Konstantin Pushkarev

Konstantin Vladimirovich Pushkaryov (; born February 12, 1985) is a Kazakhstani former ice hockey winger. He played 17 games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons. Most of his career, which lasted from 2001 to 2020, was spent with Barys Astana in the Kontinental Hockey League. Internationally, Puskharyov played for the Kazakhstani national team at multiple World Championships. In May 2022, he became a Parimatch expert.

Playing career Pushkaryov was drafted in the second round of the 2003 NHL entry draft by the Los Angeles Kings, but was traded to the Dallas Stars late in the 2006–07 NHL season in the deal involving former Kings captain Mattias Norström. He played one game for the Kings in the 2005–06 NHL season and earned an assist; he split the 2006–07 NHL season with the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League and the Kings. Pushkaryov scored his first NHL goal on January 8, 2007, against the Edmonton Oilers.

Pushkaryov later signed with Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the KHL, before returning to the AHL's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins for the 2009–10 season. Before the start of the 2010–11 season, Pushkaryov joined Barys Astana of the KHL.

Pushkaryov played 8 seasons with Barys Astana before leaving as a free agent in signing a one-year contract with HK Kurbads of the Latvian Hockey League on December 20, 2018.

International Pushkaryov was named to the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team for competition at the 2014 IIHF World Championship.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2000–01 Torpedo–2 Ust–Kamenogorsk RUS-3 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 2002–03 Kazzinc–Torpedo RUS-2 4 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 2002–03 Torpedo–2 Ust–Kamenogorsk RUS-3 47 19 14 33 50 — — — — — 2003–04 Avangard Omsk RSL 5 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 2003–04 Omskie Yastreby RUS-3 44 17 14 31 74 4 2 1 3 33 2004–05 Avangard Omsk RSL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2004–05 Omskie Yastreby RUS-3 3 3 4 7 4 — — — — — 2004–05 Calgary Hitmen WHL 69 22 30 52 50 12 2 5 7 4 2005–06 Los Angeles Kings NHL 1 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2005–06 Manchester Monarchs AHL 77 19 19 38 95 7 1 1 2 4 2006–07 Los Angeles Kings NHL 16 2 2 4 8 — — — — — 2006–07 Manchester Monarchs AHL 35 4 11 15 29 — — — — — 2006–07 Iowa Stars AHL 15 2 5 7 25 12 1 4 5 18 2007–08 Iowa Stars AHL 49 13 27 40 52 — — — — — 2007–08 CSKA Moscow RSL 5 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 2008–09 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 30 5 1 6 14 4 0 0 0 0 2009–10 Wilkes–Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 58 9 10 19 47 4 1 1 2 2 2010–11 Barys Astana KHL 9 0 1 1 8 — — — — — 2010–11 Barys–2 Astana KAZ 35 22 25 47 68 13 2 2 4 40 2011–12 Barys Astana KHL 20 1 2 3 4 7 2 0 2 2 2011–12 Barys–2 Astana KAZ 6 5 2 7 20 — — — — — 2012–13 Barys Astana KHL 28 4 6 10 42 3 1 0 1 2 2013–14 Barys Astana KHL 21 1 3 4 33 5 0 1 1 10 2013–14 Nomad Astana KAZ 5 3 3 6 2 — — — — — 2014–15 Barys Astana KHL 54 9 8 17 59 7 3 2 5 7 2015–16 Barys Astana KHL 55 7 10 17 77 — — — — — 2016–17 Barys Astana KHL 32 3 9 12 16 10 2 3 5 10 2017–18 Barys Astana KHL 47 7 9 16 45 — — — — — 2017–18 Nomad Astana KAZ 12 7 2 9 24 12 2 3 5 61 2018–19 HK Kurbads LAT 14 3 6 9 8 10 1 1 2 6 2019–20 HK Almaty KAZ 3 0 0 0 12 — — — — — KHL totals 296 37 49 86 298 36 8 6 14 31 NHL totals 17 2 3 5 8 — — — — —

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