Anton Kuryanov Explained

Anton Kuryanov
Birth Date:March 11, 1983
Birth Place:Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR
Soviet Union
Height Ft:5
Height In:9
Weight Lb:180
Position:Centre
Shoots:Left
Team:HC Kladno
Former Teams:Sibir Novosibirsk
Avangard Omsk
Traktor Chelyabinsk
HC Yugra
League:Czech.1
Ntl Team:Russia
Career Start:1999

Anton Kuryanov (Russian: Антон Курьянов; born March 11, 1983) is a professional ice hockey centre forward who is currently playing for HC Kladno of the WSM Liga (Czech.1).

Playing career

Kuryanov started his career in Ust-Kamenogorsk before moving to Omsk in 1998 along with his coach Sergei Gersonsky and a bunch of other talented youngsters, including Alexander Perezhogin. Since he was considered less talented than other young forwards like Alexander Svitov and Stanislav Chistov who played in Avangard Omsk at the time, Kuryanov's path to seniors was a difficult one. He was sent on loan to Mostovik (Kurgan) and then HC Sibir Novosibirsk to gain first-team experience before making his debut for Avangard in the 2002–03 season.

In his first full season in Avangard's jersey, Anton Kuryanov helped his team to win the title tallying 14 points in the process. He then went from strength to strength getting capped for Russia in December 2004 and becoming fans' favourite at his own club. In the 2006–07 season, Kuryanov scored 30 goals which became the record for an Avangard player. On October 13, 2008, Kuryanov suffered a major career setback and a psychological blow when Alexei Cherepanov with whom they played in the same line collapsed on the bench and died during the game against Vityaz Chekhov.[1]

Anton Kyryanov also achieved significant success on the international arena when he was invited to represent his country at the 2009 IIHF World Championship which Russia went on to win. Kuryanov scored 3 times and made 3 assists during his 9 games at the tournament. He dedicated this victory to Cherepanov.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Team League GP GPG A Pts PIM
2002–03 Sibir Novosibirsk26 1 45 8
2002–03 Avangard OmskRSL 3 0 00 0
2003–04 Avangard OmskRSL 50 7 613 14 11 0 1 1 6
2004–05 Avangard OmskRSL 55 12 1426 24 11 1 2 3 4
2005–06Avangard OmskRSL 40 11 1021 20 13 1 4 5 8
2006–07Avangard OmskRSL 50 24 2145 32 10 6 3 9 2
2007–08Avangard OmskRSL 51 18 2038 24
Avangard Omsk45 14 2337 26 9 0 5 5 6
Avangard OmskKHL 45 13 1831 8
Avangard OmskKHL 49 17 1936 22 13 3 4 7 2
Avangard OmskKHL 41 3 912 14 21 3 4 7 2
Avangard OmskKHL 36 8 1119 12 12 1 2 3 4
Traktor ChelyabinskKHL 13 0 11 6
2013–14 Avangard OmskKHL 30 5 49 26
Avangard OmskKHL 24 1 34 8 5 1 0 1 2
Avangard OmskKHL 22 4 37 6 1 0 0 0 0
HC YugraKHL 48 4 1014 38
HC YugraKHL 18 0 44 6
RSL totals2757375148122458101820
KHL totals37169105174172618152316

International

Notes and References

  1. News: Avangard's forward Anton Kuryanov: "Lesha was dreaming about playing for the National Team with me" . Izvestia . 2010-10-14 . Russian.
  2. Web site: Anton Kuryanov: "I am dedicating this victory to Alexei Cherepanov" . hawk.ru . 2010-05-26 . Russian . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718122926/http://www.hawk.ru/press/16717.html . 2011-07-18 .