Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) Role Ice hockey player Name Denis Tolpeko Position Winger | NHL Draft Undrafted Career start 2006 Shoots Left Weight 86 kg | |
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Born January 29, 1985 (age 39)
Moscow, URS ( 1985-01-29 ) KHL team
Former teams Amur Khabarovsk
NHL
Philadelphia Flyers
KHL
Dynamo Moscow
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | ||
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Denis Andreevich Tolpeko (born January 29, 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for HC Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
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Playing career
Tolpeko was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Philadelphia Flyers on July 5, 2006. He made his NHL debut with the Flyers on October 4, 2007 against the Calgary Flames. A month later on November 15, Tolpeko scored his first NHL goal against the New York Rangers on goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. Following the season, Tolpeko signed with Dynamo Moscow on May 29, 2008.
In the off-season prior to the 2015–16 campaign, Tolpeko was traded by Salavat Yulaev Ufa to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod on July 31, 2015. In his first season with Torpedo, Tolpeko lasted just 5 games with the club, before he was again traded to his fifth top-flight Russian club, Amur Khabarovsk on October 1, 2015.