Konstantin Volkov (ice hockey, born 1997)

Konstantin Leonidovich Volkov (rus. Константин Леонидович Волков) is a russian ice hockey goalie who last played for HC Dynamo in KHL.[1][2]

Konstantin Volkov
Born (1997-09-20) September 20, 1997
Murmansk, Russia
Height 192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
KHL team
Former teams
HC Dynamo
SKA-1946
SKA Varyagi
SKA St. Petersburg
SKA-Neva
Sokol Krasnoyarsk
Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
Porin Ässät
NHL Draft 168, 2016
Nashville Predators
Playing career 2016present

Career

In the 2014-2015 season, Volkov played three games for SKA-1946 in the MHL with a saving precentage of .882%. He moved to SKA-Varyagi in the MHL B in the middle of the season, where he played 28 matches with a save precentage of .906. He also represented Varyagi in the playoffs with a save percentage of .928. In the 2015-2016 season, Volkov followed the same pattern as before: he initially represented SKA-1946 in 17 matches with a save precentage of .902%, until he moved again to Varyagi, where he played six games with a save precentage of .925 percent.

Volkov continued to represent SKA-1946 in the 2016–2017 season. He played 36 games in the regular season with a save percentage of .934%. He won the goalie of the year award was drafted by the Nashville Predators. In the following season, Volkov was able to represent the KHL club SKA St. Petersburg, but did not play any games, in addition to which he played in the previously familiar SKA-1946 and SKA-Varyagi as well as SKA-Neva. The average save percentage for the whole season was .823. Volkov got to play the playoffs in SKA-1946 with a saven percentage of .935. 

Volkov played in Russia's second highest league level in VHL from 2018 to 2021. In the season 2018–2019, he represented both Sokol Krasnoyarsk and Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk. He played the next two seasons at Jugra and won the series championship in 2021.

In the spring of 2021, Volkov signed a one-year contract with the Liiga club Porin Ässät.[3] He played 37 games that season with a save precentage of .897.[1] Ässät finished 15th (last place) that season.

References

  1. "Elite Prospects".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "NHL home page".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "Venäläisvahti Konstantin Volkov Ässiin". Radio Pori (in Finnish). 2021-05-27. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
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