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Nikita Kucherov is a well-known right-wing professional ice hockey player. Nikita Kucherov plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL.
Early life
On June 17, 1993, Nikita Igorevich Kucherov was born in Maykop, Russia. He is 30 years old.
He was born to his father Igor Kuchervo and his mother Svetlana Kucherova. Thus, his father is a colonel in the Russian army.
Therefore, he spent most of his childhood with his grandmother and aunt. Her grandfather was also a soldier.
Kucherov’s grandmother works on the city’s football team, Druzhba. Thus, she also has a brother named Denis.
Caption: Nikita Kucherov’s childhood photo. Source (Instagram)
Nikita Kucherov – Net worth 2024
This professional ice hockey player has earned a considerable amount of money throughout his career and profession. He has a net worth of $20 million as of 2022 and his salary is around $12 million.
Body measurements
Nikita Kucherov is handsome, he is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs around 82 kg. Furthermore, he has brown hair and attractive pairs of green eyes.
Career and professional life
Previously, Nikita Kucherov played for CSKA Moscow in the Kontinental Hockey League. He also played for the Sliver Sharks and White.
Thus, he played for the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. He was selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning with their 58th pick in the 2011 NHL draft.
He signed an initial three-year contract on September 10, 2012. The contract was with the Tampa Bay Lightning. He later became the seventh Tampa Bay Lightning player to score a goal in his NHL debut.
Caption: Nikita Kucherov with his teammate. Source (Instagram)
Soon, he recorded his first hat-trick in a game against the Arizona Coyotes, in October 2014.
In the 2014/15 season he recorded 29 goals, 36 assists and 65 points. Additionally, he ranked second in the NHL in goals scored in the playoffs.
He again signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning on a three-year contract in October 2016.
With the Atlantic team division, he was named to the 2017 NHL All-Star Game. Fortunately, he also scored his 85th goal.
He rose to the eighth highest scoring player in franchise history in March 2017 after recording his 99th goal with the Lightning.
More about career
That same month, he also recorded his 100th career NHL goal. Thus, he earned a spot on the elite Tempa Bay Lightning 40 club.
During the season he scored 40 goals. He used to be only 23 years old or a younger Russian player with 40 goals in one season.
Earned a spot on the 2016/17 NHL All-Star Second Team. In the 2017/18 season he scored a goal in the first 5 games of the season, coming from the Tempa Bay Lightning.
Additionally, he scored his 112th goal as a Lightning player. It took him to seventh position in the ranking of players with the most goals in franchise history.
Additionally, he was the first player in the modern era to record at least one goal in 7 consecutive games.
Finally, he topped the NHL scoring charts on November 10. Likewise, he also recorded his 128th game with the Lightning.
That is, that made him the 6th player with the most goals in the history of the franchise. Furthermore, Nikita’s net worth has not been revealed yet.
Outstanding careers
He was named to the NHL All-Star Games in January 2018. Thus, he had already recorded 146 career goals as of October 2018.
Moving on, he recorded 3 points that raised his career NHL points to 372, on December 1.
Therefore, it was the sixth highest in Lightning history. He had the third consecutive NHL All-Star Game selection, on January 2, 2019. He was after being included in the 2019 NHL All-Star Game.
And he’ll earn the 245th assist of his NHL career next month. He helped make him the sixth-most assisting player in franchise history.
Likewise, he set a Lightning record for most points in a season with 109 points.
Additionally, he recorded 128 points at the end of the season. Thus, he became the player of Russian origin who scored the most points.
In the 2018/19 season he became the highest scoring player in the NHL. He later received the Art Ross Award.
He also received the Hart Trophy and the Ted Lindsay Award at the 2019 NHL Awards. Therefore, he was included in the Russian roster for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, 2016.
In addition, he was with other Tempa Bay Lightning teammates. At the 2017 World Hockey Championships, he led the Russian team to win bronze.
Personal life
Nikita Kucherov is already married to Anastasiya Kucherova. However, no details related to his married life have been revealed. But together they have a son named Ean Horford.
Caption: Nikita Kucherov with his wife and son. Source (Instagram)
Nikita Kucherov – Social networks
He is active on his Instagram account with 274,000 followers. And he has a Twitter account with 25,000 followers.
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