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Dean Kukan

#46 ZSC Lions / NL - 23/24

Date of Birth

Jul 08, 1993

Position

Age

Height

6'2" / 187 cm

Place of Birth

Volketswil, SUI

Weight

185 lbs / 84 kg

Nation

Switzerland

Shoots

Youth Team

EHC Urdorf

Contract

26/27

Agency

PREMIUM

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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Dean Kukan 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	49*	7*	24*	31*	8*	20*	\|	Playoffs	9	2	3	5	6	0
	Switzerland	WC	7*	0*	4*	4*	4*	2*	\|
	Switzerland (all) “A”	International	14*	1*	4*	5*	4*	1*	\|
2023-24	ZSC Lions	NL	40*	3*	22*	25*	8*	18*	\|	Playoffs	8	1	6	7	0	5
	Switzerland (all)	International	5*	0*	2*	2*	2*	-5*	\|

Dean Kukan Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2004-05	ZSC Lions	QC Int PW	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|
2005-06	ZSC Lions	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*	\|
2021-22	Switzerland	EHT	2*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|
2022-23	ZSC Lions	Champions HL	6*	1*	2*	3*	25*	-1*	\|
	Switzerland	EHT	7*	1*	0*	1*	0*	-1*	\|
2023-24	Switzerland	EHT	5*	0*	2*	2*	2*	-5*	\|

Dean Kukan 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	2	19*	2*	4*	6*	0.32*	35*	6*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
Deutschland Cup	1	3*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	0*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
EHT	3	14*	1*	2*	3*	0.21*	2*	-6*	\|	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	9	87*	5*	16*	21*	0.24*	18*	6*	\|	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)	3	91*	10*	46*	56*	0.62*	16*	38*	\|	2	17	3 *	9 *	12 *	0.71 *	6 *	5 *
QC Int PW	2	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	-*	\|	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	6	43*	4*	11*	15*	0.35*	8*	9*	\|	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		*	*	*	*	*	*

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Dean Kukan Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

2007-2008
- Elite Novizen Champion (ZSC U17)
2009-2010
- Elite Jr. A Champion (GC/Küsnacht U20)
2010-2011
- Elite Jr. A Champion (GC/Küsnacht U20)
2012-2013
- Elitserien SM Silver Medal
- U20 WJC Top 3 Player on Team
2014-2015
- Champions Hockey League Champion
2015-2016
- AHL Calder Cup Champion
2017-2018
- AHL All-Star Game
- World Championship Silver Medal
2021-2022
- World Championship Top 3 Player on Team
2022-2023
- NL Media All-Star Team (ZSC)
- NL Media Swiss All-Star Team (ZSC)

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
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