Nik Antropov
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| Born |
February 18, 1980 Oskemen, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
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| Height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) | ||
| Weight | 245 lb (111 kg; 17 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Dynamo Moscow Toronto Maple Leafs Ak Bars Kazan Lokomotiv Yaroslavl New York Rangers Atlanta Thrashers Winnipeg Jets Barys Astana |
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| National team |
 Kazakhstan
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| NHL Draft | 10th overall, 1998 Toronto Maple Leafs |
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| Playing career | 1996–2015 | ||
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| Asian Games | ||
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1999 Gangwon | |
Nikolai Alexandrovich Antropov (Russian: Николай Александрович Антропов; born February 18, 1980) is a Kazakhstani-Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Atlanta Thrashers and Winnipeg Jets. He received Canadian citizenship in May 2007.
Antropov was expected to be drafted early in the second round, but following a dominant season with Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk in the second-tier of the Russian Superleague (RSL), including an international match against Iceland, in which he scored 11 goals and 26 points, he was drafted tenth overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. Before going overseas to play hockey in North America, Antropov also played in the RSL with Dynamo Moscow.
When Owen Nolan joined the Maple Leafs in March 2003, Antropov changed his number from #11 (Nolan's number for the San Jose Sharks) to #80, the year of his birth. In 2003–04, Leaf coach Pat Quinn formed a line with Joe Nieuwendyk, Alexei Ponikarovsky, and Antropov. This line was dubbed the "Skyline" because of the players' height.
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