Konstantin Barulin

Konstantin Alexandrovich Barulin (, born 4 September 1984) is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender playing for Borås HC of the HockeyEttan in Sweden. He was born in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan), but plays internationally for Russia. He was drafted 84th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 2003 NHL entry draft but remained in Russia and never signed a contract with the Blues.

Playing career Barulin began his career with Gazovik Tyumen in 2001. He had a brief spell with SKA Saint Petersburg before returning to Gazovik. He went on to have spells at Spartak Moscow and Khimik Moscow Oblast before joining CSKA Moscow for the inaugural KHL season in 2008. On 29 July 2010, after two years with CSKA Barulin returned to Atlant signing as a free agent on a two-year contract. In 2012, he signed a three-year contract with Ak Bars Kazan.

After one season with Avangard Omsk in 2014–15, Barulin left as a free agent to sign an initial one-year deal with HC Sochi of the KHL on 28 May 2015.

Barulin remained as a standout starting goaltender in Sochi for four seasons. Following the 2018–19 season, Barulin left as a free agent to sign a one-year contract with Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk on 2 May 2019.

During his second year with Neftekhimik in the midst of the 2020–21 season, with the club well out of playoff contention and having collected just 2 wins through 21 games, Barulin left the KHL and signed for the remainder of the season with Czech top flight club, HC Dyanmo Pardubice of the ELH, on 21 January 2021.

International play

Barulin represented Russia in the 2011 IIHF World Championship in which he defeated Team Canada 2–1, and in the 2012 IIHF World Championship where he helped team Russia en route to winning the gold medal.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T/OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2001–02 Gazovik Tyumen VHL 4 — — — 188 15 0 4.72 — — — — — — — — — 2002–03 Gazovik Tyumen VHL 30 — — — 1693 47 1 4.51 — 11 — — 621 — 0 1.87 — 2003–04 Gazovik Tyumen VHL 11 — — — 550 24 — 2.17 — — — — — — — — — 2003–04 SKA Saint Petersburg RSL 1 — — — 2 0 — 0.00 — — — — — — — — — 2004–05 Gazovik Tyumen VHL 30 — — — 1854 60 6 2.00 — 3 — — 136 9 0 3.96 — 2005–06 Spartak Moscow RSL 36 — — — 2101 75 2 2.17 .915 2 — — 104 4 0 2.30 — 2006–07 Khimik Moscow Oblast RSL 26 — — — 1248 48 1 2.16 — 1 — — 47 3 0 3.76 — 2007–08 Khimik Moscow Oblast RSL 11 — — — 456 29 0 2.77 — — — — — — — — — 2008–09 CSKA Moscow KHL 41 24 15 8 2443 95 2 2.33 .908 2 0 2 100 9 0 5.40 .850 2009–10 CSKA Moscow KHL 45 19 13 8 2277 80 3 2.11 .919 3 0 3 136 10 0 4.43 .855 2010–11 Atlant Moscow Oblast KHL 28 13 9 4 1505 48 6 1.91 .925 22 11 10 1286 44 2 2.05 .928 2011–12 Atlant Moscow Oblast KHL 45 18 16 10 2652 100 5 2.26 .929 12 6 6 694 27 1 2.33 .933 2012–13 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 43 23 11 9 2551 83 4 1.95 .940 18 11 7 1234 36 2 1.75 .941 2013–14 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 34 17 10 7 2065 71 5 2.06 .932 2 0 2 87 7 0 4.85 .829 2014–15 Avangard Omsk KHL 44 23 14 3 2402 83 5 2.07 .923 7 2 4 349 14 0 2.41 .905 2015–16 HC Sochi KHL 53 24 15 9 2787 103 4 2.22 .926 4 0 4 272 11 0 2.43 .899 2016–17 HC Sochi KHL 53 23 21 6 2907 110 4 2.27 .925 — — — — — — — — 2017–18 HC Sochi KHL 35 14 16 4 1950 79 2 2.43 .920 5 1 4 312 18 0 3.46 .906 2018–19 HC Sochi KHL 30 15 10 4 1728 61 4 2.12 .923 4 0 2 131 7 0 3.20 .865 2019–20 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk KHL 41 15 18 5 2313 99 1 2.57 .905 4 0 3 217 7 0 1.94 .939 2020–21 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk KHL 21 2 15 1 1131 71 0 3.77 .887 — — — — — — — — KHL totals 513 227 178 78 28,712 1,083 45 2.26 .922 83 31 47 4,817 190 5 2.38 .921

International Year Team Event Result GP W L OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2002 Russia WJC18 3 2 0 0 125 0 2 0.00 1.00 2003 Russia WJC 1 1 0 0 60 1 0 1.00 .967 2004 Russia WJC 5th 4 2 1 1 200 12 0 3.60 .892 2007 Russia WC 0 — — — — — — — — 2011 Russia WC 4th 7 2 4 0 342 16 0 2.80 .908 2012 Russia WC 2 2 0 0 120 1 1 0.50 .985 2015 Russia WC 1 0 1 0 60 3 0 3.00 .880

Awards and honours Award Year KHL All-Star Game 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Best Goaltender Award 2011 Best GAA (1.91) 2011 Playoff MVP 2011