Nikita Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov
Kucherov with the Tampa Bay Lightning in January 2014
Born (1993-06-17) 17 June 1993 (age 31)
Maykop, Russia
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Right wing
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams
Tampa Bay Lightning
CSKA Moscow
National team  Russia
NHL draft 58th overall, 2011
Tampa Bay Lightning
Playing career 2011–present

Nikita Igorevich Kucherov (Russian: Никита Игоревич Кучеров; born 17 June 1993) is a Russian professional ice hockey right winger and alternate captain for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League (NHL). Regarded as one of the best players in the world, Kucherov won the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player, Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer, and the Ted Lindsay Award as the best player voted by fellow NHL players, for the 2018–19 season.[1]

Kucherov won the Stanley Cup twice with the Lightning, in 2020 and 2021, leading the playoffs in scoring both times. Kucherov holds the record for most points by a Russian-born player in a single season (144), as well as Lightning franchise playoff records for most points, most goals, and most assists.

  1. ^ "Tampa duo Kucherov, Vasilevskiy win top awards". ESPN. 19 June 2019. Archived from the original on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

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