Alexander Nikulin in today's time is an active hockey player (forward) as part of the hockey club “knight”. Now 30 years old, but he has managed to play in a number of Russian teams, and the ocean, consisting of two foreign holding company, such as "the Ottawa senators" and "Phoenix coyotes".
He hails from the Urals, was born in Perm in 1985, 25 Aug. Father put him on skates when he was still 5-6 years. He wanted a son to become an athlete. Later, the parents took him to the ice hockey section.
First was the children's home school Perm "the Hammer-Prikamye", the next was the trip to Moscow. In the "CSKA" at first he stands in the youth team, and then goes into adult hockey.
He is a graduate of the Perm hockey. Now Alexander Nikulin lives in the capital and, in fact, he became a Muscovite. He does not forget the Perm and comes back.
His teenage years and emergence as a hockey player is connected, certainly, with "CSKA". Then he starts to play in foreign teams. Then he went overseas to North America to conquer the NHL.
By and large his professional career began with the Moscow "CSKA" – that was in 2004. He has played in the farm club "CSKA" (2002), as well as in the youth team “the Hammer-Prikamye”.
In 2004, he was elected to the NHL draft in the 4th round, and only three years later he will be overseas as part of the canadian club “Ottawa senators”.
In 2007, he played for “army” and spent during this time 119 matches.
The 2007/2008 Season he didn't start in the first team and the farm club "Ottawa" - "Binghamton senators".
Later, he still finds himself in the first team, but we can say, by chance. One of the players "Ottawa" is injured and needed someone to replace. Then the coaching staff decided to call Alexander Nikulin play in the first team.
On the same day when this decision was taken, he made his debut in the NHL. Then he spends another match in this team, but was soon again returned to the farm club.
Next season the situation has not changed, then it puts the leadership of an ultimatum, which was: “Or I'm going back to Russia, or traded to another club”.
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Later the General Manager of Ottawa said that none of the teams included in the NHL, has not shown interest to the centre-forward Alexander Nikulin. Talking about the fact that after such a situation in the NHL draft, it is likely that in the future will be less willing to choose the Russian hockey players. Then, playing for the senators', he failed to report the transfer or washer.
Thus, in November 2008, he goes to another club. Now Alexander Nikulin hockey “the Phoenix coyotes”, but in his composition he spends only one game - this was his third match in the NHL. Then most of the season he played in the American hockey League (AHL), which is the second most popular Hockey League after the NHL. He played for the farm club «San Antonio Rampage”.
He decided to return to CSKA. In the season 2009/2010 he has already re-appeared with the "soldiers". Then, the date 13 October 2009 marked his first goal in the composition of the KHL. He entered at that time among the best players of the year, but early next season, he is in the HC «Amur», and extends his contract for another two years.
In October 2012, has already signed a contract with Novosibirsk hockey club «Siberia» Alexander Nikulin. A photo on which he is a hockey club "CSKA".
In 2012, Nikulin is injured – a broken arm. The injury was sustained in the course of the match with Petersburg SKA. Then it was an unsuccessful collision with the forward of SKA, and Nikulin at that time played for the team "Amur". Because of the injury he was not able to play in the playoffs of the KHL.
May 2013 – Nikulin moves in «Spartacus». Composed of Spartacus, he spends 45 matches.
A List of hockey clubs in which he played after returning - "Siberia", "Cupid", "Spartacus", Neftekhimik, Vityaz.
He participated in the world Championship in 2005 and won with the youth team in second place. He later tried out for the Euro tour in 2006 and 2007.
In 2006, he was invited to Riga for the world Cup but he along with the two players had to leave. Among those players was Alexander Kharitonov and Konstantin Barulin.
Before the world Cup were involved in a training camp of the national team of Russia.
By the autumn of 2015 in total, the KHL Nikulin was listed as 285 matches and 106 points.
Last Fall are already talking about what Alexander Nikulin swap in "the knight", and he leaves Tolyatti "Lada". Alexander Nikulin in the 2015-2016 season he played for Lada and made two assists. In 2015 2 October, he goes to the team from Moscow “knight”. At the end of last year he was injured and for some time did not play.
In January 2016, Alexander Nikulin is back in the squad “knight” (Podolsk), after the break due to injury. In mid-January, he participates in the regular match of the KHL against "Slovan".
About the team "Vityaz" he says happily. His first goal in this team he managed to score in the match "Vityaz" with "Serverstart".
2004/2005 "CSKA"(Moscow).
2005/2006 "CSKA".
2006/2007 "CSKA".
2008/2009 "CSKA".
2010/2011 Amur (Khabarovsk).
2011/2012 Amur.
2012/2013 Amur.
2012/2013 Sibir (Novosibirsk).
2013/2014 Spartak (Moscow).
2014/2015 Neftekhimik (Nizhnekamsk).
2015 - present "Vityaz" (Podolsk).
He was always a great desire to get to the National Hockey League, and finally, his dream comes true. Nikulin goes to play for the canadian team in 2007. In his blog after returning home, he wrote back that the NHL he was never able to conquer.
But despite this, the years spent overseas, does not consider lost Nikulin Alexander. Reviews of the time, despite the fact that he did not play in the first team of the NHL, warm, happy he obtained professional experience that gave him the trip to North America.
The Pros were still more than minuses, because he partly realized his dream, even if only briefly becoming involved in it. He played three matches consisting of NHL "Ottawa senators" and "Phoenix coyotes". However, most of the time he played in the American Hockey League.
Upon arrival to Russia, where he began his career, he was looking forward to when once again begin to play "CSKA".
But in 2014, "CSKA" put him on draft failures, thus, he becomes a hockey player from another club – "Neftekhimik". Offensive line the club made strong then came to him the eminent forward – by Alexander Nikulin.
2002/07 - "CSKA".
2007/08 - "Ottawa senators" - 2 games, “the Binghamton senators" (71).
2008/09 - “the Binghamton senators" (5), “the Phoenix coyotes”- 1, "San Antonio Rampage" (64).
2009/10 – "CSKA" (45).
2010/11 – "CSKA" (7) and “Cupid”(45).
The 2011/12 – “Cupid” (44, 26).
2012 /13 – “Cupid” (14, 3), “Siberia” (43, 17).
2013/14 – «Spartacus» (45).
2014-15/CSKA Moskva (5), "Buran" (7, 7), «metallurg» (22, 5).
2015-16/«Lada» (13, 1).
2015-16/“knight” (10, 3).
In the time of his departure to North America he begins blogging. He gave him a resounding name – "to Conquer the NHL." In this title reflects his lifelong dream and his aspirations as a hockey player, but in the end it wasn't picked to play in the main part of the NHL. After some time he moved back to Russia.
His thoughts about the events in my professional life covered in his blog.
About his personal life very little information, but we know that he's single.
His parents just as before, live in Perm. Often he comes to visit them in the summer and for a long time is there.
About the situation in the "Vityaz", the new hockey club, in which he plays, he responds positively, and besides, the atmosphere in the team is good-natured and good. Says Nikulin, In the "Vityaz" good team, with many players he already knew before he came to play in this team. He is familiar with such players as Dmitry Shitikov, Slava Solodukhin, Denis Ezhov, Igor Golovkov.
He's glad He now plays the "hero", although does not forget the commands which he performed previously. In the "Vityaz" new partners in the three steel Shitikov and Makeev. In company with them he managed to score his first goal in this team.
Interesting fact: he is the namesake of the famous Russian actor - they have exactly the same name and surname. There is another Alexander Nikulin is an actor.
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