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Switzerland Dean Kukan

#46 ZSC Lions / NL - 22/23
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Last 5 games
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6
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Last 10 games
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4
6
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# Player GP G A TP
1. Peter Schneider 45 28 24 52
2. Radek Prokes 47 25 26 51
3. Anthony Luciani 48 17 34 51
4. Scott Kosmachuk 46 26 24 50
5. Tim McGauley 47 19 31 50
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Player Facts
Date of Birth
Jul 08, 1993
Position
D
Age
28
Height
6'2" / 187 cm
Place of Birth
Volketswil, SUI
Weight
185 lbs / 84 kg
Nation
Switzerland
Shoots
L
Youth Team
EHC Urdorf
Contract
26/27
Agency
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Highlights
1-time World Championship Silver Medal 1
1-time AHL Calder Cup Champion 1
1-time Champions Hockey League Champion 1

Kukan has good size and is a fairly skilled two-way defenseman. Plays a pretty solid defensive game and has good character and work ethics. Moves the puck well (EP, 2012)

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Player Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2006-07 ZSC U15 Top Mini 26 9 5 14 14 - |
ZSC U17 Elite Novizen 1 0 0 0 0 - |
ZSC II U17 Novizen A 17 5 6 11 6 - |
GC Küsnacht U17 Top Novizen 2 0 0 0 0 - |
2007-08 ZSC U15 Top Mini 24 9 9 18 2 - |
ZSC U17 Elite Novizen 2 0 0 0 2 - | Playoffs 12 1 0 1 2 -
ZSC II U15 Mini A 1 3 4 7 0 - |
ZSC II U17 Top Novizen 16 4 9 13 4 - |
2008-09 ZSC U17 Elite Novizen 27 1 2 3 4 - | Playoffs 10 0 5 5 4 -
GCK Lions U20 Elite Jr. A 8 0 1 1 0 - | Playoffs 5 0 0 0 2 -
Switzerland U16 (all) International-Jr 12 1 2 3 2 - |
Switzerland U17 (all) International-Jr 3 0 0 0 0 - |
2009-10 GCK Lions U20 Elite Jr. A 13 1 5 6 2 - | Playoffs 9 0 4 4 2 -
GC Küsnacht Lions NLB 29 0 6 6 14 - |
Switzerland U18 WJC-18 6 0 3 3 0 -3 |
Switzerland U18 (all) International-Jr 25 1 9 10 2 - |
2010-11 GCK Lions U20 Elite Jr. A 2 0 1 1 0 - | Playoffs 10 0 0 0 6 -
GC Küsnacht Lions NLB 37 1 2 3 4 - |
ZSC Lions NLA 2 0 0 0 0 0 |
Switzerland U18 WJC-18 6 0 2 2 0 1 |
Switzerland U18 (all) International-Jr 22 4 5 9 2 - |
Switzerland U20 (all) International-Jr 4 0 1 1 2 - |
2011-12 Luleå HF J20 J20 SuperElit 42 5 16 21 8 5 | Playoffs 3 0 2 2 2 -2
Luleå HF Elitserien 3 0 0 0 0 0 |
Switzerland U19 (all) “A” International-Jr 4 1 1 2 0 - |
Switzerland U20 WJC-20 6 1 1 2 0 2 |
Switzerland U20 (all) International-Jr 14 1 4 5 2 - |
Switzerland (all) International 4 0 0 0 0 - |
2012-13 Luleå HF J20 J20 SuperElit 11 2 1 3 2 -5 |
Luleå HF Elitserien 16 1 3 4 0 9 | Playoffs 15 0 1 1 0 4
Asplöven HC HockeyAllsvenskan 2 0 0 0 4 -2 |
Tingsryds AIF HockeyAllsvenskan 16 0 2 2 2 -6 |
Switzerland U20 WJC-20 6 0 1 1 2 0 |
Switzerland U20 (all) International-Jr 14 1 4 5 14 - |
Switzerland (all) International 2 0 0 0 0 0 |
2013-14 Luleå HF SHL 54 4 8 12 12 8 | Playoffs 6 1 1 2 0 -5
Switzerland WC 7 1 0 1 2 0 |
Switzerland (all) International 18 1 1 2 6 -1 |
2014-15 Luleå HF SHL 52 3 10 13 14 2 | Playoffs 9 0 2 2 0 3
Switzerland WC 3 0 0 0 0 0 |
Switzerland (all) International 13 0 2 2 4 4 |
2015-16 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 8 0 0 0 0 9 |
Lake Erie Monsters AHL 33 3 10 13 8 3 | Playoffs 17 1 4 5 2 4
2016-17 Cleveland Monsters AHL 72 4 25 29 43 -7 |
Switzerland WC 8 0 1 1 2 1 |
Switzerland (all) International 11 0 1 1 2 1 |
2017-18 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 11 0 4 4 2 2 |
Cleveland Monsters AHL 32 1 14 15 20 -3 |
Switzerland WC 10 1 2 3 0 0 |
Switzerland (all) International 10 1 2 3 0 0 |
2018-19 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 25 0 5 5 6 6 | Playoffs 10 1 0 1 2 -2
Cleveland Monsters AHL 5 1 1 2 0 0 |
2019-20 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 33 1 4 5 12 -9 | Playoffs 9 0 1 1 7 2
2020-21 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 35 1 4 5 10 -3 |
2021-22 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 41 3 8 11 16 -2 |
Switzerland WC 8 2 4 6 0 6 |
Switzerland (all) International 10 2 4 6 0 6 |
2022-23 ZSC Lions NL - - - - - - |
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Tournament Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2005-06 Zurich Suisse QC Int PW - - - - - - |
2010-11 Switzerland U20 WJAC-19 4 0 1 1 2 - |
2012-13 Luleå HF ET 1 0 0 0 0 - |
Switzerland U20 WJAC-19 5 1 0 1 8 - |
2013-14 Luleå HF ET 8 1 1 2 2 - | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 -
Switzerland Deutschland Cup 3 0 0 0 0 0 |
2014-15 Luleå HF Champions HL 13 1 2 3 10 7 |
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Game Log
Date Team Opp Score G A TP PIM +/- SOG PPG SHG TOI
WC
2022-05-26T20:20:00+0300 Switzerland vs USA
2022-05-24T12:20:00+0300 Switzerland @ Germany
2022-05-22T20:20:00+0300 Switzerland vs France
2022-05-21T16:20:00+0300 Switzerland @ Canada
2022-05-18T20:20:00+0300 Switzerland vs Slovakia
2022-05-17T20:20:00+0300 Switzerland vs Kazakhstan
2022-05-15T20:20:00+0300 Switzerland @ Denmark
2022-05-14T16:20:00+0300 Switzerland vs Italy
International
2022-05-07T16:00:00+0200 Switzerland (all) @ Sweden (all)
2022-05-05T18:30:00+0200 Switzerland (all) @ Finland (all)
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Player Career Totals
League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 4 142 9 50 59 0.42 71 -7 | 1 17 1 4 5 0.29 2 4
Champions HL 1 13 1 2 3 0.23 10 7 | 0
Deutschland Cup 1 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 | 0
ET 2 9 1 1 2 0.22 2 - | 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 -
HockeyAllsvenskan 1 18 0 2 2 0.11 6 -8 | 0
International 7 68 4 10 14 0.21 12 10 | 0
International-Jr 5 98 9 26 35 0.36 24 - | 0
J20 SuperElit (J20 Nationell) 2 53 7 17 24 0.45 10 0 | 1 3 0 2 2 0.67 2 -2
NHL 6 153 5 25 30 0.20 46 3 | 2 19 1 1 2 0.11 9 0
NL (NLA) 2 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 | 0
QC Int PW 1 - - - - - - - | 0
SHL (Elitserien) 4 125 8 21 29 0.23 26 19 | 3 30 1 4 5 0.17 0 2
NLB (SL) 2 66 1 8 9 0.14 18 - | 0
Top Mini (U15-Elit) 2 50 18 14 32 0.64 16 - | 0
Mini A (U15-Top) 1 1 3 4 7 7.00 0 - | 0
Novizen A (U17-A) 1 17 5 6 11 0.65 6 - | 0
Elite Novizen (U17-Elit) 3 30 1 2 3 0.10 6 - | 2 22 1 5 6 0.27 6 -
Top Novizen (U17-Top) 2 18 4 9 13 0.72 4 - | 0
Elite Jr. A (U20-Elit) 3 23 1 7 8 0.35 2 - | 3 24 0 4 4 0.17 10 -
WC 5 36 4 7 11 0.31 4 7 | 0
WJAC-19 2 9 1 1 2 0.22 10 - | 0
WJC-18 2 12 0 5 5 0.42 0 -2 | 0
WJC-20 2 12 1 2 3 0.25 2 2 | 0
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Strength
15
Puckhandling
15
Defensive
15
Speed
14

