Yuri Vladimirovich Kuznetsov (russian: Юрий Владимирович Кузнецов; born August 10, 1971, in

Novosibirsk Novosibirsk (, also ; rus, Новосиби́рск, p=nəvəsʲɪˈbʲirsk, a=ru-Новосибирск.ogg) is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the Russian Census ...

, Russia) is a Russian ice hockey coach and former player.

Career Notes

Yuri Kuznetsov reached the highlight of his career in 2001 when he won the Russian Superleague with Metallurg Magnitogorsk, playing on a line with brothers

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and Yevgeniy Koreshkov from Kazakhstan. This same year he played for the Russian national team in the

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. After two successful seasons with Severstal Cherepovets, he was reunited with the Koreshkov brothers in 2004–2005 at his youth club, the Sibir Novosibirsk but all three players left the club during the season without much success. His career outside of Russia included 2 seasons for the

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of the AHL right after he was selected by the Vancouver Canucks in the 7th round of

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. He also played for the Minnesota Moose of the IHL, the Kölner Haie of the DEL and the Milano Vipers of the

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Coaching career

In May 2009 PHC Krylya Sovetov announced that Yuri Kuznetsov would be assistant coach to

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, the new head coach for the 2009–2010 Vysshaya Liga season, with Vladimir Myshkin being the goaltender coach.

Career statistics

International play

Played for Russia in: *

(finished 6th)

International statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuznetsov, Yuri 1971 births Living people Avangard Omsk players HC CSKA Moscow players Metallurg Magnitogorsk players Metallurg Novokuznetsk players HC Milano players HC Sibir Novosibirsk players Kölner Haie players Krylya Sovetov Moscow players Minnesota Moose players Molot-Prikamye Perm players Russian ice hockey coaches Russian ice hockey left wingers Severstal Cherepovets players Soviet ice hockey left wingers Syracuse Crunch players Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod players Vancouver Canucks draft picks Sportspeople from Novosibirsk