Ņikita Koļesņikovs
Born (1992-10-30) October 30, 1992
Jelgava, Latvia
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 225 lb (102 kg; 16 st 1 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
LHL team
Former teams		 HK Dinaburga
HK Rīga
Shawinigan Cataractes
Blainville-Boisbriand Armada
Banská Bystrica
Stjernen
HC Fassa
Odense Bulldogs
Kallinge-Ronneby IF
Västerviks IK
Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák
Edinburgh Capitals
Saint-Georges Cool FM 103.5
KS Cracovia
Melbourne Mustangs
HK Mogo
Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs
HC Donbass
HK Zemgale/LLU
National team  Latvia
Playing career 2012–present

Ņikita Koļesņikovs (born October 30, 1992) is a Latvian professional ice hockey player, currently playing for HK Dinaburga of the Latvian Hockey Higher League (LHL).[1]

Playing career

Koļesņikovs began his career in Latvian junior teams[2] he played in Dinamo Riga system with HK Riga as well.

In 2012 he joined Banská Bystrica of Slovak Extraliga.[3] In 2013 he continued his career with Odense Bulldogs of AL-Bank Ligaen in Denmark, where he plays currently.[4]

In January 2016, Kolesnikovs signed for the Edinburgh Capitals.[5] Then, in July 2016, Kolesnikovs signed for Kongsvinger Knights of Norway's GET-ligaen.[1] However, he quickly moved on to Canadian side Saint-Georges Cool FM 103.5 spending just over a season in North America before returning to Edinburgh to re-join the Capitals in November 2017.

Since leaving Edinburgh for a second time, Kolesnikovs has briefly played in Poland, Australia, Latvia, the United States and Ukraine.

International

Koļesņikovs represented Latvia at junior level in 2012 world championships.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Nikita Kolesnikovs at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com.
  2. ↑ LHF. "LHF player profile" (in Latvian). lhf.lv. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  3. ↑ Didzis Rudmanis (2012-11-13). "Koļesņikovs karjeru turpinās Slovākijā" (in Latvian). sportacentrs.com. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  4. ↑ Didzis Rudmanis (2013-10-16). "Koļesņikovs karjeru turpinās Odensē" (in Latvian). sportacentrs.com. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  5. ↑ "Edinburgh Capitals". Archived from the original on 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
  6. ↑ IIHF. "Player profile". IIHF. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
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