Denis Tolpeko
Denis Andreevich Tolpeko (Russian: Денис Андреевич Толпеко; born January 29, 1985) is a Russian former professional ice hockey centre. He most recently played for HC Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
| Denis Tolpeko | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
January 29, 1985 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Philadelphia Flyers Dynamo Moscow Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk Salavat Yulaev Ufa Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Amur Khabarovsk HC Sochi Spartak Moscow | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2002–2017 | ||
Playing career
As a youth, Tolpeko played in the 1999 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Moscow.[1]
Tolpeko was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Philadelphia Flyers on July 5, 2006. He made his NHL debut with the Flyers on October 4, 2007 against the Calgary Flames. A month later on November 15, Tolpeko scored his first NHL goal against the New York Rangers on goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. Following the season, Tolpeko signed with Dynamo Moscow on May 29, 2008.
In the off-season prior to the 2015–16 campaign, Tolpeko was traded by Salavat Yulaev Ufa to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod on July 31, 2015. In his first season with Torpedo, Tolpeko lasted just 5 games with the club, before he was again traded to his fifth top-flight Russian club, Amur Khabarovsk on October 1, 2015.[2]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2002–03 | Vityaz Podolsk | Rus.2 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 72 | 13 | 16 | 29 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Seattle Thunderbirds | WHL | 54 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 2005–06 | Regina Pats | WHL | 53 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 66 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16 | ||
| 2006–07 | Philadelphia Phantoms | AHL | 58 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Philadelphia Phantoms | AHL | 24 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 26 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 42 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 36 | ||
| 2009–10 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 24 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 33 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 35 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2012–13 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 27 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Dynamo Balashikha | VHL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | KHL | 38 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | KHL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | ||
| 2014–15 | Salavat Yulaev Ufa | KHL | 54 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | KHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Amur Khabarovsk | KHL | 35 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | HC Sochi | KHL | 31 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016–17 | Spartak Moscow | KHL | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Spartak Moscow | KHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 26 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| KHL totals | 350 | 47 | 58 | 105 | 296 | 33 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 60 | ||||
References
- "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
- "Denis Tolpeko traded by Ufa to Amur" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database