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Player Connections
Player Period Teams
Sven Andrighetto (F) 2005-2023 11 GC/Küsnacht, GC/Küsnacht U17, GC/Küsnacht U20, Switzerland, Switzerland (all), Switzerland U16 (all), Switzerland U18, Switzerland U18 (all), Switzerland U20, Switzerland U20 (all), ZSC, ZSC II U17, ZSC U15, ZSC U17, Zurich Suisse
Reto Schäppi (F) 2006-2023 10 GC/Küsnacht, GC/Küsnacht U20, Switzerland, Switzerland, Switzerland (all), Switzerland U19, Switzerland U20 (all), ZSC, ZSC U17
Lino Martschini (F) 2008-2022 10 Switzerland (all), Switzerland U16 (all), Switzerland U18, Switzerland U18 (all), Switzerland U20, Switzerland U20 (all)
Grégory Hofmann (F) 2008-2022 10 Columbus Blue Jackets, Switzerland, Switzerland, Switzerland (all), Switzerland U17 (all), Switzerland U18, Switzerland U18 (all), Switzerland U19, Switzerland U20, Switzerland U20 (all)

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Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
06/01/2022
06/01/2022 Confirmed Columbus Blue Jackets ZSC Lions
02/07/2020
02/07/2020 Extension Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus Blue Jackets
03/14/2018
03/14/2018 Extension Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus Blue Jackets
06/09/2017
06/09/2017 Extension Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus Blue Jackets
06/01/2015
06/01/2015 Confirmed Luleå HF Columbus Blue Jackets
09/18/2014
09/18/2014 Extension Luleå HF Luleå HF
02/01/2013
02/01/2013 Extension Luleå HF Luleå HF
05/02/2012
05/02/2012 Extension Luleå HF J20 Luleå HF
08/21/2011
08/21/2011 Confirmed GCK Lions U20 Luleå HF J20
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