Konstantin Pushkaryov

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Pushkaryov.

Konstantin Vladimirovich Pushkaryov (Russian: Константин Владимирович Пушкарёв; born February 12, 1985) is a Kazakhstani former ice hockey winger. He played 17 games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons. Most of his career, which lasted from 2001 to 2020, was spent with Barys Astana in the Kontinental Hockey League. Internationally Puskharyov played for the Kazakhstani national team at multiple World Championships. In May 2022, he became a Parimatch expert.^[1]

Konstantin Pushkaryov
Pushkaryov in 2013 with Barys Astana
Born	(1985-02-12) February 12, 1985 (age 40) Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb)
Position	Right wing
Shot	Left
Played for	HK Almaty HK Kurbads Barys Astana Nomad Astana Metallurg Magnitogorsk CSKA Moscow Los Angeles Kings Avangard Omsk
National team	Kazakhstan
NHL draft	44th overall, 2003 Los Angeles Kings
Playing career	2001–2020

Playing career

Pushkaryov was drafted in the second round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Los Angeles Kings, but was traded to the Dallas Stars late in the 2006–07 NHL season in the deal involving former Kings captain Mattias Norström. He played one game for the Kings in the 2005–06 NHL season and earned an assist; he split the 2006–07 NHL season with the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League and the Kings. Pushkaryov scored his first NHL goal on January 8, 2007, against the Edmonton Oilers.^[2]

Pushkaryov later signed with Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the KHL, before returning to the AHL's Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins for the 2009–10 season. Prior to the start of the 2010–11 season, Pushkaryov joined Barys Astana of the KHL.

Pushkaryov played 8 seasons with Barys Astana before leaving as a free agent in signing a one-year contract with HK Kurbads of the Latvian Hockey League on December 20, 2018.^[3]

International

Pushkaryov was named to the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team for competition at the 2014 IIHF World Championship.^[4]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2000–01	Torpedo–2 Ust–Kamenogorsk	RUS-3		2	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Kazzinc–Torpedo	RUS-2		4	0	0	0	4		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Torpedo–2 Ust–Kamenogorsk	RUS-3		47	19	14	33	50		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Avangard Omsk	RSL		5	1	0	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Omskie Yastreby	RUS-3		44	17	14	31	74		4	2	1	3	33
2004–05	Avangard Omsk	RSL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Omskie Yastreby	RUS-3		3	3	4	7	4		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Calgary Hitmen	WHL		69	22	30	52	50		12	2	5	7	4
2005–06	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		1	0	1	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Manchester Monarchs	AHL		77	19	19	38	95		7	1	1	2	4
2006–07	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		16	2	2	4	8		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Manchester Monarchs	AHL		35	4	11	15	29		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Iowa Stars	AHL		15	2	5	7	25		12	1	4	5	18
2007–08	Iowa Stars	AHL		49	13	27	40	52		—	—	—	—	—
2007–08	CSKA Moscow	RSL		5	0	1	1	2		—	—	—	—	—
2008–09	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	KHL		30	5	1	6	14		4	0	0	0	0
2009–10	Wilkes–Barre/Scranton Penguins	AHL		58	9	10	19	47		4	1	1	2	2
2010–11	Barys Astana	KHL		9	0	1	1	8		—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Barys–2 Astana	KAZ		35	22	25	47	68		13	2	2	4	40
2011–12	Barys Astana	KHL		20	1	2	3	4		7	2	0	2	2
2011–12	Barys–2 Astana	KAZ		6	5	2	7	20		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Barys Astana	KHL		28	4	6	10	42		3	1	0	1	2
2013–14	Barys Astana	KHL		21	1	3	4	33		5	0	1	1	10
2013–14	Nomad Astana	KAZ		5	3	3	6	2		—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	Barys Astana	KHL		54	9	8	17	59		7	3	2	5	7
2015–16	Barys Astana	KHL		55	7	10	17	77		—	—	—	—	—
2016–17	Barys Astana	KHL		32	3	9	12	16		10	2	3	5	10
2017–18	Barys Astana	KHL		47	7	9	16	45		—	—	—	—	—
2017–18	Nomad Astana	KAZ		12	7	2	9	24		12	2	3	5	61
2018–19	HK Kurbads	LAT		14	3	6	9	8		10	1	1	2	6
2019–20	HK Almaty	KAZ		3	0	0	0	12		—	—	—	—	—
KHL totals				296	37	49	86	298		36	8	6	14	31
NHL totals				17	2	3	5	8		—	—	—	—	—

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2002	Kazakhstan	WJC18 D1		4	1	3	4	0
2003	Kazakhstan	WJC D1		5	1	1	2	4
2003	Kazakhstan	WJC18		6	9	1	10	6
2011	Kazakhstan	WC D1		5	1	3	4	2
2012	Kazakhstan	WC		7	3	1	4	2
2013	Kazakhstan	WC D1A		5	0	2	2	2
2014	Kazakhstan	WC		5	0	0	0	2
2015	Kazakhstan	WC D1A		4	1	0	1	0
2016	Kazakhstan	WC		6	0	1	1	4
2017	Kazakhstan	WC D1A		5	0	0	0	0
Junior totals				15	11	5	16	10
Senior totals				37	5	7	12	12