- Vyacheslav Kozlov
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
image_size=200px
team=Atlanta Thrashers
former_teams =Detroit Red Wings
Buffalo Sabres
league = NHL
position = Left Wing
shoots = Left
height_ft = 5
height_in = 10
weight_lb = 190
nickname =
nationality = Russia
birth_date = birth date and age|1972|5|3
birth_place =Voskresensk , U.S.S.R.
draft = 45th overall
draft_year = 1990
draft_team =Detroit Red Wings
career_start = 1987Vyacheslav "Slava" Anatolevich Kozlov ( _ru. Вячеслав Анатольевич Козлов, born
May 3 ,1972 inVoskresensk , U.S.S.R.) is a Russianice hockey left winger and alternate captain who currently plays for theAtlanta Thrashers of the NHL.Playing career
Kozlov was drafted 45th overall by the
Detroit Red Wings in the1990 NHL Entry Draft . Kozlov made his NHL debut on March 12, 1992, recording two assists in Detroit's 5–4 win over the St. Louis Blues. He became a regular player withDetroit in the1993–94 NHL season . After the Red Wings acquiredIgor Larionov in 1995, coachScotty Bowman created a 5–man Russian unit (the "Russian Five ") consisting of forwards Kozlov,Sergei Fedorov and Larionov, and defensemenVladimir Konstantinov andViacheslav Fetisov . This group helped Detroit to aStanley Cup win in 1997.Kozlov played for Detroit until the summer of 2001, when he was traded to the
Buffalo Sabres in the trade that putDominik Hašek in a Red Wings jersey. After one injury-shortened season in Buffalo, Kozlov was traded to theAtlanta Thrashers .Since the inception of the shootout into NHL play in 2005, Kozlov has been been known as one of the league's best scorers in the shootout.
Kozlov re-signed with the
Atlanta Thrashers on July 4th, 2007 with a 3-year, $11–million contract.Slava Kozlov played his 1000th NHL game on
December 26 ,2007 against theColumbus Blue Jackets and his formerRussian Five teammate,Sergei Fedorov .Awards
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Dan Snyder Memorial Award - 2007Career statistics
International play
*Played for the Soviet Union in the 1988 European Junior Championships.
*Played for the Soviet Union in the 1989 European Junior Championships.
*Played for the Soviet Union in the 1990 World Junior Championships.
*Played for the Soviet Union in the 1990 European Junior Championships.
*Played for the Soviet Union in the 1991 World Junior Championships.
*Played for the Soviet Union in the 1991 World Championships.
*Played for the Soviet Union in the 1991 Canada Cup.
*Played for Team Russia in the 1994 World Championships.
*Played for Team Russia in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.International statistics
References
*2005
NHL Official Guide & Record Book ISBN 0-920445-91-8ee also
*
List of NHL players
*List of Atlanta Thrashers players
*List of Buffalo Sabres players
*List of Detroit Red Wings players
*List of Stanley Cup champions External links
*hockeydb|2809
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