Konstantin Barulin

Konstantin Barulin
Born (1984-09-04) 4 September 1984 (age 40)
Karaganda, Soviet Union
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 203 lb (92 kg; 14 st 7 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
ELH team
Former teams		 HC Dynamo Pardubice
SKA Saint Petersburg
Spartak Moscow
Khimik Moscow Oblast
CSKA Moscow
Atlant Moscow Oblast
Ak Bars Kazan
Avangard Omsk
HC Sochi
Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
National team  Russia
NHL draft 84th overall, 2003
St. Louis Blues
Playing career 2002–present
Konstantin Barulin in the Atlant Moscow Oblast net in 2011.

Konstantin Alexandrovich Barulin (Russian: Константи́н Алекса́ндрович Бару́лин, born 4 September 1984) is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender playing for Borås HC of the HockeyEttan in Sweden. He was born in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan), but plays internationally for Russia. He was drafted 84th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft but remained in Russia and never signed a contract with the Blues.

Playing career

Barulin began his career with Gazovik Tyumen in 2001. He had a brief spell with SKA Saint Petersburg before returning to Gazovik. He went on to have spells at Spartak Moscow and Khimik Moscow Oblast before joining CSKA Moscow for the inaugural KHL season in 2008. On 29 July 2010, after two years with CSKA Barulin returned to Atlant signing as a free agent on a two-year contract. In 2012, he signed a three-year contract with Ak Bars Kazan.

After one season with Avangard Omsk in 2014–15, Barulin left as a free agent to sign an initial one-year deal with HC Sochi of the KHL on 28 May 2015.[1]

Barulin remained as a standout starting goaltender in Sochi for four seasons. Following the 2018–19 season, Barulin left as a free agent to sign a one-year contract with Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk on 2 May 2019.[2]

During his second year with Neftekhimik in the midst of the 2020–21 season, with the club well out of playoff contention and having collected just 2 wins through 21 games, Barulin left the KHL and signed for the remainder of the season with Czech top flight club, HC Dyanmo Pardubice of the ELH, on 21 January 2021.[3]

International play

Medal record
Ice hockey
Representing Russia Russia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Finland
Silver medal – second place 2015 Czech Republic
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Russia
World Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place 2003 Canada
World U18 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2002 Slovakia

Barulin represented Russia in the 2011 IIHF World Championship in which he defeated Team Canada 2–1, and in the 2012 IIHF World Championship where he helped team Russia en route to winning the gold medal.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L T/OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2001–02 Gazovik Tyumen VHL 4 — — — 188 15 0 4.72 — — — — — — — — —
2002–03 Gazovik Tyumen VHL 30 — — — 1693 47 1 4.51 — 11 — — 621 — 0 1.87 —
2003–04 Gazovik Tyumen VHL 11 — — — 550 24 — 2.17 — — — — — — — — —
2003–04 SKA Saint Petersburg RSL 1 — — — 2 0 — 0.00 — — — — — — — — —
2004–05 Gazovik Tyumen VHL 30 — — — 1854 60 6 2.00 — 3 — — 136 9 0 3.96 —
2005–06 Spartak Moscow RSL 36 — — — 2101 75 2 2.17 .915 2 — — 104 4 0 2.30 —
2006–07 Khimik Moscow Oblast RSL 26 — — — 1248 48 1 2.16 — 1 — — 47 3 0 3.76 —
2007–08 Khimik Moscow Oblast RSL 11 — — — 456 29 0 2.77 — — — — — — — — —
2008–09 CSKA Moscow KHL 41 24 15 8 2443 95 2 2.33 .908 2 0 2 100 9 0 5.40 .850
2009–10 CSKA Moscow KHL 45 19 13 8 2277 80 3 2.11 .919 3 0 3 136 10 0 4.43 .855
2010–11 Atlant Moscow Oblast KHL 28 13 9 4 1505 48 6 1.91 .925 22 11 10 1286 44 2 2.05 .928
2011–12 Atlant Moscow Oblast KHL 45 18 16 10 2652 100 5 2.26 .929 12 6 6 694 27 1 2.33 .933
2012–13 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 43 23 11 9 2551 83 4 1.95 .940 18 11 7 1234 36 2 1.75 .941
2013–14 Ak Bars Kazan KHL 34 17 10 7 2065 71 5 2.06 .932 2 0 2 87 7 0 4.85 .829
2014–15 Avangard Omsk KHL 44 23 14 3 2402 83 5 2.07 .923 7 2 4 349 14 0 2.41 .905
2015–16 HC Sochi KHL 53 24 15 9 2787 103 4 2.22 .926 4 0 4 272 11 0 2.43 .899
2016–17 HC Sochi KHL 53 23 21 6 2907 110 4 2.27 .925 — — — — — — — —
2017–18 HC Sochi KHL 35 14 16 4 1950 79 2 2.43 .920 5 1 4 312 18 0 3.46 .906
2018–19 HC Sochi KHL 30 15 10 4 1728 61 4 2.12 .923 4 0 2 131 7 0 3.20 .865
2019–20 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk KHL 41 15 18 5 2313 99 1 2.57 .905 4 0 3 217 7 0 1.94 .939
2020–21 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk KHL 21 2 15 1 1131 71 0 3.77 .887 — — — — — — — —
KHL totals 513 227 178 78 28,712 1,083 45 2.26 .922 83 31 47 4,817 190 5 2.38 .921

International

Year Team Event Result GP W L OT MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2002 Russia WJC18 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3 2 0 0 125 0 2 0.00 1.00
2003 Russia WJC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1 1 0 0 60 1 0 1.00 .967
2004 Russia WJC 5th 4 2 1 1 200 12 0 3.60 .892
2007 Russia WC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 0 — — — — — — — —
2011 Russia WC 4th 7 2 4 0 342 16 0 2.80 .908
2012 Russia WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2 2 0 0 120 1 1 0.50 .985
2015 Russia WC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 0 1 0 60 3 0 3.00 .880

Awards and honours

Award Year
KHL
All-Star Game 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Best Goaltender Award 2011
Best GAA (1.91) 2011
Playoff MVP 2011

References

  1. ^ "Sochi agree to terms with Goaltender Barulin" (in Russian). HC Sochi. 28 May 2015. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Barulin becomes a player for Neftekhimik". Kontinental Hockey League (in Russian). 2 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  3. ^ "A new goalkeeper is coming to Pardubice" (in Czech). HC Dynamo Pardubice. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.