Pupil of Karelian hockey Alexei Kruchinin joined the Amur

Khabarovsk hockey club "Amur" signed an agreement with Alexei Kruchinin. The contract with a native of Kostomukshi is designed for one season. According to the portal “64 parallel online”, for the 33-year-old forward, this club will be the tenth in his professional biography. Before moving to Khabarovsk, the striker managed to play for such teams as SKA, Lokomotiv, Tractor, Salavat Yulaev, Siberia, Torpedo, Severstal, Kunlun and Yugra.

Alexey’s sports career began in his native Kostomuksha. As a child, he honed his skills not only at home, but also in Finland (the city of Suomussalmi), and later as part of the St. Petersburg Spartak. The debut of the player in the KHL took place in the 2011/2012 season as part of the St. Petersburg SKA, and before that he played for the SKA-1946 youth team.

Kruchinin’s statistics in the Kontinental Hockey League are impressive: he has 623 meetings and 282 scores (106 goals and 176 assists).

General Manager of Amur Nikita Tochitsky noted that an experienced striker will be useful in realizing the numerical advantage and will become an important link in the team.