Igor Mikhailovich Kuznetsov (; born October 19, 1955) is a Kazakhstani-German retired professional ice hockey player. He is currently an executive and founding chairman of the KIMEX and Grazie chain stores.
Career Igor Kuznetsov is the graduate of Alma-Ata ice hockey school. He began his playing career at the Burevestnik Alma-Ata team. However, his best years he played for Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk, when he captained 10 years and was team top scorer three times in 1984-85 (76 points: 43 G, 33 A), 1985-86 (98 points: 53 G, 45 A) and 1988-89 (90 points: 44 G, 46 A) seasons. After Soviet Union collapse, he went to play to Finnish team HPK, where he helped to win bronze medals at SM-liiga in 1991. In 1991, Kuznetsov signed a contract with German team EC Ratingen and helped to promote them to 2nd Bundesliga. He played 43 games and scored 37 goals. Next season he ended his career because of a foot fracture.
Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1984-85 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk USSR-2 5143337620 ————— 1985-86 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk USSR-2 6453459848 ————— 1986-87 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk USSR-2 6361389946 ————— 1987-88 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk USSR 262072712 ————— 1987-88 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk USSR-2 3626234928 ————— 1988-89 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk USSR-2 6144469026 ————— 1989-90 HPK SM-liiga 4418516912 ————— 1990-91 HPK SM-liiga 4413253818 81120 1991-92 EC Ratingen 2.BL 2928315928 149122110 1992-93 EC Ratingen 1.BL 51454 ————— USSR totals 26 20 7 27 12 — — — — —
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