Maxim Petrovich Semyonov (russian: Максим Петрович Семёнов; born 9 February 1984) is a

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

i professional

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who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for

Barys Nur-Sultan Hockey Club Barys ( kk, Барыс хоккей клубы , translit=Barys Hokkei Kluby), also referred to as Barys Astana or HC Barys, is a Professional ice hockey, professional ice hockey team based in Astana, Kazakhstan. It is one of the foundi ...

in the

KHL The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ...

. He participated at the

2010 IIHF World Championship The 2010 IIHF World Championship was the 74th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It took place between 7 and 23 May 2010 in Germany. The games were played in the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, SAP Arena in Mannhei ...

as a member of the Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team.

Playing career

Maxim Semyonov is a

native who got his start in big hockey as a 19-year-old skating for Lada Togliatti of the

Russian Superleague The Russian Superleague (russian: Чемпионат России Суперлига, ''Russian Championship Superleague''), commonly abbreviated as RSL, was the highest division of the main professional ice hockey league in Russia. It was consi ...

during the 2003–04 season. The young player stuck in the lineup and was drafted by the

Toronto Maple Leafs The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Div ...

with the 220th overall selection of the

2004 NHL Entry Draft The 2004 NHL Entry Draft was the 42nd NHL Entry Draft. It was held on June 26 and 27, 2004 at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is especially notable because it was the last NHL event to take place before the beginning of the lockout, ...

. During the 2005–06 season, Semyonov moved to play for Khimik Moscow Oblast and remained with the team when it was adopted into the Kontinental Hockey League in

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. Following the

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season, in which he split between Atlant Moscow Oblast and

Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Hockey Club Lokomotiv (russian: ХК Локомотив, en, Locomotive HC), also known as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, is a Russian professional ice hockey team, based in the city of Yaroslavl, playing in the top level Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) ...

, Semyonov returned to Kazakhstan signing with hometown KHL entrant Barys Astana on June 20, 2013.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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* 1984 births Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Asian Games medalists in ice hockey Atlant Moscow Oblast players Barys Nur-Sultan players HC Lada Togliatti players Kazakhstani ice hockey defencemen Kazakhstani people of Russian descent Living people Lokomotiv Yaroslavl players Nomad Astana players Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks Ice hockey players at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Ice hockey people from Oskemen {{Kazakhstan-icehockey-bio-stub