Meet The Leafs : Kulemin

Born July 14, 1986 (1986-07-14) (age 24),
Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR, URS
Height
Weight 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
225 lb (102 kg; 16 st 1 lb)
Position Left/right wing
Shoots Left
NHL team
F. teams Toronto Maple Leafs
RSL
Metallurg Magnitogorsk
AHL
Toronto Marlies
Ntl. team Russia
NHL Draft 44th overall, 2006
Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career 2005–presen


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. [2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

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


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