Andrey Kuzmenko equaled Pavel Bure’s record for goals in his debut season for Vancouver
Russian forward Andrey Kuzmenko equaled Pavel Bure’s record for goals in his debut season with the Vancouver Canucks. This is reported by the portal Stat Muse.
In the match against the Arizona Coyotes, the Russian opened the scoring in the fifth minute. The meeting ended with a score of 3:2 in favor of Arizona. In general, in the 2022/2023 season, the striker scored 34 goals in 66 games. In total, he has 61 points in the “goal plus pass” system.
Kuzmenko, 27, joined the Vancouver squad in October 2022. He scored a goal in his first game in the league, hitting the opponents in the second period of the meeting with the Edmonton Oilers. The hockey player is also known for playing for SKA and CSKA.
Bure spent seven seasons with the Canadian team. During this period, he won the individual Calder Trophy and the Clarence Campbell Team Trophy, given to the strongest team in the Western Conference. In 1994, the Russian got into the NHL symbolic team.
Source: Lenta
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