Nikita Kucherov

Nikita Kucherov is, to my eye, one of hockey's true artists. The right winger for the Tampa Bay Lightning out of Maykop in Russia, he reads the ice as if play unfolds in slow motion for him alone. At 180 cm he is not built to overpower anyone, yet his vision and hands make defenders look like they are skating in mud. I am drawn to athletes who win with intelligence rather than brute force, and Kucherov is a masterclass in that craft. Watching him thread a pass through traffic, you sense a player who treats the game as a puzzle only he can solve.

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Name (English)

Nikita Kucherov

Name (Japanese)

ニキータ・クチェロフ

Reading

にきーた・くちぇろふ

Born

June 17, 1993 (age 33)

Origin

Maykop, Russia

Height

180 cm

Occupation

ice hockey player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rooster

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikita%20Kucherov
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AD%E3%83%95
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1693680

Tags

• ice hockey player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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