Artyom Leonidovich Volkov (russian: Артём Леонидович Волков; born 28 January 1985) is a Belarusian professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player. He spent most of his career, which lasted from 2000 to 2021, in the

Belarusian Extraliga The Belarusian Extraleague (abbreviated BHL, also known as the Belarusian Open Championship), officially formed in 2006, is the top ice hockey league in Belarus. In its past, it has switched several times between being and not being an open leagu ...

, though also played four seasons in the

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ...

. Internationally he played for the Belarus national team at five

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International

Volkov was named to the Belarus national team for the

2014 IIHF World Championship The 2014 IIHF World Championship was hosted by Belarus in its capital, Minsk, held from 9–25 May 2014. Sixteen national teams were competing in two venues, the Minsk-Arena and Chizhovka-Arena. It was the first time Belarus hosted the tourname ...

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* 1985 births Living people Belarusian expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Belarusian ice hockey right wingers Yunost Minsk players HK Gomel players HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk players HC Dinamo Minsk players Avangard Omsk players Sportspeople from Novopolotsk {{Belarus-icehockey-bio-stub