Roman Kukhtinov

Roman Kukhtinov (born December 1, 1975) is a Russian ice hockey defender who is currently playing for HC Amur Khabarovsk of the Kontinental Hockey League.

Kukhtinov has played for numerous Russian teams during his career. He began his career with short spells for Krylya Sovetov Moscow, SKA Saint Petersburg and HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk. In 1998 he signed for Metallurg Novokuznetsk where he began playing more frequent hockey and spent a total of three seasons with the team. Kukhtinov was drafted 280th overall by the New York Islanders in the 2001 NHL entry draft but remained in the Russian Superleague and instead signed for Salavat Yulaev Ufa where he scored career-high 11 goals during his first season. After two seasons he moved to Severstal Cherepovets for one season before moving to Metallurg Magnitogorsk where he won the Russian Championship in 2006. He rejoined Salavat for the 2006–07 season before moving to HC Spartak Moscow. He joined HC CSKA Moscow for the inaugural KHL season but after 14 games he moved to Amur Khabarovsk.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1991–92 Dynamo–2 Moscow CIS.3 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1992–93 Krylia Sovetov–2 Moscow RUS.2 58 5 4 9 22 — — — — — 1993–94 Krylia Sovetov Moscow IHL 4 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1993–94 Krylia Sovetov–2 Moscow RUS.3 54 3 9 12 38 — — — — — 1994–95 SKA St. Petersburg IHL 5 1 0 1 2 — — — — — 1994–95 SKA–2 St. Petersburg RUS.2 3 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1995–96 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk IHL 7 0 0 0 6 — — — — — 1995–96 Neftekhimik–2 Nizhnekamsk RUS.2 3 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 1995–96 Gornyak Raychikhinsk RUS.2 27 1 5 6 16 — — — — — 1996–97 Gornyak Raychikhinsk RUS.3 49 15 14 29 26 — — — — — 1997–98 Gornyak Raychikhinsk RUS.3 36 18 8 26 46 — — — — — 1998–99 Metallurg Novokuznetsk RSL 42 2 9 11 26 6 0 0 0 2 1999–2000 Metallurg Novokuznetsk RSL 37 2 6 8 28 14 1 1 2 8 2000–01 Metallurg Novokuznetsk RSL 44 7 10 17 36 — — — — — 2000–01 Metallurg–2 Novokuznetsk RUS.3 1 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 2001–02 Salavat Yulaev Ufa RSL 51 11 10 21 74 — — — — — 2002–03 Salavat Yulaev Ufa RSL 50 4 7 11 72 3 2 0 2 4 2003–04 Severstal Cherepovets RSL 54 2 6 8 46 — — — — — 2004–05 Metallurg Magnitogorsk RSL 53 3 8 11 24 5 0 0 0 2 2005–06 Metallurg Magnitogorsk RSL 32 0 4 4 18 — — — — — 2006–07 Salavat Yulaev Ufa RSL 47 2 5 7 30 8 0 0 0 4 2007–08 Spartak Moscow RSL 53 4 7 11 34 5 0 0 0 4 2007–08 Spartak–2 Moscow RUS.3 1 2 0 2 0 — — — — — 2008–09 CSKA Moscow KHL 14 0 3 3 14 — — — — — 2008–09 CSKA–2 Moscow RUS.3 4 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 2008–09 Amur Khabarovsk KHL 25 2 3 5 16 — — — — — 2009–10 Amur Khabarovsk KHL 31 0 3 3 32 — — — — — 2010–11 HC Belgorod RUS.3 41 7 17 24 34 10 2 6 8 2 RSL totals 463 37 72 109 388 41 3 1 4 24 RUS.3 totals 186 45 49 94 152 10 2 6 8 2

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1993 Russia EJC 6 0 0 0 0 Junior totals 6 0 0 0 0