Alexander Frolov | |||
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Born |
Moscow, Soviet Union |
June 19, 1982 ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
Weight | 231 lb (105 kg; 16 st 7 lb) | ||
Position | Left Wing | ||
Shoots | Right | ||
KHL team Former teams |
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Spartak Moscow Krylya Sovetov Moscow Los Angeles Kings CSKA Moscow Dynamo Moscow New York Rangers Avangard Omsk |
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National team | Russia | ||
NHL Draft | 20th overall, 2000 Los Angeles Kings |
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Playing career | 1999–present |
Medal record | ||
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Representing Russia | ||
Men's ice hockey | ||
World Championships | ||
2009 Bern | Team | |
2010 Germany | Team | |
2007 Moscow | Team | |
World Junior Championships | ||
2002 Czech Republic | Team |
Alexander Alexandrovich Frolov (Russian: Александр Александрович Фролов; born June 19, 1982) is a Russian professional ice hockey player currently playing for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). In an eight-year National Hockey League (NHL) career, he played with the Los Angeles Kings and the New York Rangers. After Frolov's NHL career ended, he moved to the KHL with Avangard Omsk and CSKA Moscow.
Frolov was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the first round, 20th overall, in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. He had been playing in Russia's third-tier hockey league with Lokomotiv-2 Yaroslavl, then stayed in Russia for two more seasons, moving up to the second-tier Russian Supreme League (RSL) and first-tier Russian Super League (RSL) with Krylya Sovetov Moscow.
Signed to a three-year contract with the Kings in July 2002, Frolov made his NHL debut in 2002 for the Kings, scoring his first NHL goal, a game-winner, in his seventh game on October 25 against Mike Richter of the New York Rangers. Frolov finished his rookie season with 14 goals and 31 points. After improving to a team-high 24 goals and 48 points the following season, Frolov returned to the Russian Super League in 2004–05 due to the NHL lockout. He began the season with CSKA Moscow and finished second in team scoring to Nikolay Zherdev, despite completing the campaign with Dynamo Moscow.