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Alexander Radulov
Born (1986-07-05) July 5, 1986 (age 38)
Nizhny Tagil, USSR
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 188 lb (85 kg; 13 st 6 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Left
NHL team Nashville Predators
NHL draft 15th overall, 2004
Nashville Predators
Playing career 2006–present

Alexander Valerievich Radulov (Template:Lang-ru) (born July 5, 1986, in Nizhny Tagil, Russia) is an ice hockey player. He was drafted by the NHL's Nashville Predators 15th overall in 2004 NHL Entry Draft. He is the younger brother of Igor Radulov, a former player with the Chicago Blackhawks who also played for the OHL's Mississauga IceDogs.

Junior career

He started his North American career, in 2004-2005, being drafted at the 2004 CHL Import player draft by the Québec Remparts in the QMJHL from the CHL. That year, he finished third in scoring for his team, with 75 points in 65 games behind Josh Hennessy and Karl Gagné.

The following year, he became one of the most exciting and dominant players to play in the QMJHL. In the first half of the season, he and rookie Angelo Esposito formed one of the most explosive duos in the league. He became equally renowned for skating in front of the opposing team's bench and twirling his stick around and banging the handle on the ice, as if to put a sword into a sheath, after scoring a goal, something that angered opposing players but captivated and inspired his coach, Patrick Roy.

On October 28, 2005, he set a new franchise record with 6 goals against the Drummondville Voltigeurs. He added an assist in the win (11-3). That night, Radulov tied the Québec Remparts team's record with Eric Chouinard for most points in a single game (7). Later, on March 19, 2006, in a game against the 2005 Memorial Cup second-place finishing Rimouski Océanic, for whom his teammates Cedrick Desjardins and Michal Sersen played for in 2004-05, Radulov wrote history in the Québec Colisée by scoring an amazing 7 goals and 4 assists for 11 points, breaking both records for most goals and points in a single game for the Québec Remparts, in a 16-3 victory.

He owns the Québec Remparts record for the most consecutive point streak games with 50, passing the 28 game mark established by Eric Chouinard in 1999-2000. He's ranked second all-time with that sequence in the QMJHL, only behind Mario Lemieux with 62.

Radulov finished as the scoring leader for the QMJHL and the CHL in 2005-2006 with 152 points (61G-91A). He currently owns the record for the most point in a single season for the Remparts, beating the mark of 120 set by Simon Gagné in 1998-1999. He also owns the record for the most goals and assists in a season as a Remparts. He passed the mark of 57 goals set by Eric Chouinard and the mark of 75 assists set by Wes Scanzano, both back in 1999-2000. He also tied with Pavel Rosa for the most points by a QMJHL European player in a single season. His 61 goals were second-highest in the QMJHL for the 2005/2006 season; Maxime Boisclair of the Chicoutimi Sagueneens was first with 70.

In the 2006 playoffs, Radulov tallied 55 points (21G-34A) and was ranked again as the scoring leader. He registered at least a point in each game. Radulov went only 2 points shy from playoff point record set by Simon Gamache in 2000-01. In the Remparts' semi-final series against the Acadie-Bathurst Titan, he had 19 points in the seven-game series alone. He lost the MVP to victorious Moncton Wildcats defenceman Martins Karsums, a Boston Bruins prospect from Latvia.

All team records set by Radulov are for the new edition of the Remparts, which began in the 1997-1998 season.

Radulov delivered an incredible performance in the Remparts' 2006 Memorial Cup championship game victory over the Moncton Wildcats. In the 6-2 win, he netted 2 goals and assisted on 3 more, totaling 5 points; one point away from tying the all-time record in a Memorial Cup final. He registered 9 points (5G-4A) in 4 games and won the Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy as the tournament MVP.

Professional career

He was signed to a 3-year NHL contract by the Predators on January 9, 2006.

Alexander started his professional career as a member of the Predator's farm team, the Milwaukee Admirals. He was selected player of the week on October 16, 2006, posting 2 goals and 4 assists in only 2 games.

Then, Radulov made his NHL regular-season debut with the Nashville Predators on October 21, 2006 against the Vancouver Canucks and logged 7 minutes played and 2 minutes in penalties. He scored his first career NHL goal on his first shot of his career against the San Jose Sharks on October, 26, 2006.

Following another reassignment to Milwaukee, Radulov was confirmed a spot on the Nashville roster for the remainder of the season after he was recalled on November 21, 2006.

In the 2007 NHL Playoffs Radulov had been suspended one game, for his hit on San Jose Sharks RW Steve Bernier. Radulov hit him from behind, which sent Bernier into the boards head first. Bernier lay motionless on the ice for 3 minutes, before being helped off by teammates Joe Thornton and Marcel Goc. Bernier returned to practice the next day.

International play

Played for Russia in:

Awards

AHL

Player of the week

  • Week 2: 2006-10-09 to 2006-10-15

CHL

Player of the week

Trophy

QMJHL

Player of the week

  • Week 6: 2005-10-24 to 2005-10-30
  • Week 18: 2006-01-23 to 2006-01-29
  • Week 23: 2006-02-27 to 2006-03-05
  • Week 25: 2006-03-14 to 2006-03-19

Player of the month

  • February 2006
  • March 2006

Trophy

Career statistics

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2003-04 Moscow Dynamo RSL 1 0 0 0 2 -- -- -- -- --
2004-05 Québec Remparts QMJHL 65 32 43 75 64 13 6 5 11 15
2005-06 Québec Remparts QMJHL 62 61 91 152 101 23 21 34 55 30
2006-07 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 11 6 12 18 26 -- -- -- -- --
2006-07 Nashville Predators NHL 64 18 19 37 26 4 3 1 4 19
QMJHL Totals 127 93 134 227 165 36 27 39 66 45
AHL Totals 11 6 12 18 26 -- -- -- -- --
NHL Totals 64 18 19 37 26 4 3 1 4 19

International Statistics

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2005 Russia WJHC 6 2 1 3 4
2006 Russia WJHC 6 1 3 4 4
Preceded by CHL Player of the Year
2006 		Succeeded by

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