Kirill Starkov

Kirill Starkov
Born (1987-03-31) 31 March 1987
Sverdlovsk, USSR
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 209 lb (95 kg; 14 st 13 lb)
Position Right wing
Shoots Left
NLB team
Former teams		 HC Red Ice
Frölunda HC
CSKA Moscow
Syracuse Crunch
IK Oskarshamn
National team  Denmark
NHL Draft 189th overall, 2005
Columbus Blue Jackets
Playing career 2005–present

Kirill Olegovich Starkov (Russian:Кирилл Олегович Старков, born 31 March 1987), is a professional Danish ice hockey player. He is playing for HC Red Ice in the Swiss National League B. He has previously played for CSKA Moscow, Syracuse Crunch, Youngstown Steelhounds, Red Deer Rebels, Frölunda HC, Timrå IK, Esbjerg IK and IK Oskarshamn.

Playing career

Starkov's father Oleg was also a professional hockey player who played for CSKA Moscow and Sverdlovsk Avtomobilist before moving to Denmark to play for Esbjerg IK. As a result, Kirill was born in Russia to Russian parents but spent most of his childhood in Esbjerg. After turning eighteen, Kirill applied for and received Danish citizenship, making him eligible to play for the Danish national ice hockey team. He first represented Denmark at the 2007 IIHF World Championship in Moscow, Russia.

Kirill Starkov was named Rookie of the Year of the Danish Elite League for the 2002-03 season. While playing for various junior teams for Frölunda HC, he won the Swedish Junior 18 national championships in 2004 and 2005 as well as the Swedish Junior 20 national title in 2005.

In 2014, Starkov was suspended for 4 games for breaking the rules for match fixing while playing for Esbjerg in the Danish Elite League. Kirill was cleared and did not have any effect on the match in question. But broke the rules set by the Danish Federation that gave him a 4 games suspension. He returned to the Danish National team 10 months later and played 2 world Championships.

Starkov continued his career in Switzerland and RedIce Martigny where he, as captain of the team, took them to 2 semifinals. He later coached RedIce Martigny in the 2017 palyoffs [1]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.dr.dk/Sporten/Oevrig_sport/2014/10/16/1016113350.htm
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