Position Left Wing NHL Draft Undrafted Height 1.78 m Shoots Right Playing career Weight 77 kg | KHL team Avangard Omsk Name Alexander Popov Spouse Tatiana Popov National team Russia Role Ice hockey player Date joined 1998 | |
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Born 31 August 1980 (age 44)
Angarsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union ( 1980-08-31 ) Current teams Russian National Ice Hockey Team (#24 / Forward), Avangard Omsk (#24 / Left wing) | ||
Alexander Alexandrovich Popov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Попо́в; born 31 August 1980) is a Russian professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for HC CSKA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He previously played his whole professional career for Avangard Omsk, during which time he became a legend and cult figure for fans. He is the all-time scoring leader of Avangard.
After 18 professional seasons with Omsk, Popov opted to leave as a free agent and signed a two-year contract with fellow KHL participants, HC CSKA Moscow, on July 25, 2016.
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