Dmitri Kugryshev
Russian forward who played for seven KHL clubs.
Dmitri Dmitrievich Kugryshev is a Russian professional ice hockey forward. He was selected by the Washington Capitals in the second round of the 2008 NHL entry draft. As of the 2023–24 season, he plays for HC Lada Togliatti in the Kontinental Hockey League.
Quick Facts
- Team
- Lada Togliatti
- League
- KHL
- Former teams
- Hershey Bears
- CSKA Moscow
- Sibir Novosibirsk
- Avangard Omsk
- Salavat Yulaev Ufa
- Spartak Moscow
- HC Vityaz
- Position
- Forward
- Shoots
- Right
- Born
- 18 January 1990
- Birthplace
- Balakovo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- Draft
- 58th overall
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Playing career
Kugryshev moved to North America to play major junior hockey with the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Washington Capitals on 9 March 2010. On 2 May 2017, CSKA traded Kugryshev and Semyon Koshelyov to Avangard Omsk in exchange for Anton Burdasov. In the 2017–18 season with Avangard, he recorded 11 goals and 25 points in 50 games. He left as a free agent on 1 May 2018 to sign a one-year deal with Salavat Yulaev Ufa. On 8 July 2021, he joined HC Spartak Moscow on a two-year contract. During the 2022–23 season, after collecting 2 goals and 3 points in 17 games, he was transferred from Spartak to HC Vityaz on 21 November 2022. After his contract with Vityaz ended, he signed a one-year contract with HC Lada Togliatti on 19 June 2023 for their return to the KHL.
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