Barkov

Barkov (masculine, Russian: Барков) or Barkova (feminine, Russian: Баркова) is a Russian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

See also

Aleksander Barkov

Aleksander Barkov may refer to:

Aleksander Barkov, Jr.

Aleksander Aleksandrovich Barkov, Jr. (born September 2, 1995) is a Finnish-Russian professional ice hockey centre. He is currently playing for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Barkov was selected by the Florida Panthers in the first round (second overall) of the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. He is the son of former Russian hockey player Aleksander Barkov, Sr., and holds dual Finnish and Russian citizenship. He grew up in Tampere, Finland where his father was playing for Tappara of the Finnish SM-Liiga.

Playing career

Barkov made his debut in SM-liiga with Tappara Tampere on October 1, 2011 and became the youngest ever player in the league to score a point with his assist to a goal by Kalle Kaijomaa.

In December 2011, he was chosen to play for Finland men's national junior ice hockey team as the youngest Finnish player in the Ice Hockey World Junior Championships. During the quarter-final match on January 2, 2012 against Slovakia, Barkov became the second youngest player to score a goal at the World Juniors at the age of 16 years, 4 months. The record is held by Kazakhstan's Viktor Alexandrov, who set the record in 2001 at the age of 15.

National Hockey League

The National Hockey League (NHL; French: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH) is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 member clubs: 23 in the United States and 7 in Canada. Headquartered in New York City, the NHL is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. The Stanley Cup, the oldest professional sports trophy in North America, is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season.

The National Hockey League was organized on November 26, 1917, in Montreal, Quebec, after the suspension of operations of its predecessor organization, the National Hockey Association (NHA), which had been founded in 1909 in Renfrew, Ontario. The NHL immediately took the NHA's place as one of the leagues that contested for the Stanley Cup in an annual interleague competition before a series of league mergers and folds left the NHL as the only league left competing for the Stanley Cup in 1926. The NHL started with four teams (all based in Canada) and, through a series of expansions, contractions and relocations, is now composed of 30 active franchises. The "nation" referred to by the league's name was Canada, although the league has now been binational since 1924 when its first team in the United States, the Boston Bruins, began play. After a labour-management dispute that led to the cancellation of the entire 2004–05 season, the league resumed play under a new collective agreement that included a salary cap. In 2009, the NHL enjoyed record highs in terms of sponsorships, attendance, and television audiences.