Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) Positions Defenseman Name Ilya Nekolenko | NHL Draft Undrafted Shoots Left | |
Weight 198 lb (90 kg; 14 st 2 lb) KHL teamFormer teams KHL Medvescak ZagrebAtlant Moscow OblastHC Spartak MoscowSeverstal Cherepovets | ||
Ilya Nekolenko (born July 31, 1993) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with HC Sibir Novosibirsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Nekolenko made his Kontinental Hockey League debut playing with Atlant Moscow Oblast during the 2012–13 KHL season. He has also played with HC Spartak Moscow and Severstal Cherepovets before signing a one-year contract with Croatian-based entrant club, KHL Medveščak Zagreb on June 17, 2015. He was later released from his contract without featuring with Zagreb to sign a new one-year contract with Metallurg Novokuznetsk on July 31, 2015.
Personal
His younger brother, Arkhip (born March 11, 1996) was drafted in the first round, 20th overall, by Spartak Moscow in the 2013 KHL Junior Draft.