Sergei Mozyakin | |||
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Born |
Yaroslavl, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
30 March 1981 ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
Weight | 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb) | ||
Position | Winger | ||
Shoots | Right | ||
KHL team Former teams |
Metallurg Magnitogorsk CSKA Moscow Atlant Moscow Oblast |
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National team | Russia | ||
NHL Draft | 263rd overall, 2002 Columbus Blue Jackets |
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Playing career | 1999–present |
Medal record | ||
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Representing Russia | ||
Ice hockey | ||
World Championships | ||
2008 Canada | ||
2009 Switzerland | ||
2010 Germany | ||
2015 Czech Republic | ||
2016 Russia |
Sergei Valeryevich Mozyakin (Russian: Серге́й Вале́рьевич Мозя́кин; born 30 March 1981) is a Russian professional ice hockey winger who currently plays for Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). With 552 points in his KHL career he is both the six-time points leader (2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17), and the all-time highest scorer in the KHL.
Sergei Mozyakin, a highly skilled winger, was drafted in the ninth round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, 263rd overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets. In the 2005–06 Russian Superleague (RSL) regular season, Mozyakin had a tight scoring race with Aleksey Morozov and Evgeni Malkin for the top scorer of the league. Mozyakin, with 52, finished the season leading the league in points. In the 2007–08 RSL regular season, which would be its final in existence before being absorbed into the KHL, Mozyakin had another tight scoring race with Morozov and finished the season only one point ahead of Morozov, leading the league in goals (37) and points (64). He has gone on to win the scoring title in four seasons of the KHL (2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14), giving him six elite league scoring titles.
On February 17, 2013, Mozyakin signed a six-year contact extension to remain with Magnitogorsk. In 2013–14 KHL season he won the Gagarin Cup with Metallurg Magnitogorsk as team-captain and scoring leader.
Mozyakin has also been a regular member of the Russian national team, taking part of all the twelve EHT games in the 2007–08 season, in which he scored four goals and three assists for seven points. Mozyakin also took part in the 2008 and 2009 World Championships Russian gold medal teams.