Shoots Right Weight 90 kg Name Artyom Kryukov Career start 2000 | Role Ice hockey player Positions Forward Height 1.93 m | |
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KHL teamFormer teams HC SochiLokomotiv YaroslavlSKA Saint PetersburgHC Sibir NovosibirskHC Vityaz PodolskAvtomobilist YekaterinburgAmur Khabarovsk NHL Draft 15th overall, 2000Buffalo Sabres | ||
Artyom Kryukov (born March 5, 1982) is a Russian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for HC Sochi in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the first round, 15th overall, of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.
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Playing career
Despite his high draft status, Kryukov has never played a professional game in North America, spending his entire career to date in his native Russia. He has played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl. HC Sibir Novosibirsk, Vityaz Chekhov, and SKA Saint Petersburg in the Kontinental Hockey League. Kryukov missed the entire 2009–10 KHL season due to a knee injury suffered in the pre-season.
On May 19, 2014, Kryukov signed a one-year contract as a free agent with expansion club HC Sochi.
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