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Nikolay Vladimirovich Kulemin ((ロシア語:Николай Владимирович Кулёмин); born July 14, 1986) is a Russian professional ice hockey player. He is playing with the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). Kulemin was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the second round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft as the 44th overall pick. ==Playing career== On May 25, 2007, Kulemin signed a three-year contract with the Maple Leafs,〔http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=208781&hubname=nhl〕 but stayed in Russia for the 2007–08 season on a handshake agreement between the Maple Leafs and Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the KHL. During the early stages of the 2008–09 NHL season, his first in the NHL, Kulemin found chemistry on a line with teammates Niklas Hagman and Mikhail Grabovski. Near the end of the season, after the trade of Leafs forward Nik Antropov, Kulemin was used mainly on a line with Grabovski and Alexei Ponikarovsky.〔http://www.nationalpost.com/scripts/story.html?id=1420309〕 In a game against the Montreal Canadiens on March 21, 2009, soon after the line was created, Kulemin posted a career-high three points (one goal and two assists) in a 5–2 Toronto win.〔(Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens – Recap – March 21, 2009 – ESPN )〕 It has been noted that Ponikarovsky, a Ukrainian, has helped Kulemin become more comfortable in North America by translating and serving as a mentor on and off the ice.〔 Kulemin's first NHL goal occurred in his first NHL game, against the Detroit Red Wings, on goaltender Chris Osgood, in Toronto's 2008–09 season opener on October 9, 2008. The goal ended up as the game winner in a 3–2 Leafs win.〔(Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Detroit Red Wings – Recap – October 9, 2008 – ESPN )〕 He was selected as a reserve by Team Russia for the 2010 Winter Olympics should an injury occur during the tournament.〔(Kovalev, Frolov, Zubov and Kulemin added to Olympics squad – Russian National Hockey Team )〕 On July 2, 2010, Kulemin signed a (2 year-year contract ) worth $2.35M per year. On April 5, 2011, Kulemin became the first Russian-born Toronto Maple Leaf to score 30 goals in a season since Alexander Mogilny scored 33 in 2002–2003. Kulemin, along with Mats Sundin, Phil Kessel, James van Riemsdyk and Mogilny, are the only Leafs to score 30 or more since the 1999–2000 NHL season. Following this season, which was a personal best, Kulemin dropped to 7 goals over 70 games in the 2011–12 NHL season. Kulemin was re-signed by Toronto on July 20, 2012, to another two-year contract, worth $2.8M per year. During the NHL lockout in the 2012–13 NHL season, he returned to the Metallurg Magnitogorsk, where he scored 38 points in 36 games. Upon the lockout ending he returned to Toronto. He was selected to play in the 2014 Winter Olympics for the Russian National team on home soil. On July 2, 2014, Kulemin left the Leafs after six seasons to sign a four-year free agent contract with the New York Islanders. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nikolay Kulemin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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