Konstantin Koltsov
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Konstantin Koltsov is an ice hockey winger from Minsk, Belarus who played for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Koltsov started out playing for Junactva Miensk in the Belarusian 1st division during the 1997-98 season, and moved to Russian Severstal Cherepovets for the next season.
He was drafted to the NHL in the 1999 entry draft as the Pittsburgh Penguins' first round pick, making him the 18th player overall in the draft. He played for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the AHL in the 2002-03 season, and started playing full-time for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2003-04 season, playing 82 games and scoring nine goals and twenty assists.
During the NHL lockout, Koltsov played for the Spartak Moscow hockey team.
As a result of the Penguins not extending a qualifying offer, Koltsov became an unrestricted free agent on June 26, 2006. In August of that year he returned to Russia, signing a contact to play for Salavat Yulaev Ufa.
[edit] International play
Koltsov plays in the Belarus national team on the IIHF World Championships.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1998-99 | Severstal Cheropovets | Russian Superleague | 33 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1999-00 | Novokuznetsk Metallurg | Russian Superleague | 31 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000-01 | AK-Bars Kazan | Russian Superleague | 24 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2001-02 | AK-Bars Kazan | Russian Superleague | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2001-02 | Spartak Moscow | Russian Superleague | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 65 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 41 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 2002-03 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 82 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 30 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003-04 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 1 | ||
| 2004-05 | Spartak Moscow | Russian Superleague | 31 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 48 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005-06 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL | 15 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005-06 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NHL Totals | 107 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 40 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
