Nik Antropov

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Position Center
Shoots Left
Height
Weight		 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
230 lb (105 kg)
NHL Team Toronto Maple Leafs
Nationality Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
Born February 18, 1980,
Ust-Kamenogorsk, USSR
NHL Draft 10th overall, 1998
Toronto Maple Leafs
Pro Career 1998 – present

Nikolai Aleksandrovich Antropov (Russian: Николай Александрович Антропов) (born February 18, 1980, in Ust-Kamenogorsk, U.S.S.R. now Kazakhstan) is a Professional Hockey Centerman in the National Hockey League who plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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[edit] Playing Career

Antropov was drafted 10th overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. Before going overseas to play hockey in North America he played in the Russian Super Liga with Dynamo Moscow.

When Owen Nolan joined the Maple Leafs in March of 2003, Antropov changed his number from #11 (Nolan's number in San Jose) to #80, the year of his birth. In 2003-04 Leaf coach Pat Quinn formed a line with Joe Nieuwendyk, Alexei Ponikarovsky, and Antropov. This line, was dubbed the "Skyline" because of the players' height.

During the NHL lock-out of the 2004-05 season he returned to the Russian league and played 36 games split between Ak Bars Kazañ and Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.

Antropov's skating ability has been criticised strongly in the Toronto media, as has his unfortunate history of injuries, including three knee operations before his 25th birthday.[citation needed]

[edit] Career Statistics

                                  Regular Season            
Season  Team                    Lge   GP   G   A   Pts  PIM   
    
1999-00 Toronto Maple Leafs     NHL   66   12  18  30   41     
2000-01 Toronto Maple Leafs     NHL   52   6   11  17   30       
2001-02 Toronto Maple Leafs     NHL   11   1   1   2    4   
2002-03 Toronto Maple Leafs     NHL   72   16  29  45   124    
2003-04 Toronto Maple Leafs     NHL   62   13  18  31   62    
2005-06 Toronto Maple Leafs     NHL   57   12  19  31   56   

                   NHL Totals         320  60  96  156  317

[edit] International Play

Internationally he represented Kazakhstan in the 1999 World Junior Championships (earning 8 points in 6 games) and in the recent 2006 Winter Olympics where he scored one goal. Antropov captained the Kazakhstan squad on both occasions. Antropov and Colorado Avalanche goaltender Vitaly Kolesnik were the lone NHL players on the team.

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