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| Igor Kuznetsov | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
(1955-10-19)October 19, 1955 Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 168 lb (76 kg; 12 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Center | ||
| Played for |
Burevestnik Alma-Ata Avtomobilist Karaganda SKA Novosibirsk Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk HPK EC Ratingen | ||
| Playing career | 1971–1993 | ||
Igor Mikhailovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Игорь Михайлович Кузнецов; born October 19, 1955) is a Kazakhstani-German retired professional ice hockey player. He is currently an executive and founding chairman of the KIMEX and Grazie chain stores.
Career
Igor Kuznetsov is the graduate of Alma-Ata ice hockey school. He began his playing career at the Burevestnik Alma-Ata team. However, his best years he played for Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk, when he captained 10 years and was team top scorer three times in 1984-85 (76 points: 43 G, 33 A), 1985-86 (98 points: 53 G, 45 A) and 1988-89 (90 points: 44 G, 46 A) seasons. After Soviet Union collapse, he went to play to Finnish team HPK, where he helped to win bronze medals at SM-liiga in 1991. In 1991, Kuznetsov signed a contract with German team EC Ratingen and helped to promote them to 2nd Bundesliga. He played 43 games and scored 37 goals. Next season he ended his career because of a foot fracture.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1984-85 | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | USSR-2 | 51 | 43 | 33 | 76 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985-86 | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | USSR-2 | 64 | 53 | 45 | 98 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986-87 | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | USSR-2 | 63 | 61 | 38 | 99 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987-88 | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | USSR | 26 | 20 | 7 | 27 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987-88 | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | USSR-2 | 36 | 26 | 23 | 49 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988-89 | Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk | USSR-2 | 61 | 44 | 46 | 90 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989-90 | HPK | SM-liiga | 44 | 18 | 51 | 69 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990-91 | HPK | SM-liiga | 44 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1991-92 | EC Ratingen | 2.BL | 29 | 28 | 31 | 59 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 10 | ||
| 1992-93 | EC Ratingen | 1.BL | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| USSR totals | 26 | 20 | 7 | 27 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
- "Igor Kuznetsov: I Lost Many Friends Because of Business". Vox Business. March 12, 2013. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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