers | NL B | ||||||||||||
| 00/01 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | RSL | 41 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 4 | ||
| 01/02 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | RSL | 48 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 02/03 | Severstal Cherepovets | RSL | 38 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 03/04 | Severstal Cherepovets | RSL | 51 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 12 | |||||||
| 04/05 | Sibir Novosibirsk | RSL | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| 04/05 | Torpedo Nizhny-Novgorod | Vys. | 30 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 05/06 | Molot-Prikamie Perm | RSL | 45 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 52 | |||||||
| 06/07 | Metallurg-2 Novokuznetsk | RUS-3 | ||||||||||||
| 06/07 | Metallurg Novokuznetsk | RSL | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 06/07 | HK Dmitrov | Vys. | 31 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 | ||
| 07/08 | HK Dmitrov | Vys. | 46 | 17 | 19 | 36 | 87 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 08/09 | Krylia Sovetov | Vys. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Totals | 862 | 233 | 218 | 451 | 522 | 59 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 36 | ||||
| Russian Superleague | 397 | 110 | 96 | 206 | 222 | 37 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 12 | ||||
| AHL | 82 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 57 | |||||||||
International play[]
Played for Russia in:
- 2001 IIHF World Championship (finished 6th) [4]
International statistics[]
| Year | Team | Comp | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Russia | WCH | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
See also[]
- Kuznetsov should not be confused with Yuri Kuznetsov(fi) (b. Moscow 1965), Russian ice hockey defender who played a large part of his career in Finland for HIFK, SaiPa and other teams including Krylia Sovetov.[5][6]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marc Branchu (September 2004). Presentation of the 2004-2005 Russian ice hockey season. hockeyarchives.info. Retrieved on 19 April 2010.
- ↑ Sport-Express (21 May 2009). Kasatonov to lead Krylya Sovetov to KHL. Retrieved on 19 April 2010.
- ↑ Yuri Kuznetsov b. 1971 - player profile and career stats at European Hockey.Net
- ↑ 2001 IIHF World Championship. Retrieved on 7 May 2010.
- ↑ Yuri Kuznetsov b. 1965 - player profile and career stats at European Hockey.Net
- ↑ Yuri Kuznetsov b. 1965's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database